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    Bitcoin thread anyone?

    I knew they'd try and stick their dirty hands in this at some point. God Bless America the land of the *free
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    The Truth about Forex

    Roughly 1/3rd of forex accounts where profitable for the quarter. They where just profitable!!!!!!!!!!!! Or debbie downer, Roughly 2/3rds of accounts lost, they just lost!!!!!!!!!!! Carry on with the hostility, I'll be gone now :cool:
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    The Truth about Forex

    "the truth about forex"
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    Oh Man, I'm Flat

    Great story. :p I have a question, when you spread your pairs out , does everything ever go against you or you get caught with positions being too correlated? Do you have a point where you're at loss where you ever go "im flat" or are you always diversified and "in" ?
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    Today is the day

    wow for some reason I've been thinking it's May 1st today. I was WRONG and it wouldn't be the first or last time i'm wrong .:p
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    NO END IN QE !!! BUBBLE ben bernanke just wants to keep printing worthless dollars!

    What do you own long term? I agree with what you have been persistently saying, its all paper. Points like in a video game, except the developers can cheat and make as many points as they want.
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    Today is the day

    Looks like so far today it is "Sell in may, get f'd in the A ." on the nazzy
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    Today is the day

    Sell in may and go away, or buy in may and make some hay. I see them DT's When she finally does go it'll be a show but who the hell knows when.
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    Can somone explain to me what horse betting and trading have in common?

    The majority lose, the house usually wins.
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    Let's talk about adding to winners

    "The word 'trend' is often meaningless. Why? What is it? Is it the trend since 1929 or merely the trend over the last 29 minutes? "
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    Rgr

    It does surprise me a bit too since applications/background checks went through the roof from the recent shootings/news ect. On the other hand, everyone who likes guns already has one or many.
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    Let's talk about adding to winners

    well in the one instance adding provided me with the best results (flash crash 2010),I only had a few minutes .
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    Let's talk about adding to winners

    Adding to winners is profitable when you get good vol moves in your favor with little retrace along the way. Different strats do well in different conditions. No one size fits all .
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    Let's talk about adding to winners

    http://www.youtube.com/user/SimpleAndHard?feature=watch The link is to vids of a style where they add to winners. Gives you an idea of a strategy used using 3-2-1 adds
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    Hey and if you can find something else that works for you beside grandma's method , then great you've accomplished something many haven't. Now you can share with the OP your method and its metrics since that is what this discussion is about. :) OP I have only seen 3 different...
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    But grandma has been buying s$p every month for 20+ years.... Sure if she is trying to time the market 5 years at a time she'll soak her depends. If joe six pack buys s$p every month the next 20 years I bet they beat the vast majority of traders. My point being, not many here are...
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    Trading with a Stop Loss in the Futures Market is for Losers

    94.2% of applicants fail to get into Harvard. They just Fail!!!!! nvm, higher education was a different thread Just thought it was funny in relation to "90% of small traders lose " Oldtime got it right, 95% fail at everything they try, just don't wake up tomorrow :D :D I think...
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    Is anyone here profitable? No. Wealth isn't transferred, ONLY DESTORYED!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p JK Not many can beat the S&P though. Your grandma avgs better returns over the long hall than most traders, managers, and experts. There are a few good traders here at ET. Not many at...
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    What did you do yesterday while ET was offline?

    " refreshed page more than 10 times during day"
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    95% are losers

    Why did I even wake up this morning? There is a 100% chance I'll die at some point anyway. It's for the experience. Some people keep trading even through losses . It's for the experience. :cool:
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