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+1 entitlement instinct is strong in this one, in the midst of a horrible job market.

not to a scalper

Quote from Trend Following: EliteTrader is one of many ways people find out about my books and film. Those are not free. I don't apologize for that. No, but if they were free, at least they would reflect their intrinsic value. You should also be thanked because every time you come on...

I have gotten 3 PMs in the last couple of days from people with 0 posts. How about a new option on PMs. "Block people with fewer than 25 posts from PMing you?" Even better, a fill-in box that lets the user decide how many posts as a minimum before someone can PM them? And to avoid giving...

When will you start posting some of this?

What is your real slippage (estimated)??? Based on your background/experience with live trading, what do you estimate your average slippage for your market/stop orders (please do not include Limit orders - its a whole other creature). STOCKS - in percentage terms FOREX - measured in...

when in doubt, get out...

scrolling up or down and reading any of the other reviewed books is probably more useful. I doubt the authors quote themselves as an authoratitive source... you know Covell, you might get a lot more traction if you participate in forums and actually offer useful insights, rather than the...

UrmaBlume is back I said this before, but I do not believe anything was done. http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2570996#post2570996 NOTICE THE LINK TO THEIR COMMERCIAL WEBSITE in the first line????? This is a company trying to build a reputation and business on ET...

so what is "short term investing? 10 minutes? Hour? 5 hours? 2 days? How in the world will anyone draw a line that is not completely arbitrary?

Confession#4 - I highly suspect you are NOT either of the bolded items in your OP above... Unless you plan to post convincing proof of your self-anointed success. We gets lots of these claims, and they are VERY rarely true.

Look at it in a more clear way. Ignore that john and carl knew each other: If you write an option, over the long haul, your risk-adjusted reward will be near zero. It has not been proven that writing options is a very longterm strategy. People sometimes make money for a few years, and then...

"Ruland and Price were able to obtain fraudulent credit cards by using "instant credit kiosks" located inside Wal-Mart stories, according to court documents. They would input names and other details from the stolen identities into the machines and often receive a temporary document with credit...

Quote from Son of a Gann: I do not see flow of electrons and whether I choose to believe or not believe in electricity I still will get an electric shock and under some circumstances can be killed. true Same holds for odorless nerve gas I cannot see it or smell it. true Radiation...

That has been an unrealized fear for 25 years. You can hide under rocks, afraid of your own shadow, or go out and make good decisions. But econ as thinking it would be the way? Not much more than being an Art history major.

you seem not to grasp just how really really bad the economy is. I just see a pattern in your posts, that somehow you are entitled or expecting good jobs to come your way. New grads are a dime a dozen. It takes a long time for entry level people to become really productive for a large...

You need to consider taking Xanax...

1) forex trading is really hard. I am not convinced you can continue your "300 pips a month." How many YEARS have you been "successful" like this? You likely will find out your ideas stop working, and suddenly. 2) trading on the side and trading to support yourself are two different...

econ degree? You are from a bygone era, bubba. Now, if you had a Computer Science. Nursing or Accounting Degree (from a good school...)