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    Life is good for NYC landlords

    <i>"LOL man, it's all in your mind ... and despite the fact that they've been disparging the NY hotties, we still have the most diverse pool of women to choose from."</i> My vote there would be Toronto... extremely diverse and most all the women are normal to thin. That no longer matters...
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    These kind of Profits CAN'T last!

    <i>"LOL what kind of bars are that? Do you have a link for that youtube video?"</i> It was in here somewhere, several months ago. Basically he was sipping champagne from a glass, then got tipsy off the second glass and started swilling straight from the bottle, tough guy style. Just a...
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    These kind of Profits CAN'T last!

    <i>"Allowing people like Puretick to be sponsors here and then talk unprofessionally just degrades the quality of this forum."</i> In all reality, it's impossible to degrade at least half the threads in this forum. You are in a barroom environment for traders... half the is an upstairs...
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    Losing motivation - the daily grind

    <i>"Been trading seriously over a year and a half now, have made it a full time job. It just isn't fun as it used to be. I don't even get excited watching the markets open"</i> Most of us begin trading with an end goal of time & lifestyle freedom in mind. I don't think anyone lists "screen...
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    What do you think of this account management system?

    Let's approach this equation from another angle. Forget about what your max-loss limits are. Assume you will rarely hit those, and focus on being profitable instead. Do not base your success on what failures will permit. Base your success on two factors: #1: What the market offers per your...
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    These kind of Profits CAN'T last!

    <i>"Sadly for me, the bulk is from Elite Trader. I say sadly because the format I use in ET to get business is to be "in your face, confrontational." Ask anyone who has done a personal mentorship with me. I am just the opposite. So why at ET? I actually got the idea from Donald Trump. He...
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    ER2 and CME S&P Small Cap 600

    <i>"I need at least 20 cars and the only option at the moment is 40 to 50 cars on the NQ and ES, and they just don't track as well."</i> ER is a very different emini from the others... only those who have traded it and ES/YM can understand the actual differences. Right now there is no match...
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    ER2 and CME S&P Small Cap 600

    <i>"just have to wait and see where the money goes."</i> You should check out the SPM thread in here... written by a long-time Jack Hershey protege`. Brilliant guy from Australia, and from what the ladies say must quite the looker, too :D * Midcap still trades around 20k volume daily...
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    Will walking away turn into an epidemic?

    <i>"But, listen guys, they are not after the truly stretched....they are after the guy who just didn't WANT to pay because the value went below the loan balance.....not the guys who CAN'T pay..."</i> By far the vast majority of walk-away people in this country are those who cannot pay. That's...
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    Hormones 'may fuel market crises'

    <i>"Anyone know how to lower one's cortisol levels? Is there some kind of supplement or pill for that?"</i> http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/jalali/cortisol.htm One of many articles on the topic. I've seen countless ads for cortisol suppression thru the years, must be many different...
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    Purely Mechanical Option Trading

    <i>"Quote from jeffalvinson: Example No. 2 You bought an option for 2.50 and the OEX index then moves several points (5 to 8 points) in your trade direction, but the bid remains deadpan at 2.00. Is that manual manipulation? or lack of volume? I believe both.</i>...
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    Hormones 'may fuel market crises'

    <i>"Dr John Coates, another of the study's authors, said that while ever-increasing testosterone levels might turn risk-taking into an "addiction", the reverse was true with the stress hormone cortisol, which, in excess, causes people to actively avoid risk, potentially worsening the effects of...
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    These kind of Profits CAN'T last!

    <i>"If Cramer endorses us, Geoff will need a sweatshop full of helpers to help him process credit cards, LOL."</i> ...and you'll be blown out of the ym that very same day. Better brush yourselves up on the S&P :)
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    Will walking away turn into an epidemic?

    <i>"Example: $400,000 loan forclosed on...house sells for $300,000..bank has a deficiency judgement for $100,000....sell that judgement to a debt collector for $10,000-$25,000....he will pound your ass......and this is not the sweet little lady from the bank, LOL.....this is Vinnie from WalkAway...
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    Will walking away turn into an epidemic?

    <i>"If the defaulting mortgagee has other assets, the lender can strive to collect. If there are no assets, the defaulter gets "1099-ed", then has to deal with the IRS for income tax due. Bankruptcy would be the only true relief."</i> Big picture: the majority of people do not care about...
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    Seriously, can anybody trade the ES?

    <i>"Any of you that claim the YM or NQ are easy compared to the ES have any proof for this?"</i> Perhaps the better question is, "Does anyone who claims the ES is easy have any proof for this"? Trade blotters = results are a little scarce in this site relative to how many ES traders claim...
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    Took a tough loser today going into the close

    <i>"Sounds like its my fault and mostly it is but there is a software glitch I won't go into for a bunch of reasons. Anyway... Ironically, I haven't traded great the past two weeks and I almost feel like this was the slap in the face I needed to get my ass in gear. So pretty much, I can't...
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    Purely Mechanical Option Trading

    <i>"Again we keep running into the fact that options are derivative products and therefore they are priced off something else in this case the underlying and thus cant and don’t have a trend of their own."</i> Simply stated, index option underlying values are the futures market, not the...
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    Sat Morning - Anyone else have problems with Tradestation Data?

    TS is dead here. Cold, snowing so I planned on doing my weekend work troday. Thankfully Ninja Charts are available... can at least do some short-term research stuff. TS ain't what it used to be.
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    Purely Mechanical Option Trading

    <i>"With an SPX average daily range of 15-20 points, you can see why a 30% profit goal is achieveable. OEX options sometimes barely move at all even when the market is screaming in your direction. OEX options are not electronic and usually have low volume and that explains most of the...
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