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    Tips for Taking Smaller Stops -- What works?

    I'd like to see more 'intelligent stop' software out there... for example I use a lot of indicators such as "minimum 8 trades at or beyond a given price", not just a single market print, which would cause a stop on most platforms .. eg using the patter of the tape, and perhaps other market...
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    Tony Oz Books

    pirating other people's works is against the law, and not ethical "nuclon" .. good thing Baron can track all IP addresses of posters, and we can report to the police (which I do). ken
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    Tips for Taking Smaller Stops -- What works?

    Right -- how about trading several positions near-simultaneously? Is that approach uncomfortable or difficult for many traders, or do many of you do that, in your daytrading? Example, during a hot/volatile breakout 10-20 minute timeframe in the market, it makes sense to be in a handful...
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    Tips for Taking Smaller Stops -- What works?

    yeah, that sounds about right, eg set 1/2 point wins as a target, with .20 type stops... so people aren't swinging for the fences... keeping it all smaller ... good point re easier to take ... ken
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    Tips for Taking Smaller Stops -- What works?

    Interesting to see all the different trading styles -- that's what makes for such a diverse market .... eg stop management for different styles is a good topic too. .. the key is, to maintain discipline for stops that are appropriate for each strategy.. eg not mixing stop/risk mgmt styles in the...
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    Tips for Taking Smaller Stops -- What works?

    Excellent intelligent posts... well reasoned ..... On the mental side of it, technical trading approach ... I find that doing things like trading several stocks near-simultaneously in a strong sector during an open range breakout helps me be less committed to any position ... like...
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    Does everyone have a degree?

    agree school's great.... good point re best to get a state college undergrad degree, then get a job w/big company that does tuition reimbursement, and get a masters/mba/compusci degree on their nickel while learning Real stuff on the job.. I got an undergrad degree from UCLA ('86) and a...
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    Tips for Taking Smaller Stops -- What works?

    Here's an interesting trading question -- what have you all found works to help remind you to keep your stops small? The challenge: many folks seem to have a "do or die" mentality and are overly-committed to single positions working out, and subsequently take larger stops in pursuit of larger...
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    Russ Whitney's Teach Me To Trade??

    If I read this 10Q correctly, it appears that the "Teach me to Trade" people (aka Whitney Information Network) had... $38.5 million dollars in sales, for the most-recent 3 months...!! http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095276/000110465904014834/a04-6193_110q.htm "Total revenue for...
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    Are there pullback systems that backtest well?

    backtesting? no it's the Right edge of the chart that counts pullbacks? no it's Breakouts that attract new trend buying/selling, not pullbacks, which is essentially fading the immediate past trend. i like to keep it simple. "jump on breakouts", as long as the stock isn't extended near...
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    Music fan sites for traders? like Sade..

    Hey any favorite music fan sites out there? I'm starting a new Sade site, called http://www.sadeweb.com .. nothing there yet but the homepage .. will work on it this summer.. took hours to scale/cut/paste the photos, make it look reasonably decent ... there's not much to put on these...
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    If you had to name one quality to succeed in trading, what would it be?

    agree re keeping stops/losses minimal is key, while learning and throughout ... One thing that I believe makes a difference is how to best distinguish between tradable volatile time frames (eg which 20 minutes during the first 2 hrs are "hot", worth a trade), vs non volatile chop/overtrading...
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    ADX Indicator

    I like using ADX for swingtrades, but not daytrading (I primarily use time & sales, volume, sector percent change, 2d hi/low breakouts for daytrades) ... Here's the method I've developed, fwiw: http://www.esignalcentral.com/learning/likepro/strategy/volume/default.asp Primarily I use...
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    I Love Interactive Brokers

    How does IB's short list compare with cyber's? ken
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    Laptop/notebook PC recommendations anyone?

    thx, that sidecar accessory looks interesting for multimonitor from laptop... true nitro re multi output for 2 monitors ... looks like it's natively supported from the compaq x1000 I got .. Anyone know where to find a "video hub" for multiple same-monitor-view output? eg I have a single...
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    Laptop/notebook PC recommendations anyone?

    thx nitro, good idea.. will do ... ken
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    Laptop/notebook PC recommendations anyone?

    Excellent comments all, many thanks for the ideas ... should be helpful. Any ideas on how to get a parallel multi video output? eg at a seminar, I'd like to have the laptop generate the video signal output for a main LCD projector plus run 5-6 simultaneous video outputs to flat panel...
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    Laptop/notebook PC recommendations anyone?

    hey thanks all ... the compaq presario x1000s look good .. will check the others too ... Looks like they're all preloaded w/XP ... I've never used windows XP -- from what I've heard it's a bit of a headache compared to the win2K pro I've been using -- anyone use XP, how's it compare...
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    Laptop/notebook PC recommendations anyone?

    Hi -- I'm looking to get a new notebook/laptop.. any recommendations for a decent fast one for trading on the road and making presentations for seminars? My last one was a Compaq Presario 1200, it's still working great for a relic :P (I'll call Tia). Looking for something...
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    Hawaii car rental/ride

    The ko olina is a nice resort, but way far away from waikiki on the ewa (west) side of the island far away from everything to see.... I would *never ask a stranger on the internet* to give someone a ride of course. daBus would not be something to take out there, it's a 1 1/2 hour+ ride...
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