Finished the week up around 2% or so. A little worse than the markets did, but I had almost no exposure whatsoever. I executed brilliantly....
The only black day you will experience will be the one where they roast your balls over a 5% market meltup while you are 130% short. As for...
Just give up....figure out why you like trading, and rechannel that focus elsewhere. you can do it.
Closed all index positions today plus a TNA swing trade. Decent day, but only made about .75%. Slightly better than the broad benchmark...
No disrespect taken, and i appreciate being challenged and appropriate criticism. One might argue I was up 85% earlier this year on dumb...
I forgot to mention I am now assuming an incredibly short bias....my portfolio last week looked like this: 50% Emerging Markets 50%...
Made about 1% last week versus market losing about 1%-2%. Not bad. But, I lost 3% on Friday, so was having a much better week. I was...
up 8% currently, after having been up 85% YTD in april. Low-mid 6 figs accounts....currently trying not to completely blow up and finish the year...
The last two weeks have been hectic, to say the least. I am up about 1% during the two week period, with a 6% drawdown in the interim. Looks...
Brief update for the week- Stuck to strategy, finished the week down about 1.2%. Not bad versus the broader market, which was down nearly...
Thanks...you are always so positive :) Being up 7% is what keeps me from being totally morose. However, i've racked up 40k (or about...
Actually, no i didn't. I got through probably the first two-thirds but didn't finish for some reason. That reminds me, going to go back...
trader198, you are definitely right that i've been "bitten"...i will be "trading scared" for a while...agree with all your points though. thnx
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I will probably move to 100% swing trading at the end of the year if I can just execute this system and hit my...
Time for another update: Even though it's been more than a month since "The Calamity", the burn is still fresh in my mind. After suffering...
been there, done that....not in about 5 years, tho.
not getting futures quotes atm
planning to go long at 1071.5
no, its not because tankers aren't available. the reason they aren't vacuuming it up is very simple -- BP is using a toxic chemical...
i guess you two are from texas....pretty typical. i could give two squats about obama, in fact i detest all government. but in particular i...
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