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    Why no prop firms for non "active" traders !?

    Because prop firms make money by betting against their traders and through commissions. If a firm let their traders make only a few trades per year, 1) they wouldn't do enough volume to make money on commissions, and 2) there's a lower chance their traders would lose money (which means the...
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    Beginner Q: Buying Call = Selling Put? Misc Q's...

    There are three things you can do with options: - buy - sell - write "Selling" and "writing" are sometimes used interchangably, but "writing" means creating a new option that someone else buys from you, and "selling" can also mean that, but it can also refer to selling an option that you...
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    A profitable journal with all entries/exits posted in advance

    4/26: QLD: $1,786.00 Feb 15 option proceeds: $58.50 USLV: $53.65 ------------ $1,898.15
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    I want to buy some gold but I don't like to buy when things are going up

    I might get my chance to buy some gold.
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    The best cheapest monitors??

    If you're coming from non-widescreen monitors, 20" widescreen is going to be shorter than you think.
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    How do you know ahead of time if it's going to go sideways or trend? Agree with both of those. I do the opposite because I'm unable to make adding to winners work for me since I don't know how long a trend will go for.
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    A profitable journal with all entries/exits posted in advance

    4/25: QLD: $1,856.00 Feb 15 option proceeds: $58.50 USLV: $159.10 ------------ $2,073.60
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    I want to buy some gold but I don't like to buy when things are going up

    I don't just buy anything that's going down :D
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    I want to buy some gold but I don't like to buy when things are going up

    Or maybe UGL instead of UGLD UGLD is cheaper though.
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    I want to buy some gold but I don't like to buy when things are going up

    I bought USLV last week. I didn't buy gold. If you follow my journal threads you know I pretty much only buy when stuff is going down.
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    I want to buy some gold but I don't like to buy when things are going up

    UGLD specifically.
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    How do I get a 3rd monitor with only one video card?

    I have a Radeon 5450 which has two outputs, and I'm using both of them. All 5450s have a third output, but some of them have an HDMI output, and some of them have a DisplayPort output. The DisplayPort output can be used to run a 3rd monitor with a certain adapter. Mine has an HDMI output...
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    I think my method is pretty well explained in my threads, but no, I'm not doing pair trading, unless you could sometimes being long both SPY and SH at the same time as pair trading.
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    Is anyone here profitable?

    Yup, and I've been posting live calls for all my trades for years. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=246822 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193086 But I don't have a super exciting day trading system so it might not be what you are looking...
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    36k invested in BITCOIN last night

    You can't short BTC.
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    A profitable journal with all entries/exits posted in advance

    Probably as soon as I close my position.
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    Explain VIX ETFs to me like I'm 5

    I feel like you posted that in the wrong thread.
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    A profitable journal with all entries/exits posted in advance

    Here's a chart of all open positions.
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    A profitable journal with all entries/exits posted in advance

    4/22/2013: QLD: $1,498.00 Feb 15 option proceeds: $58.50 USLV: -$59.20 ------------ $1,497.30
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