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Hell yes, and I'll tell you why. If you've ever worked in a really, really hyper-political office environment, you've seen the effects of "banning failure." The last day-job I had was just like that. There were tons of regulations (aka "departmental policies") that specifically banned...

Some speculate that the terms long and short come from the times when accounts were measured by chips on an exchequer (the length of the line of chips would be longer if the kingdom had bought more assets, and shorter if it had sold). But no one can really confirm that hypothesis.

Okay, I've had some time to digest and try your collective advice, and I'm definitely doing better. Having more faith in the order flow's clues as to the overall buying/selling pressure has made all the difference. It was so easy to simply react to the prints and my open P&L rather than feel...

DON'T do RAID 0. I've lost entire striped sets when one of the two drives got damaged. This has happened more than once, and the benefit derived from the increase in speed was worth far less than the data on the drive. Even if your stuff isn't mission critical, think about the time it might...

My heavy-ass BMW 530 hit $62 to fill an empty gas tank with 91-octane gas two days ago here in Orange County, CA. It gets a moderate 24.7mpg hwy. My friends with large SUVs no longer drive them regularly--they have become weekend vehicles, costing roughly $100 to $150 per tank on 87-octane...

Just as long as he doesn't try to force the rest of us to do things his way... Seems like a lot of those ultra-successful types get it in their heads that their way is better than everyone else's and that our rights and opinions don't matter. Like Soros with his anti-gun mission--I like my...

I used to be in IT. A lot of times, after a downtime in the middle of the night, we wouldn't discover additional problems/side-effects until the middle of the morning (because the use of the system by many end users would reveal problems not seen during no-load testing). And then we'd have to...

Wow--so many responses--thanks for the help, guys! Yeah, that's the first bit of advice I got regarding this issue (a couple of months ago). It has worked wonders for me, as well as the "two for one" (Dave Landry's term) method described by Pita: Pita's method works awesomely for many...

Hi, all-- In analyzing my weaknesses, I have determined that failing to hold my winners longer is one of my greatest--if not the greatest--challenges. By "holding winners longer," I don't mean trying to "pick the top" when going long. It's not that I've already got 90% of the overall move...

You can still order Windows XP on new systems, if you order Build To Order or Configure To Order units. Most business-minded customers (individual or corporate) have no plans to upgrade to Vista because there's no compelling business case. Home users, on the other hand, have little reason not...

You've described exactly the problem I saw happen on another trader's system when he added a fourth PCI video card to his system. Basically, the power draw of the additional video card was just beyond the capabilities of the stock power supply in his machine, so while the monitor would turn...

There are several factors: 1) Dell buys its components in much larger volumes and uses its considerable market muscle to squeeze its suppliers for lower costs. 2) HP tends to engineer/design their own computers to a greater extent than Dell, who tends to stick to standard components...

Might be wiser to add more heads now so that later, if you needed to, you could attach more monitors without using more slots. Boy, I wish I had bought a quad-head PCI-e card back when I built my desktop. Right now, I'm stuck facing the prospect of having to switch out the motherboard to get...

If you really love trading, you could switch to a retail "prop" firm, trade your own money while picking up your learning/training where you left off. That's what I'd do, at least.

Some laptops are designed for easy processor swaps, but most are surface-mounted directly to the motherboard. I wouldn't recommend even attempting a swap unless the laptop was expressly designed for the ability to do so, and even then, there are other elements of the system that would limit its...

It's an interesting idea--I think you would need to focus on the benefit to the user. Most people who play online sim games/MMORPGs are in it for the social rewards obtained while operating under an alter ego. Most people who trade are (ostensibly) in it for the money. So you have a...

Just be sure to watch out for options roll-forward, which usually causes the price of both calls and puts to drop dramatically. If I were doing the same play as you, I'd have bought April calls OR LEAPs. Buying and selling contracts further out than April would be challenging due to lower...

I remember seeing a Fry's Electronics ad this past weekend featuring ECS Elitegroup motherboards that had old-school features and yet were Core 2 Duo-compatible. You might want to check ECS Elitegroup's website out. Otherwise, I'd recommend that you just wait for the next forklift-upgrade...

I knew that there would be tricksters and con artists out there running prop and "prop" firms, but I deliberately DIDN'T read any of these postings in order to keep my attitude positive. It's kind of like warning somebody "Don't look down!" when they're on a tightrope. The only way they're...

It won't be a flop, just because of the hipsters and gadget freaks that'll camp out to buy it, but I agree that the lack of a physical keyboard really blows. Why? I joined the tablet PC craze and found that touchscreen interfaces just aren't fast enough for text entry. Even with a virtual...