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I'm not seeing the correlation.

Aww, I was looking forward to seeing someone post trades in real time.

6/19: Open positions: SPY: $2,528 SH: -$763 Net for this trade: $550.64 (estimated dividend payment) $1,765.00 (net SPY/SH position) ----------------------------- $2,315.64

Considering buying more SH. As always, will post here beforehand or in real time if I do.

Here is an adjusted PnL including dividend:

6/18: Open positions: SPY: $1,488 SH: -$504 Net for this trade: $550.64 (estimated dividend payment) $984.00 (net SPY/SH position) ----------------------------- $1,534.64

Assuming I didn't want to trade VIX futures, which ETF makes the best substitution? I am interested in the ETFs because: 1) no rollovers 2) OEC doesn't offer VIX futures I've seen the following: VXX (S&P500 short-term futures) IVO (inverse) XXV (inverse S&P500) 2x: SVXY...

Their page about how other companies inflate their statistics is pretty cool.

6/15: Open positions: SPY: $1,280 SH: -$448 Net for this trade: $550.64 (estimated dividend payment) $832.00 (net SPY/SH position) ----------------------------- $1,382.64 Based on an estimated dividend payment of $0.6883 per share. Would it help if I were to include the divided...

A few years ago all the scammy internet marketers were really pushing automated Forex trading systems hard. Obviously none of these worked, despite claims of "making 5,000% per year" and "professional traders calling us to try and get us to shut down for revealing secrets" (lol). Recently...

My awesome post got deleted? I really had no idea what anyone is talking about. I thought my photo was appropriate :D

6/14: SPY: $744 SH: -$175 1 day until ex-dividend date Net for this trade: ----------------------------- $569 I changed the background color of the legend to make it a little easier to see.

And we're going back up!

Here:

6/13: SPY: -$376 SH: $91 2 days until ex-dividend date Net for this trade: ----------------------------- -$285

You can also end up not spending any money but wasting a ton of your time trying to make sense out of some of the over-complex nonsense "systems" people have posted here over the years.

Hilarious! :D

6/12: SPY: $304 SH: -$49 3 days until ex-dividend date Net for this trade: ----------------------------- $255

(posted in the main forum so all the noobs will see it) Anyone teaching a trading system, or claiming to be a "guru" or a "mentor" should: 1) acknowledge all losing trades from their system (as opposed to banning you from their chatroom if you mention a losing trade) 2) be overall...

Agreed. If you sit in your office all day and trade based on TA and make money, that's awesome. And you probably don't care if anyone believes you. I have no problem with that. My point is that anyone who makes a claim, the onus of proof is on them to prove their claim. Especially in an...