Forum: Discretionary Trading 
Mar 24, 2012, 1:55am
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,056  Trading earnings
I know that a lot of traders stay away from earnings because of the high volatility and unpredictability. But I've noticed two things: (this is assuming the earnings/cc is after the close)
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Mar 20, 2012, 4:46pm
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Replies: 9
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Feb 27, 2012, 1:18pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 248 How do I break a bad trading habit?
I have this mental block from buying in higher than I have sold. For example, I buy XYZ for 10$ and then sell at 11$, but then a month later it is trading around 12$ and I see a good setup, but this...
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Forum: Money Markets
Feb 21, 2012, 7:03pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,315 Re: stupid questions about bonds
Oh .. Sorry. They are US Treasury bonds. I thought that was obvious because I referred to treasury.gov. I'm thinking it might just be as easy as going to my local TD Bank or Chase and cashing them...
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Forum: Discretionary Trading
Feb 6, 2012, 3:05pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,270 Trading morning breakouts
I notice every so often that a really excited stock can form a handle in pre-market and breakout 50 cents to maybe a dollar right after the bell. I'm probably not the first to recognize this...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Feb 2, 2012, 1:13pm
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Replies: 9
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Feb 2, 2012, 12:22pm
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Replies: 9
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Feb 2, 2012, 1:09am
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Replies: 9
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Jan 30, 2012, 8:57pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 211 How can I trade silver?
The easiest and best way I could is if I could trade it with a forex account, but I don't live in Europe so that's out of the question.
I've traded it before using a pool account, but then that's...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Jan 28, 2012, 12:27am
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Replies: 15
Views: 483 Re: Magic Beans
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204573704577187062821038498.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
Ok, facebook has a new IPO. I quote, "The deal, seen as defining moment for the latest Web investing...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Jan 25, 2012, 10:14pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 483 Re: Magic Beans
That's not what I meant. I wasn't trying to compare the convincing. I'm comparing a stock/future/whatever to magic beans. In fact, magic beans are at least physical, if completely worthless. But...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Jan 25, 2012, 7:17pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 483 Magic Beans
Is it just me, or is trading stocks/futures/whatever, sort of like buying some magic beans then convincing the next guy that they're worth multiple times the amount you paid for them?
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Forum: Futures & Options
Jan 24, 2012, 11:25pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 731 Re: clueless about options
So, then calls would work in that situation? Yea, that's is why I don't trade options... I tried with this demo account, but was completely lost.
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Forum: Futures & Options
Jan 24, 2012, 10:15pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 731 clueless about options
OK, I have no idea what options are. Well, at least I think I don't. I'm going to use an example and I want to know whether it's right or wrong.
Let's say I buy ATVI at 12.1. Now, let's say I...
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Forum: Forex
Jan 18, 2012, 5:45pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 342 Re: trading silver in forex
The thing is that I have enough capital to fill a 25k account, but I don't want to risk that much money. Just a few thousand, maybe I won't get rich quick, but I'm not so deluded to think that some...
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Forum: Forex
Jan 16, 2012, 9:25pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 342 Re: trading silver in forex
If I had X million dollars I could buy a small apartment in Europe somewhere and claim residency there and have no problem. Maybe even vacation there occasionally. But solely based on the fact I...
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Forum: Forex
Jan 16, 2012, 8:15pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 342 trading silver in forex
Why am I, as a US citizen/resident, not allowed to trade XAG? I know it's some rule the SEC made up because they thought it would be fun. But, is there any real rationale behind it? Because it...
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Forum: Money Markets
Jan 7, 2012, 10:22am
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Replies: 9
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Forum: Money Markets
Jan 6, 2012, 12:33pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,315 stupid questions about bonds
I have a few bonds from the 70s, I'm wondering where I go to sell them? I'm pretty certain they have matured, I checked on that treasury.gov website or whatever the site is. Also, do I get to keep...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Dec 24, 2011, 2:55pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,221 Mathematics
Someone was telling me that many traders have a background in mathematics. I'm curious as to what type of math is essential to trading?
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Forum: First Steps
Dec 20, 2011, 3:42am
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Replies: 0
Views: 245 I need a new broker and software
OK, my broker doesn't offer per share commission and using tc2000 demo version kinda sucks. So, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what broker and software to use. I like swing...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Nov 10, 2011, 1:42am
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Replies: 4
Views: 391 Re: Open source expert advisors
Oh ... hm... I guess, then I must have just have had trouble searching for the right place. All the places I found were selling them.
Thanks for the info.
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Nov 9, 2011, 8:33pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 391 Re: Open source expert advisors
I guess there isn't. It's too bad. I think it would be a great idea. People could evaluate different EAs, make them better. Instead of having only a handful of people backtesting, everyone and...
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Forum: General Trading Chat
Nov 5, 2011, 8:07pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 391 Open source expert advisors
Are there websites that are dedicated to open source EAs? I suspect there isn't because people are greedy and want to hog all the money for themselves and not share anything.
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