You need a market-neutral strategy.
Why, if that isn't a stupid question?
If it goes much further, it will have lost 50% of its value since its high last October. 50% !!!!
In my (admittedly short) trading career, I have never seen 4 digits for the Dow. I did a double-take.
This is true. The Iraq war was a perfect example (though somewhat off topic).
When I finally got it that the markets are mostly non-predictable, it was like the scales had fallen from my eyes. I started designing systems...
Sounds like a way to die by a thousand small cuts. Sometimes the minute you get out is when the market turns back in your direction.
Holy crap, I could almost afford to buy GM myself. Maybe a few of us could pool our money ...
Automated systems may not require thought or discretion, but they most certainly still require that your mental state is right. How else are...
I thought we were all supposed to 'sell in May and walk away' ...
What about the gang bangers in Mini Coopers and VW Beetles, and the soccer moms in Hummers?
At least you're doing things the right way around: saving seed money, gaining emotional maturity and an awareness of the psychological nature of...
I am such an example. I was not taught about the power of money, and had to learn it through painful experience. Now, we live well within our means.
My God, those are the exact conclusions I have come to. The human brain is no match for the market, trading is best left to machines, and simple...
Why don't you just run it yourself? Is it just that you don't have an ATS platform?
I run a YM-driven ATS. I am experimenting with co-trading ES and NQ, entering and exiting with market orders at the same time as my YM open and...
One thing that all the major religions teach is humility. The markets also teach humility. How long it takes you to absorb this lesson is up...
You show us yours, and we'll show you ours.
In other words, reveal to us your knowledge and theories so we don't have to work to acquire them ourselves.
I for one thought the OP's story was honest and frank about the stages one must go through to be a successful trader. He freely admits to not...
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