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    What to do?

    Career progression is often accompanied by engaging in "conversations of possibilities". You have had such a conversation and now an opportunity has been presented to you. I don't see your downside in taking it. Yes you will have to answer to someone. However, given the right environment and...
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    Amibroker Tutoring Anyone?

    yrbium, Thanks for the info. I contact him. -Joe
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    Amibroker Tutoring Anyone?

    I would like to pay someone to consult with me over the phone (or Skype) and help me to better understand Amibroker. If you are interested, please read on, see if you are qualified, email me and quote me the rate you would charge me. I am located on Long Island in New York (Suffolk County)...
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    Newbee need help getting started :confused:

    I'm afraid your question does not have a simple answer. There are many paths to take. I spent many months looking at thousands of posts on this site. The answers are here. You need to dig in more. Then ask more specific questions and people will give you specific answers. Many of the...
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    Need software recommendation...

    thanks for the replies - will be at the Trader's Expo this weekend and will look at both.
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    Need software recommendation...

    Need software that can chart the ratio of two stocks for trading pairs. I want to chart the ratio of two stocks, as a single pair, in real-time (intraday data) using High, Low, Open, Close. I would like to be able to view a bar chart or candlestick chart of a weight-adjusted (dollar-neutral)...
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    Going Full-time, please advise

    Wow: What a diverse set of answers! Unfortunately very few of you answered any of my questions. Runningman, Mvic, Eddiefl, increasenow, Bwitt - Thank you for specifically answering some of the questions I asked. To a few others, thank you for the motivation, ideas and support. This...
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    Going Full-time, please advise

    I am making a career change to full-time trading. I’ve traded on and off part-time in the last few years but have been unable to really focus on trading due to the demands of my current job/position. I’m working on changing that situation now and I’m looking for the optimal entry point...
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    Backtesting / Charting Software Recommendation

    I need the ability to backtest a single security as well as several (20 to 30) securities simultaneously.
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    Backtesting / Charting Software Recommendation

    Thank you for the ideas. Will give them a look.
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    Backtesting / Charting Software Recommendation

    I am looking for the following attributes in a software package and your opinions would be appreciated. 1) I've read all the threads. Some general recommendations include Amibroker, Wealth-lab, TradeStation and TradersStudio. I am not opposed to spending some money and I am not opposed to...
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    Do I have Illusions of Grandeur ?

    Slyfoxed, Reading your post brings back memories. Although in a different time (early 1980's) I along with many other fellow EE's, looked around my cubicle and saw little in the way of a financial future. I saw brilliant people, 15 years my senior, making 10k more than I was. Scary! I...
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    Need Advice on career change into trading

    I never thought my question would generate so many diverse responses - and with such emotion and passion! I love it! For those of you who took the time to respond, I thank you. This has been a wonderful "read." I'd like to say 1) You get big by thinking big (that's not just a gym...
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    Need Advice on career change into trading

    It's really not about aiming too high. It's about aiming at a level that would exceed what I have already accomplished from a compensation perspective. I'm OK with taking a pay cut for a year or two (i.e. making nothing). But I would not be OK with not reaching my full earning potential...
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    Need Advice on career change into trading

    I am currently exploring the possibilities of leaving my current career and “trading for a living”. I am looking for a change in my life and I have always had a passion for the markets and the idea of proprietary trading. I have been trading “here and there” for the last three years...
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