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What are your thoughts on this? I'm thinking that so many of the retail investors have lost a very large % of their portfolios and as a result it will be a cold day in hell before they ever buy another stock. So if the market ever bottoms, it is likely not to appreciate to previous levels for a...

Do you think now would be a good time to buy some Iraqi currency? If things ever prosper there again it might be a good bet. What say you?

Some times I will take a small long position on a stock and find that it did not work out, but will frequently not sell the stock because I think it will come back. Then what I often find is that the stock will trade down but then one day when the market rallies the stock will rally with the...

Seems like I recall reading on one of these threads a while back that the SEC was considering or had already decided to abolish the uptick rule when shorting stocks. Not just SHO stocks but all stocks. Anyone know anthing about this or its status. Thanks

Buy 500 shares of xyz on March 1 for $30 a share or $15000. Buy another 500 shares on Sept 1 for $10 a share or $5000. If you sell all 1000 shares on Dec 1 for $22 a share or total of $22000, do you have a wash sale on the first lot of 500 shares. I think not because you did not have a loss...

Do you find that you make most of your money in the first and last hour of the day or do you make it evenly during the day? What about a day like today with Bernake talking, market has gone up al lot already and is pretty much marking time, do you just sit back and wait till he is through.

Can someone tell me how to find out what the rules on shorting are. NYSE and OTC. Some say you can only short on uptick. and not others say that stocks that are on Reg SHO list do not require and uptick. All very confusing. Does anybody have a simple explanation or a site that will explain this??

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If you are a high share volume trader could you answer the following questions for me? 1. For your average trade, how many shares do you usually trade? If you see a stock that you think is a good trade, do you put all of your position on at once or do you stick your foot in the water and add...

80x - So you mean that if you have $1,000 in equity, you trade $$80,000 worth of stock. What happens if one of your stocks goes against you by a few cents??

For traders here who are trading lots of shares and lots of $'s every day - how much leverage are you using as a multiple of your equity. For example, where I trade I am allowed to use 4 times equity intraday. I rarely use more than 2 times. What is everyone else using? Thanks

My main areas of uncertainity on shorting is how to do it without violating any rules such as the "up-tick" rules. I know on NYSE stocks I can only sell if the current price is an uptick from the previous price or is the same price as the previous price and the price before that one was an...

My main areas of uncertainity on shorting is how to do it without violating any rules such as the "up-tick" rules. I know on NYSE stocks I can only sell if the current price is an uptick from the previous price or is the same price as the previous price and the price before that one was an...

I am a newbie and I do not understand the mechanics of how to short a stock on Cybertrader. If it is a Nasdaq stock when am I allowed to enter into a short and what price must I enter my sale at. I know there is some type of uptick rule on the bid price but I don't really understand this. Can...

Can someone tell me if I am intrpreting this correctly? I am a newbie and I see that Szeven's results show 971 trades. Is that correct? How can you possible do that many trades in a day?? Thanks

If you are a high volume trader can you tell me how many idfferent stocks you are trading in a day on average. Are you pretty much trading one or two stocks or a lot of stocks?? Thanks

For active traders who may be trading tens of thousands of shares a day, can you tell me how much your profit goal is on each trade? IE are you trying to make 10 cents or $1 per share on average. Also, how many average shares do you take on each position and how many trades do you make in a...