OP says he been trading successfully for 7 years, and you say because his picks in the last month on this thread haven't been profitable that he certainly has no winning strategies? does every winning trader have to be right every day, month or even year? lets say a firm actually hired you and...
hey stltrader, nice thread and congrats on your trading success.
since you're doing confessions, i'll add one of my own - its been a while since i made or lost the $40k in a day that seems your daily swing, but not as long as 99% of the other posters here. im happier with less swing and...
http://seekingalpha.com/article/157512-ung-suspends-new-shares-are-there-alternatives?source=yahoo
just doesnt seem like id want to own this thing, even if the idea is correct
just want to let you all know, im a professor of theology and am surprised by the caliber of some of the thoughts articulated here. of course nothing here really adds to the conversation/debate of religions' truth or god's existence, but that's obviously no surprise. these matters have been...
i remember watching this video last year and feeling some commiseration - it was my largest single day drawdown in my career at around $100k. at first i was banging and cursing but after watching this guy i realized how dumb it was and just let it go and shut down. had i not let it go so...
author estimates $100 billion in tax revenue. is that assuming the same amount of trading will be done? if so, that $100 billion isn't happening. not only that, but think of all the taxes the gov't collects from traders, market makers, hedge fund managers etc...making billions upon billions...
yea probably had nothing to do with the looming global financial crisis/credit freeze, banks failing, hedge fund blowups, margin calls, forced liquidations, rising unemployment, bad earnings etc...