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    Gladstone Capital offers new 5-year notes

    %% AT first glance ; GLADstone + GLAD website looks pretty good. Sorry I dont have time to really research them @ this time; back to ETFs + Money Market. 7.77 or 7.75% is better than MM, more risk; not much risk to my local banks interest except inflation risk + opportunity risk- I care about...
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    Biden administration restricts American investments in high-tech sectors in China

    %% LOL, on subject of national [nationalist] security,99% of tariffs [tariff= tax are a bad idea for the nation ]. THAT'S one of reason US homes are VERY high/timber tariffs[taxes on Canada lumber]. Of course Canada[+ canadian gov ]has so much forest they could easy afford to dump for...
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    Is there anyone here who has a consistently profitable automated trading system?

    %% TRUE. But i'm sure his CPA or any with common sense would have a good tax plan. Much more common is a business that requires more discretion; actually his[JS] business required a lot of discretion + years to set it up. So I have to ask another question. ANYbody here that has not done or @...
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    trailing stop

    %% YOU ,BB, changed the name LOL=Stop Gain, or Exit Gain[SG or EG]:D:D Good shot- name change or nickname . A loss[expense] is part of any business + no such thing as any profit business that has no expences. No such thing also== as a good target shoot with out plenty of ammo[ or arrows] fired...
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    Biden administration restricts American investments in high-tech sectors in China

    %% OK, that's the way the headline implies:caution::caution: BUT they made so many goofs, it would be hard to make 100% goofs= ALL the timeLOL:D:D SO no, its good to limit an evil empire+ crooks , Chicago Crooks,+ chicoms. Good shot also , when they, noted by public record ,blew up that gas...
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    Sergio's Trading Strategies & Market Predictions

    %% LOL= good guess.:D:D Cant really predict markets; if anyone could predict markets, could keep adding on , adding on in oil contracts or add anything, keep adding on + get rich quick. Reality check\ even the best trends correct, not a prediction , its a common sense fact. Good guess :caution:
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    When's the right time to enter a trade during a trend phase?

    %% AVOID the worst time, for me its the point [in hindsightLOL] where the major trend changes ; about every 4 years for a benchmark like SPY. IF it goes 8 years + SPY has, never confuse 4 with 8:caution::caution: And find something else like a cash metals business [or capital intensive...
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    Here's my house for sale -- any suggestions? Thx

    %% First things first LOL:D:D. The woman usually gets the home anyway; hopefully you both can work it out; if not lawyers charge so much +much more............................................ Cabin 111, the 15-20 year REALTOR had a real good point, ''the buyer doesnt want quartz'' OR the...
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    Re-entry after profit-taking

    %% OK\ but we/me[I'm NOT gender confusedLOL] =meaning this pattern is NOT just mine:D:D THAT\ +have to consider temperment+ typing speed or computer skills............... ALSO have to consider of the few profitable daytrade systems I EVER saw; the one that that made more money, traded less...
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    What are the most valuable lessons you have learned?

    %% Partial disclosure\ I'm no Peter Lynch, but he sure did well with plenty hi volume losers, over timeLOL:D:D I maybe should read some more of his book; since SPY benchmark which he usually beat/ has 500+/ single stocks in it:caution::caution:
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    Greatest Hits

    %% Sister Sledge= a hard hitting song; WE are family/ bros + sisters + me \ we having fun+ just begun. RINO Records:D:D
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    Re-entry after profit-taking

    %% UPRO, No not so much reenter,50dma chart may or may not hold; SH + related looked better + was . May renter SPYV, most likely not for daytrade; even though I sometime turn a good investment into a daytrade. I always wondered if some one that turned[unplanned ] a bad '' daytrade in to an...
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    Large lot in California...Should I sell it or hold??

    %% SPY=lost1%past 4 weeks/ SPY YTD/ 17% or/ 20+/%YTD [NOT 21%, 20% more or less]
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    Re-entry after profit-taking

    %% SURE can be LOL:D:D I like , speaking of circles a 200 pound deer makes a bigger circle than a 5 pound rabbit. Like UPRO, may not get again for long while -- i was thinking about sellin' the position in SEPT anyway, so exit early , + exit some QQQ related late .UPRO has bigger circles...
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    What are the most valuable lessons you have learned?

    %% LOL exactly, rather be a bit late +catch the trend right + right profit + profit. OF COURSE some losses , lots of losses , even an amazing number of super losses could still make a millionaire happy. Sure worked that way/ well for Peter Lynch-Fidelity Fund . =Cash stocks , not NG .:D:DLOL
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    Anyone just trade ETF's as their trading strategy?

    %% THAT's not ETFs risk + frankly a brief internet thread is no substitute for the annual report+ prospectus............... The risk you noted, Tmickey, is leverage risk + NOT suggested in their literature @ all. ALSO in a tight sideways slop chop=trend , a cash ETF does better. I also like...
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    trailing stop

    %% Trail stops?? Good to excellent in most all cases:caution::caution: [2] SINCE cant predict markets, even with a very good trend; take some profits sometimes. And never confuse 1st line with last line. TOO much leverage could easy goof up both winning plans. I'm not a market maker , dont...
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    US stock market in trouble? Discretionary traders post your charts with analysis

    Some confuse ''Trouble'' with a downtrendLOL Or in some case an uptrend:D:D.With no plan that trader maybe in ''Trouble '', I would not confuse that with market. SPY benchmark, SPXS +QQQ arent very connected ; unless one watches them + adds up all the data. Some could say well they go down...
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    BRICS currency

    %% Good points. I always trade with metals dealer + get paid in Fed Reserve Notes. US money has included\ copper coins, nickle coins, silver coins , + gold coins, buckskins[aka bucks] beaver skins, copper coins the size of US silver dollars, beads, confederate money , Fed Reserve notes...
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    The Crocodile of Wall Street (Crime Pays)

    %% Bernie Madoff,Epstein; actually crime can pay a bit. They say crime may pay a bit\ for doing chain gang gardening + prison work. DONT try this @ home:caution::caution:
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