"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Gaucho,

You like IB? What is their software like? All securities (futures, stocks, currency...worldwide) in one program? Do they charge a monthly fee for software? (aside from exchange fees)
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Gaucho

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Celadus said:
Gaucho,

You like IB? What is their software like? All securities (futures, stocks, currency...worldwide) in one program? Do they charge a monthly fee for software? (aside from exchange fees)
Hey mate,

Yeh, personally, think IB is fantastic.

The execution, data feed and commissions are as cheap as hell and very reliable (not many bad ticks) and quick.

All securities, futures, stocks, options, forex, bonds, worldwide, 70 different countries I beleive (though I don't trade in nearly that many).

No monthly fee (so not like Trade Station), only data feed (so exchange fees), which is also very cheap in comparison to other platforms.

Charting sucks, so you will need to hook Amibroker or Metastock up for this.

Easy to use and all types of orders.

Only thing I miss (but don't use much now as I look for swings, don't trade intraday often), are the market internals I used while with Trade Station.
 

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Celadus, u finally get Echo set up yet ? Haven't seen u on AIM in the mornings......missing all the good trading days.


Gaucho.....do u normally trade CL ? Thats quite a bit of contracts to buy and hold overnight on CL. How the hell do u sleep at night carrying almost a half a million worth of crude ?
 

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Gaucho.....do u normally trade CL ? Thats quite a bit of contracts to buy and hold overnight on CL. How the hell do u sleep at night carrying almost a half a million worth of crude ?
Na, I normally trade the QM, but then again, RARELY will buy the underlying itself, normally stick with the equities. That being said, I use the ASX and WPL as the US does not have many oil producers per se, more simply oil services. I also check whether the stock moves in correlation with the underlying, as some do not.

The reason I will buy CL is for one reason only, IF I am going to hold out of regular hours, as liquidity is greater. That being said, I DO NOT SLEEP if I have a few contracts open, like to watch the patters and momentum. If worse comes to worse, I will just place my stop and sleep in cash hours when liquidity is high and I don't have to worry about too much slippage if my stop is triggered.

Good few nights? This is absolute chop chop chop! Not good days for a swing trader such as myself, barely a swing to catch! Trying my best with mainly shorts open at the moment, 8 shorts and 3 longs infact open for now, but nothing is doing much. :down:

I'm looking for a breakdown of the indices over the rest of the week, but this resilience is starting to get me edgy. Oil is cooling off again now, perhaps I can catch it's next run, if it comes to fruition. When it does, I expect gold to really explode this time around.
 

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Looks like you've got your breakdown thus far Gaucho.

Now lets see if this lasts. Could very well find new lows by end of day, but it looks less and less likely

edit: Market most likely hit a bottom here. Buy @12122 and make some bank.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Well it has broke down a little? But I really want a run! Made 3k so far tonight, so can't complain.

Looks to me like the indices are forming a high tight, downward flag, ready to break. Any movement below the low point of tonight on high volume and I will short the YM.

Oil doing well, and the indices seem to have correlated themselves to this, so all the better, for now............
 

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Gaucho said:
Oil doing well, and the indices seem to have correlated themselves to this, so all the better, for now............
Inversely that is. Holding support nicely (unfortunately) at the moment.
 

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How is the trading going Wise?

Been good to me lately, found a few runners!

A short on SMG has been fantastic! Check out GW, looks like it may be ready to breakout again soon! Got in just before it's recent breakout and have a buy order for a second portion set at 9.49. See how we go.
 

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Gaucho said:
How is the trading going Wise?

Been good to me lately, found a few runners!

A short on SMG has been fantastic! Check out GW, looks like it may be ready to breakout again soon! Got in just before it's recent breakout and have a buy order for a second portion set at 9.49. See how we go.
I'm doing great ! Every single day I learn a little more and am more prepared to trade the curveballs the market gives me.

Its only a matter of time until i'm consistant
 
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