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it probably depends on whether your model is accurate or not and whether there are any external factors that the model does not account for that occur after you place the trade. or something.

looks like a good heads and shoulders pattern except the right shoulder is a little shallow. i'm kind of wary of heads and shoulders though, after the neckline of the bearish h&s in dia and spy daily timeframe was tested and broken yesterday on intc earnings. are weekly timeframe h&s...

i'm going to guess the majority of systems that fail due to trader emotions/lack of discipline aren't profitable systems to begin with. it's easy to curve fit a system or pick up on short term trends in the behaviour of market makers/participants but these don't last. also systems will...

wen u buy something it's because u think it's undervalued and worth more. so you are ripping off the guy who sold it to u since ur just gonna flip it for more cash. wen u sell it's the same thing u think it's overvalued and worth less, otherwise why would u sell? again u r ripping off...

what happens if i'm short single stock futures and underlying goes bankrupt?

for example there is no bid or ask then i put an unreasonable offer implying like 1 million volatility and someone takes the other side can it be broken? or if somehow i trade more than 3% from the market can it be broken?

yeah how the hell are we supposed to know which sectors are going to keep going up and which will keep going down. or when it goes from bull market to bear or bear market to bull. did gold peak or is it a dip for buying? did oil peak or is it a dip for buying? is the USD dead? it...

hi does anyone use hoadley software with openoffice? does it work? (fully functional) or do i have to buy microsoft office?

i live in canada and have also been considering gradually converting funds to usd and dca into index funds.... but i fear a huge 1929 drop lol. or a gradual drop like japan. the bank of canada has repeatedly said they want a lower canadian dollar compared to USD to help our exports since...

An ex-grocery clerk in Wisconsin who repeatedly posted threats of stadium bombings to a website will spend six months in jail. http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-200806064ChanStadiumThreatHoaxerSentenced.html 17 year old high school student makes a threatening...

is bernanke allowed to trade? he'd probably has a huge advantage since he would know what he's gonna do to interest rates in advance no? like if the market is expecting not to cut but he knows he's gonna cut anyway he could short USD bigtime right?

i love these conspiracy theories......... better than a fiction novel.

ok i have a theory. people learn technical analysis and stuff then guys with money they make patterns appear in the charts by buying and selling... like they know if they push the price up it will maek a pattern.... so they make the pattern then others buy it and meanwhile the original...

damnit i always get bearish after a big down day then i tell myself ima short on t he next bounce then the bounce comes and i fukin chicken out and dont short and its another huge down day fuk!!!!

the article was actually a letter written to congress i believe recommending legistlation to regulate the offending funds.....

i read an article recently linking the price increases mainly to large hedge funds that are "investing" buy and hold style rather than speculating. speculators don't hurt the prices long term because they take profits and the prices return to fair value. investors inflate the price...

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is it possible for a company to cut or reduce the amount of dividends payment on or after the day before ex-dividend date? if it is, how often (percentage wise) would you estimate this happens?

i believe a "double calendar spread" profits from increasing volatility and is a bet that the price stays the same. it's pretty complicated though. has 4 legs and i'm not familiar with it. you could probably find info on google. if you think volatility is too high and will decrease you...

i am no options expert but i believe buying simple calls and puts is a way to profit from increasing volatility. this is because the price of a call or put generally increases/decreases as volatility increases/decreases. there's probably more advanced strategies that will hedge out time...