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    Pain from loss vs. happiness from gain

    The most important thing in trading, is to minimize losses. So your pain is a good thing.
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    Recommended reading for a newbie trader

    Thoughts: I have been doing this a long time. Technical Analysis is pretty much a waste of time. Many will say otherwise, but many institutional studies prove them wrong. Stay away from Elliot Wave. Fibonacci, astrology, "candlestick patterns", Gann and other Hocus Pocus. They are...
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    What is the best Employee Debit Card

    Why are you asking here? Go talk to your bank, that is what those "employees" there are sitting there for.
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    How I saved $10,000, sorry Gurus

    No, they are not. They are pretty much identical to the people here. Newbies, paper traders, and a few who actually know what they are doing.
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    100K to 133.14159K in 361 Days

    Why are you seeking to get your account to 130 + pi to 5 places???? "100K to 133.14159K in 361 Days"
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    AIG Said to Pay $450 Million to Retain Derivatives Employees

    With 10,000 unemployed financial people out there, why pay these people $1 million each to stay? Because they can use govt money. Let AIG fail, I say. Without giving them all that money.
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    CNBC: The "End" of Warren Buffett

    Are you an alias of TalkNet?????
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    Sources of Information on the Financial Futures Market

    you are a little vague about what info you are trying to find. You don't want definitions, you don't want fundamentals (your parenthesized statement), you want specific information that you don't specify, what DO you want?
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    Ack... IB denied margin account

    Velocity Futures has a rep for getting your money and account set up REALLY fast. You might be trading within several days. They also have a good reputation.
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    Even if banks receive bailouts, why are they pressured to lend?

    or more specifically: 1) you need a loan? Sorry, we cannot do that. 2) you don't need a loan? You want one?
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    The Rise of the Day Trader

    Of course it is. His small group's blowup rate is high. And TA pretty much fails under longterm testing. The article writer is showing EXAMPLES of supposedly successful traders. Nothing is proven here
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    A ''church '' holocost denier

    this is so far from true, it is almost pathetic. Only a partial list: The Papacy and Priesthood In the Bible there are no popes or priests to rule over the church. Jesus Christ is our High Priest (Heb. 3:1; 4:14-15; 5:5; 8:1; 9:11), and all true Christians make up a spiritual priesthood (I...
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    Why not just reduce ALL taxes by 50%

    So true. He is competing to put together the worst aspects of stock_trad3r and Trader28 (cold/c-kid/jasonn/etc/) into one really annoying alias.
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    Coach of 100-point win fired, says he's not sorry

    It was a 20 person girl's school, 8 of whom played on the team. I believe the girls at the school also has some kind of personal difficulties, but don't remember exactly what it was...
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    The Rise of the Day Trader

    "This kind of trading is not for the weak of stomach. Milman readily admits his system typically gives him only a slightly better than 50-50 chance at making the right choice, and several of Milman’s colleagues had vaporized their accounts on a few bad bets. The fact is, few traders are...
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    Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

    the house is the market. the slippage is what you pay to trade bid/ask, etc.. the errors are making mistakes, which everyone will do. Unless you are on the floor, you are not immune to these, commissions or fees.
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    Obama can instill civic responsibility – through a mandatory Youth Corps

    Doesn't everyone want to be forced to spend 2 of their prime years earning minimum wage? Whatever happened to concept of a democracy? What would happen if the government did NOT force people to do things against their will and allow them "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?" Bet...
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    The Dollar in the Next 48 to 60 Months ?

    It will probably be higher or lower. Everything else is a wild guess that far out.
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    Spelling and Trading

    Almost as bad as someone who hyperventilates over poor spellers. Some of the spelling errors are probably also typos. But seriously, you need a lot of help...
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    best blogs for trading ideas

    They use stupid exclusion criteria: Blogs that used profanity were also excluded from the list... Anonymous blogs also did not make the cut... The final major metric was frequency of posting... either a blog helps someone outperform, or it is just light reading
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