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    high leverage high risk?

    %% Another big advantage with big leverage=big gains/big fun. Another big advantage with big leverage, big bucks can do even bigger, even bigger with a big brand............................................................................................ Another big advantage with big bucks\big...
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    IB Margin Requirements on futures are crazy!

    %% Exactly; + look @ all the difference between the banks required down payment +required prop + hazzard insurance.[REALTY\ i dont keep up with auto loan requirements anymore................................................................................\
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    The Reason Why Stock Dividend Is Bad And Meaningless

    %% ALL most always a disadVantage=dividends..............................................................as far as % gainers. Some exceptions,XOM,CVX + other tech dividends ETFs can be worth it...... Even though i buy xom gas, thats mainly because there are many more xom stations since they...
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    Good at poker bad at trading, how could that be?

    %% LOL funny but mostly true......................................................................NOT that luck or gambling has anything to do with business or trading/investing/LOL. WE used to gamble in pool halls for quarters.Also too dumb to check for silVer quarters. The way the small...
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    ES Journal - 2021/2022

    %% I'm glad you asked your ''top area'' today question; with 17 minutes 'till close/good timing . Those 3 x inverse ETFs mountain + valley trend =quick.......................................................................
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    How do you know when your strategy stop being profitable vs a short drawdown period?

    %% I dont trade ES anymore, but I've seen Buy1 Sell2 [journal] make plenty of money/long term/drawdowns + short term trading ES.[So he is diversified on his timeframe+ risks small enough most likely for drawdowns not to bother his capital much ] I trade SPY/spxl, so its easy for me to figure out...
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    Wallstreetbets WHOOPSIE!

    %% Good points. And also, on a 3 year chart, much of the time GME, is a penny stock[-$5].NO earnings, so those were ''value investors/traders?? LOL. IF 80% lose, sounds like most GME buyers were in 80% losers. I could believe most of them lost money/rockets go down also. I 've shot plenty of...
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    why are there so many options that are terrible deal?

    %% A stock priced @$2.55[penny stock/LOL] tends to be a bad deal from the getgo. MOST ANY low volume market has a wide bid /ask. I started to say, , and dont try to buy a house for $2.55 or $40; but sometimes/rarely, a gift house is sold for a...
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    Where's the top?

    %% Actually, buy monday[because its down\LOL] tends to be a stock index/ETF money maker over time. OF course we've seen SPY,QQQ/QLD .....gap up/close up 4 mondays in a row, also. I took a profit today on tech 3X l inverse etf. XME [metals + mining ] is still making a good uptrend/not in...
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    Which way? Metals

    %% XME [S&P Metal + Mining etf ] is still uptrending well. I cut a loss on it, this week because while its a good uptrend , i have done better with + trade/invest tech ETFs for many years. SLV[Silver Trust] has been in an uptrend since 2007 + 2008; never has even taken out the 2008 low. May hit...
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    Where's the top?

    %% WELL ,SPXL,upro, sure put in a weekly top/LOL But strong FEB ,MAR, uptrends,so far\about 5 hours until market close. QQQ , took out the monthly low/but looks good on weekly charts. [Dont know if this affects market?? But Dr/Senator Paul rebuked fake Faucci again, on wearing 2 masks;'' you...
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    Where to rotate into after tech now?

    %% Twenty + year patterns with profits; back into tech+ tech etfs. Some pay dividends also, but i never ''chase'' yield or dividends. Warren Buffet called bitcoin ''rat poison'' so it takes all kinds to make a market. A good trend if tech is selling is SQQQ+ inverses like that; but tech tends...
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    Will IB ever, in the near future, make it easy to transfer money in/out?

    %% But not near as horrible to not have any limits,on the number of banks one could withdraw money to. THAT would increase risk+ could easily turn into unlimited risk[unlimited # of banks = unlimited risk] I wonder if these brokerages get interest on SEC fees before they pay the SEC, i assume...
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    Lesson learned: Importance of trading Out vs in charts

    %% SQQQ+ other inverses are still above 50dma + positive for the week.[10:00 cst, FRI] STRONG ETFs uptrends in MAR. But 3rd friday week tends to be down. SAT = 1st day of spring
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    Consistency or one time large profit?

    %% I like TSLA + have it several ETFs............/they position size it right/10-12% of a diversified ETF. So i could see how you do both/but with a very important difference/ proper position size.I sure would not put 10% in TSLA, but like the idea of several etfs putting 10-12% in TSLA. BIG...
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    Lesson learned: Importance of trading Out vs in charts

    %% Profits on QQQ/UDOW; buying TECS..........
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    Three 1.5% down days in a row

    %% That could happen in a good ,profitable business. I lost money in starting position XME, but if XME moved like GME i would never go near it. I knew the profit potential in xle was smaller so i traded it smaller.[ I lost money in tqqq once because of an impulse trade,but qqq many times...
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    3/17 Today's Watchlist: SQQQ TZA UVXY SOXS

    %% MOST of my buy orders have not been hit.Actually i was afraid my sell udow exit was too late but out @129.000..................................................................................But its fine
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    Will IB ever, in the near future, make it easy to transfer money in/out?

    %% Good points. NOT that its 1000% or anywhere near that /LOL BUT lots of locals /banks/gun dealers give free coffee.OR @ least did preVirus.................................................................................. [And not to promote local saving accounts to much\but there are a lot...
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    I'm in disbelief about USD

    %% Anything is possible; but the Euro has so much taxes + to many regs around it /USD could do much better than anyone dreamed. WHaT 's really crazy is the price for confederate money/LOL +old silver certs[payable in silver the at FED notes says/LOL] I paid up a big percent for 1907 nickle...
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