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I have used them in the past yes. They're certainly very popular and liquid, which is a great benefit. I'd be careful about buying any right now though, as I think it'll be at least a couple of months before the next leg down. But then again I have negative returns for the year, so you...

Just buy any inverse ETF

Hi, it's me again, the guy with the unhelpful answer. What I really wanted to explain in my first answer, is that it's not possible to know why price moves all the time, and that anything can happen any time. This is because supply & demand ultimately determines price, and supply & demand...

The Feds actions are anything but altruistic. Their only purpose of existence is to do everything they can to keep the current system of government controlled money running. Politicians would rather destroy the whole economy than give up this power, and this is the only reason the Fed has such...

Is this the one? http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_01/seymour062001pv.html

Because noone is left to sell.

Because the stockholders wanted to sell more stock than buyers were willing to buy at that price.

My point wasn't to make a value judgement on today's system, but rather that realizing how it functions is probably not extremely useful from an investing standpoint, as it won't help you predict when it will fail, just that it will.

Interesting methodology guys. Have you tried integrating volume into your analysis?

Fractional reserve banking Money multiplier I knew about this before I started trading. It hasn't helped my timing any.

We won't know for certain until tommorow. We close with a big white candle that fills the gap tommorow, and the bottom is in. Of course, by that time it'll be too late to take advantage of it.

Whenever you want to buy, sell, and whenever you want to sell, buy.

I have been in cash since the 19th. As an unexperienced position trader, I had seen nothing like the two days of 18th and 19th before (although as luck would have it, I was on the right side) and didn't fully appreciate how much political risk there was in the markets. Since then, I have...

Market makers for derivatives are exempt from the short selling rules http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-213.htm

Sure. I use candlesticks on the daily timeframe to more easily spot reversal days. I also find they provide a nice summary of intraday action while still allowing for the big picture view. If I'm trading on the 15, 30 or 60 minute timeframe then I'm doing so to ignore the short-term...

I have traded for FEWER than 2 years and it depends on the time frame. 1 - 5 min: Bar 15, 30 and 60 minutes: Candlestick Daily: Candlestick Weekly: Bar

This is not a discipline problem. You just made a low probability trade. Take a look at the chart for visa and see if you can find any clues about you being wrong. If you can find some, then good, you've learned from you mistake. If you can't find any, then either you haven't got enough...

A question from a newbie: Do these things happen often? Some stock falls 50% on news but manages to retrace a large amount of the fall? I remember last bottom when FRE and FNM were down lots at the open but ended up positive. Based on this logic I took a small position on AIG this morning...

Original poster here. I've not the same IP as the person that posted under me. I agree that we'll probably see inflation again, just so the government can pay off it's debt. That will fuel another bull market in some asset class or another. We'll just have to keep a look out.

I'm no macro analyst, I just look at the charts and trade what they tell me. But recently they have told a strange and unexpected story, and that story is deflation. Commodities lower - check USD higher - check Treasuries higher - check Stocks lower - check How plausible do you guys...