Market on close orders in the cash market. If you trade a stock index future, it is prudent to know the trading hours of the underlying...
Very few consequences, since (almost) anybody can become rich now.
IMO it's a bad idea to trade where your broker is on the opposite side of your trades. The conflict of interest is huge. The spreads on...
I'm based in the UK so if you're US then I can't help you except to suggest the obvious clearers e.g. Refco etc. As a comparison, my clearer...
Bund. The extra volatility reduces the impact of the bid-offer spread.
I will repeat what I said above, which is to ask a qualified tax professional (i.e. an accountant), rather than rely on a bunch of strangers on an...
Speak to an accountant or tax attorney and get some proper advice. Don't rely on the internet. Having said that, if you are non-US citizen who...
If you select stocks well enough, then you will not have many losers in the first place. You can have risk control without technical analysis...
Exactly. They only stayed solvent by exceeding their credit & risk limits with the clearing firm, which IMO is being negligent with investors...
Something I saw in an article about Jim Cramer: "THURSDAY 401(k) Spotlight An every-day feature, Jim fixes a listener's 401(k). "...
Didn't he recently recommend booking profits lower down and waiting for the selloff to finish, when the S&P went below 1000? Now he gets...
They were excellent for very short-term trading. You would have many crazy days where the market would go one way for ages with hardly a...
That statement by Dennis is simply wrong. It doesn't matter if most people don't have the discipline to follow it, because there are lots of...
I'm also highly bullish on gold. Along with silver and platinum, it looks and feels like the early stages of most major multi-year bull markets...
Fair enough - that's the difference between an investor and a trder. Just look at Buffett - no stops, adds massively to losers, likes buying...
True, but most people's strategy is not to outperform the market, but rather to make lots of money so they can get rich and retire. If they're...
Gordon - why should someone who couldn't give a rats ass what happens to the Iraqis be forced to pay for the reconstruction of the country? The US...
In a bull market, staying long during corrections will clearly make more money than selling out. The obvious question is how to do that whilst...
Making 10 million dollars is unnecessary, that doesn't mean it isn't a good idea. The question isn't whether market timing is unnecessary, but...
Can you tell us when your friend next gets bullish on stocks please? A person who is always wrong is just as valuable as someone who is always right.
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