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  1. "Trading from your gut" by curtis faith-a MUST read!

    I'm very surprised to hear that someone that started out trading a very mechanical, quantified strategy is now promoting gut-feel and intuition....
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 27, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  2. Tons of trading signals!

    I suggest you take a look at how the Turtles Traded multiple markets: https://www.bsp-capital.com/documents/turtlerules.pdf This specific...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: Trading

  3. What exactly is "pump and dump"? Isn't this the GS business model?

    Who says you can't? Not something I would do for moral reasons but obviously that doesn't stop everybody.
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 25, 2011 in forum: Stocks

  4. What exactly is "pump and dump"? Isn't this the GS business model?

    How this is legal I don't know but promotional newsletters, e-mails, mailers, etc. all carry a required SEC disclaimer. The disclaimer...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 25, 2011 in forum: Stocks

  5. Simplicity

    Consistent profits are made by having more winning trades than losing trades and/or having bigger winning trades than losing trades. Since you...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 25, 2011 in forum: Trading

  6. Profits, Losses and Training

    After seeing your results swing trading, your account size, as well as your reasons for wanting to daytrade, I side with those suggesting you...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 24, 2011 in forum: Trading

  7. Should I take the leap and quit my job to trade full-time?

    Hi, You know there are ways to trade without quitting your job. I trade stocks with hold times from days to weeks based on end of day data. I...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 23, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  8. If your day trading profit is more than your day job, will you quit your day job?

    I very much agree with the advice to pay down debt. Having no debt takes a lot of pressure off, and lowers your income needs. And if you are...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 13, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  9. "Cut your losses short and let your profits run"

    In my simulations this is considered, and a key measurement that I use is %gain/stock/day. I seek to maximize this number. In general I find it...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 13, 2011 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. OTC Stocks... What do you think?

    Many if not most otc stocks are penny stocks and many if not most penny stocks are otc stocks. They are similar. The stock trades about $1.4M...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 13, 2011 in forum: Stocks

  11. OTC Stocks... What do you think?

    I think your odds of success are similar to buying lottery tickets. You should put less weight on the fundamentals because they are not as...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 12, 2011 in forum: Stocks

  12. "Cut your losses short and let your profits run"

    In my mean reversion strategies I sell strength and buy weakness. Don't think I want to get more specific than that in an open forum but I might...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 11, 2011 in forum: Strategy Building

  13. "Cut your losses short and let your profits run"

    Not necessarily. http://epchan.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-interview-stop-loss-and-principle-of.html...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 10, 2011 in forum: Strategy Building

  14. I buy and hold

    What is your typical hold time? My typical hold time is only a few days but I also trade a couple long strategies that typically hold a few...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 8, 2011 in forum: Strategy Building

  15. job market is grim, particularly if u r 50+

    My wife is an experienced accountant. She started looking for an accounting position almost 2 years ago and still hasn't landed one. All the...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 7, 2011 in forum: Economics

  16. job market is grim, particularly if u r 50+

    LOL. Well I expect to do my part and buy the big screen TV this year. But not sure that will help many folks here, most are made overseas these...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: Economics

  17. job market is grim, particularly if u r 50+

    I feel for the people my age with nothing to fall back on, especially those in the situation due to unfortunate circumstances. But it is not thru...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: Economics

  18. New Day Trader looking for best Platform...

    Ok, here's a suggestion. Why not focus on what you do well (swing trading where you were making money) rather then day trading, where you were...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: Trading Software

  19. job market is grim, particularly if u r 50+

    I'm surprised that in a trading forum I have yet to see any mention of turning to trading professionally. I've been working on my trading skills...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 6, 2011 in forum: Economics

  20. Acceptable drawdown amount?

    There is no right answer to this question, it is dependent on the person's risk tolerance, account size, etc. I consider 20% the maximum I would...
    Post by: dwpeters, Jan 4, 2011 in forum: Automated Trading
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