You should quote the opinion you are responding to. You are slightly incorrect about the history of fractional reserve banking. I believe the...
I should also add that the Federal Reserve refused to bail out a few selected banks in the 1929 run on the banks and the net effect was that the...
Really? The panic of 1907, caused by over leveraging, set the stage for a chosen few to over leverage themselves without repercussions via the...
I'm usually not for the touchy feely stuff but some of that website has some good psych content.
Ok, I read the article again. I think I get why. It's not that it is not prone to manipulation, it's just that it appears that there is no...
This is exactly how the stimulus package worked. I don't see what your argument is.
Hey buddy, you're painting with a broad brush there. Without knowing where someone comes from, it is hard to know where to spend money/time....
Thanks, I found this article as well. I think I'll have to read it a couple of more times to understand what it is saying. I specifically don't...
By quantify you mean develop a trading algorithm? As for R:R, I don't know how I would define that. I don't quite know how to say "I expect $X"...
[Wow, two readers suggesting futures, I guess I gotta look into it...] Actually, I don't even know how you trade futures so no, I haven't...
After some research tonight, I found a very high-volume ETF that handles a similar index. I'm going to switch to this one next week.
Dec 17, 2010: Net of sales: $805, Net of commissions: $615 % gain on capital: 2.46% - multiple from index: 6.5x % gain with leverage used...
I feel like Luke Skywalker and failed_trad3r is the Emperor. "You. Will. Fail."
Thanks. Seems like they dropped one of my replies...
Testing reply... Doesn't seem to be showing up for some reason! :confused: Edit: weird, this reply showed up but my journal for this morning...
Dec 17, 2010 (Paper) Morning: Strategy with breakouts on support/resistance worked well. Was up $600 at some point but ended up at $376...
In the past couple of years I've banked about $300K doing software consulting work. Upcoming year looks like I may bank $400K. I am almost 30...
Well, I agree with you so you really should do the opposite of what I say.
Is this some kind of trader code?
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