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Look at the past two day's reaction to the the worst RE inventory numbers in 20 years. Look at the reaction from 3:20 yesterday to 10:20 today.

Don't you think the easiest way to manipulate is to buy the underlying, sell the leveraged derivatives, then dump the underlying at higher prices.

Trader A finishes the year up 35% after having a max drawdown of 50%. Trader B finishes the year up 25% after having a max drawdown of 5%. I think Trader B is the better trader because conservation of capital is the most important skill/talent of any trader/investor. Loss and decay is...

All parabolic moves come to an end. With the nasdaq breaking down, more fear, and lower appetite for risk, I doubt SNDK can continue to go parabolic as the Nasdaq continues to slide. I would fade a breakout to new highs 54-55.50 area.

I agree with you Brother Candle, you are a True Patriot. Chavez, indeed is an Evil Terrorist Dictator who poses an Imminent Treat to the United States. He gives safe harbor to Terrorists, has a program to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction, and has repeatedly threatened the United States by...

LOL, you post some very funny cartoons.

Yeah okay, keep dreaming. "Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality" —Michael...

Why dont some brokers allow trailing stops - considering its one of the most using tools in trading. I use Lightspeed and Tradestation and both don't allow it. IB one the other hand does. With Lightspeed you can't use stops at all on Nasdaq stocks.

Wait for sCalPz book to come out. He is sharing portions of it here.

I am now a former Etrade Pro trader. Looking for another firm or office space. Not interested in trading remote.

It was a great envirnment to trade in while it lasted. I will miss it Almost everyone has cleared out today.

I agree.

I think mschey and spike500 gave some good advice. To thier advice i would add, deposit the minimum amount you have to deposit in order to trade 100 share lots. If its 2k then only deposit 2k. That way you'll have to blowout 25 accounts before you blow your brains out. As for mentor...

Okay, I don't like the word "try" either. I just tell myself that if I don't accomplish 2 out of the 3 goals every day then I risk being an unprofitable trader if I continue to trade like that. To calculate now what your P/L will probably be like a year from now is simple, take the average for...

Here's a link to: "The Psychology of Risk" Speaker: Dr.Kiev, Author of Trading in the Zone He talks about the value of goals in trading and in sports, he works with a lot of traders and athletes. The Paul Todor Jones lecture seems interesting too...

Hi GP6, I'm new to daytrading myself. Here is what I realize. Most traders don't have goals. Trading without specific and achievable goals is like trading with no purpose. I ask myself "why do I trade?" "Do I trade for excitement, for entertainment, or to lose?" No, "I trade to win, to...

what is a trading 'arcade'?

He maybe making a killing right now considering that he's long commodities for quite a while.

http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Investing101/1023.html

ok well rereading mktman's post explains a lot