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I'm sure his stress level has reduced too. That would also cause weight to return to his body. :D :D

What savings? Oh, you mean the $5000? Nah, that disappeared towards baby preparations.

.... and those who aren't materialistic while dating, almost always become materialistic once you're married. My income and the demands on my income have tripled in the last three years.

I see. So that's the USA's hope? They can print as many dollars as they want, so there is no risk of ruin? :D

Talking about gambling; I'm back in again. Relying on the old "bouncing ball" principle. Way up. Way down. Should settle half way in between. Yes, a pure gamble. I admit it! :D

With maintenance margin of $7.5/1K, it wouldn't take long to wipe out a mini account. 7.5 + 7.5*2 + 7.5*2^2 + 7.5*2^3 + ........ Can some one remind me please what the formula is for that sum? Oh never mind; I'll go look it up. :D

Ouch! What the hell happened last night? We went from a decided election and a rocketing EUR/USD to a largely undecided election and a crashing EUR/USD. I doubled up on my long EUR/USD at around 11:20 pm, and woke up to see it had crashed back down to 1.2756. I was playing with a heavily...

Oldtime, I think you should have held that long. I'm still in. So far its a very nice unrealized profit showing.

Marriage is like a mutual fund that is both back-loaded, front-loaded, and has an ongoing management expense ratio. More than fifty percent of the time you own this long-only fund in a downward trend. .... but I still love her and my new baby despite all of this.

It is irrational, however you will find that a great deal of expectations in life are irrational. People, aren't comfortable with those who don't have the so called "traditional" job, unless you are very successful in your untraditional job. New problem now: even though I work full-time, it...

Personal experience. However, I am not a good trader yet. Last winter she went out worked a traditional job and made less money than I did trading. She was pregnant at the time. I returned to my usual job in the spring; at the time of my return to my usual job she was 6 months...

If you aren't making lots of money and spending it on her, she will resent the hell out of you. She will particularly resent you if she is out there working hard while you sit at home trading. This is true even if your trading is neting more money than she earns.

Election creates uncertainty. With uncertainty reduced, people are inclined to take more risk. Have you noticed that there is almost always a rush out of the USD when people increase risk and a rush back into the USD when they want to reduce risk. Same thing with vote that is supposed to...

Went long at open Sunday night. So far its costing me 42 pips. My bad idea? Don't think so. I expect a bullish result from US election.

Obama loses the election. Oh wait; maybe that's the next black swan song. :D

My response to this is a quote from my 12 week old daughter: "Aggooooooo. Gggrrrrrrrrrrrrr"!!

Urrrrrr.... works great until it stops trending.

Sure, but you'll be waiting till the cows come home. :D

Until several others figure out the same thing, and then you will lose your edge. Basic first year economics: in a truly competitive environment, profit tends to zero. In this truly competitive environment, price is forced down to the point where profit is zero. I'm not saying this is a...

In an ideal world there shouldn't be bail outs, welfare, trade subsidies, tax etc. Ideally, we should all put in maxumum effort and be paid fairly for that effort. Sadly, we don't live in an ideal world. I do see your point, however, all things being equal, trading wouldn't function at...