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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Thank you Bemac... — Thanks. Sincerely appreciate it. I have a great respect for several traders on this site... you are one of them. Please feel free to 'combat' or simply converse about any item you see here.
Trading for a Living - Cliff Notes
- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Very well stated... — Nice post. Thanks. m
Trading for a Living - Cliff Notes
- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Thanks... — Appreciate it... and my favorite shows are House and Lie to Me. m
Trading for a Living - Cliff Notes
- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Bingo... — Because that's what you are doing with high leverage... gambling. m
Trading for a Living - Cliff Notes
- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Sorry... — Month. My targets are always 15% but that's not the norm. Usually around 8 to 10 and (knocking on wood) never less that 5. m
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Depends... — If you've read my thread on pivots or visited my site there is method behind the madness. It's not really that discretionary. However... I do consider my scalping quite discretionary but I've been doing it for several years ...
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Ahhh... — If you live at home and have a nice allowance. Seriously... no. m
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Yes... very true... — But this is what I want to do. It's like a large chess game where I get to win almost every week. m
Trading for a Living - Cliff Notes
- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Yep... — Leverage is the enemy. I could also be down 16% month. m
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
The System... — The system you see is a retrace system and has nothing to do with the pivots. Use a 20 and 30 EMA. Make the 30 red. Make the 20 green. Use Stoch(9,3,3) m
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Yeah... — A stop loss is needed for every strategy. Agree. m
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Singles and Doubles — Lesson 9: Trade Like Cal Ripken Played If basebaball isn’t your thing Cal Ripken was one of the most consistent players in history. He holds the record for consecutive games played and was always ‘in the game.’ So… don’t ...
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Daily Pivots — Lesson 8: Pivots Pivots are very effective in this market. Even if you don’t want to use them as a principle system please put them on your charts. Dail pivots are highly effective if you trade any of the majors. Check out ...
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- acumen replied Jun 30, 2009
Well... — Financial confidence is a leading indicator of consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity;
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- acumen replied Jun 29, 2009
No Sir... — I've tried longer time frames back in the DEMO days. I couldn't sleep. I found myself waking up to take a piss and head to the office to check the market. I love what I do and I'm pretty hardcore... but that was too much. m
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- acumen replied Jun 29, 2009
Pivots are... — Based on the NY close. m
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- acumen replied Jun 29, 2009
LOL... — I don't trade the EURO session. My computers may be on but I'm off. m
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- acumen replied Jun 29, 2009
Sorry TW... — I've never traded anything long term but I'm sure there traders using weekly and monthly pivots to trade. I've just never been exposed to it. m
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