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<i>"You can't be serious??? Take a look at the softs and the grains today. Duh"</i> Let's see... BS was declared worthless, and the liquidation has quietly begun. Hedge funds hold a lot of large-spec commodity long positions in various form & fashion. Any unusual, common denominator for...

<i>"What happened? LOL!</i> Margin call liquidation for their decimated stock positions Want to measure inflation? Go fill up your gas tank from empty, pay your monthly heating / cooling bill and buy a full month's worth of groceries. That economic lesson will teach you all about...

<i>... it is always puzzling as to why someone would sell their secret hard earned methods for a few $$$$. * This should be a pre-requsite for anyone in the business of selling their trading system, but unfortunately it is not.</i> If someone offers a system for sale, a true system by...

<i>"I see only one day of drawdown last week. Friday looks like they knocked the cover off the ball in a trading marathon."</i> At risk of missing the answer to this question by not reading the entire thread... why are all numbers derived from trading 32 ES contracts per turn? Is there...

<i>"1000 puts is a lot more than 450 shares. if you sell 1 put on bsc at 50 strike and bsc goes bk over the weekend you lose 5000 minus the prem you recieved. if you are long 100 shares at 50 and it goes bk over the weekend your loss is 5000. selling the put is actually less risky because you...

<i>"``I can't get wildly bearish,'' Biggs said. ``This is not the end of the world.''</i> Of course it's not the end of the world. Only the end of a five-year bull market. The Dow is much more likely to drop -1,000 pts from right here than rally +1,000 pts. For sure we'll see plenty of up...

<i>"You all have defended this misguided approach since August. Has it helped? Not an iota. And it's not even close to resolution. The asset depreciation crisis is bigger than the Fed."</i> Helluva long way from done... the fallout is just getting started. Admirable efforts by the fed, but...

<i>"2. Where can I get the file for the ME lines on Ninja? Thanks! Sandy"</i> When I first saw these back in 2003ish, they were called dynamic pivots. I think some chart services have them defaulted in with that title. NT does not... but we had them written for us. Here ya go :)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_bi_ge/diving_dollar when was the last time this sentiment existed?

<i>"People that think speculators are a problem or the reason oil is at these prices don't understand the role of futures markets and how they work."</i> 1,000% correct Large specs cannot artificially drive up (or down) commodity prices for extended periods of time. The natural laws of...

<i>"Once the banking system shows signs of being revitalized and the economy shows first signs of stabilization (NFP, ISM, consumer confidence) the Fed will have to hike aggressively in order to avoid inflation creeping into unit labor costs..."</i> By the time this economy "recovers" or even...

<i>"As long as the United States continues to spend, spend, spend and have one of the lowest savings rates in the world ( the U.S. savings rate was NEGATIVE for the ENTIRE year of 2005, the first time since the Great Depression ) the economy will continue to depend on capital creation that comes...

<i>"Too little too late. Of course hindsight is 20/20, but it was the banks and the fed and their "easy money" that got us into this mess. And yes all those people who bought things they couldn't afford are responsible, but the fed created the "crack" i.e. easy money and everyone smoked...

<i>"Intra-day players (AKA day-traders, but that's become a dirty word) were a tiny percentage of overall volume then, and now they've become the majority (if I'm not mistaken). Too many dollars, machines & minds are now chasing after decreasingly predictable intra-day moves."</i> For sure...

<i>Reaver, Actually the drop outs don't understand run on sentence structures, so logically those of us who see the probelms with your English skills would not be the drop outs. Happy to help. If you wish, feel free to send me drafts of your posts prior to public posting. I'd be...

<i>"I personally have the utmost respect for scalpers http://www.trading-naked.com/paul_rotter.htm"</i> Rotter is probably in a class relative to Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. All three deserve utmost respect for what they accomplished. But, are their performances = styles duplicatable by...

<i>"There is a reason why most successful scalpers, and I mean true scalpers taking just a few tics per trade, are pros. Its hard as hell. most people on forums like Yahoo may deride scalpers because non of them can do it, and they have no idea how much some of these guys make. When you are...

<i>"And speaking of the "V," it is one of the strongest setups I know of and works beautifully in today's volatile market. It will also get you in a trend if you happen to miss it early."</i> Those v's will take out more stops than trades entered. Nothing wrong with the move itself... if you...

<i>"i know that for me personally, i'd rather have a 60% trade with a potential gain of $1 than a 20% gain with a potential gain of $5. and, yes, i know that's not 'correct'...my years back of statistics and game theory, etc. i just know how i feel most comfortable, which isn't necessarily...

Looks like she might have started the awaited break. A lift and kiss off that upper trendline would be the kiss of death. Bulls gotta press back inside that pattern and break on thru to the other side. Or, 1260 here she comes Have a great weekend :cool: