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    Ok ceasefire please. Thread has been cleaned and the initial promotion has been removed. Let's keep the discussion to the thread topic. Roger\Predictor - please don't promote your products in the discussions. If you want to, we can setup an arrangement in the Commercial section. MightyMouse - thanks for highlighting this issue. Everyone else - please use the 'complaint' button next time instead of endlessly attacking each other in the thread ... as you see, other members are also tired of the bickering. Thanks everyone for cooperating MMS
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    "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War Technical set-ups are not strategies, they are tactics. Identifying a specific profile or pattern in conjunction with an indicator signal is not a strategy, it is a tactic. Tactics are the maneuvers traders execute to win and lose battles. They may produce short term marginal gains but will not win the war of true consistency if they are not coordinated with a strategy. Defining a strategy to execute trading tactics starts with understanding market state. Market state is the technical environment the drama of trading day is played out on. MMS
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    Hi Db ... we are not experiencing this problem with our Firefox installations. We tested on version 8, 12, and now 19. Can I ask if you are using the latest version? thx MMS
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    Curious why? thx MMS
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    Thread cleaned - please be respectful of other people's threads. If you do not like the content on it, please ignore it. If you still want to discuss this, head over to the newly created thread: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/e-mini-futures-trading-laboratory/15718-debate-predictors-emini-thread.html Offending and rude posts will be deleted thx MMS
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    ACKMAN: 'Why Does Herbalife Have ATM Machines In Mexico?' Read more: Herbalife Have ATM Machines In Mexico - Business Insider My put is up a little money ... but I think this is going to be a winner for me! MMS
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    Damn just heard its not HLF ... they will be next
  8. MadMarketScientist
    Looks like something is happening ... the SEC is making an announcement about a pyramid scheme ... hope it HLF as I'm short! MMS
  9. MadMarketScientist
    I'm in Shanghai right now and trying to trade the NY session is terrible ... unless you are a night owl and want to stay up well past midnight. MMS
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    Warm welcome to both of you to TL! MMS
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    http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/announcements/15318-new-feature-ignoring-threads.html MMS
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    By request, here is a new feature to Ignore entire threads: MMS
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    Hi Everyone, This is Predictor's thread, so let's let him post in peace. If anyone doesn't like what he is posting please put this thread on ignore. thx MMS
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    Predictor's running commentary is moved to its own thread: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/e-mini-futures-trading-laboratory/15311-day-trading-e-mini-futures-predictor-8.html Let's keep this thread to its original intent: "Okay, so much like the "Reading Charts in Real Time" thread, this thread will be for sharing ideas about future price moves of all the e-mini index futures." thx MMS
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    Thanks for the post. I will have to read in detail the other Optiontimers Project thread - I thought that system was primarily for futures. My biggest losses this year were also from naked puts: $9k, $13k, $12k. But I was also able to recover all of that with successful naked puts. So I haven't completely written them off just yet but I must admit the 'naked' part does not help me sleep at night. MMS
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    Thank you, just to confirm you mean a chart setup like this? The Red moving average is the 21 EMA The Black moving average is the 65 EMA The oscillator in the subpane is the 7 period stochasticRSI thx MMS
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    Why only short and not a straddle? Moved up too far and fast? Thanks for any insight you can provide MMS
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    OT - I've had more success selling than buying, but I would love to learn how you evaluate when is a good time to buy ... or please share more about this 'radioactive gamma' method. thx MMS
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    With the big boys fighting over Herbalife, anyone think its a bad\good idea to put a straddle on it? This baby is going to move somewhere ... MMS
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    Interesting question ... I would buy the same number of contracts because a straddle is about profiting when the stock moves in either direction, not about balancing the cost to get into the position. So once the option is in the money, every dollar of movement is 1:1, the initial cost doesn't matter anymore. I would think of the cheaper put as being able to put on a straddle cheaper! MMS
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    Try the 2x\3x leveraged ETFs - they are built for trading and they move. Or even a stock like AAPL, despite its market cap, it moves quite a bit, that is why I buy\sell options on it. MMS
  22. MadMarketScientist
    So selling naked puts? I like that strategy too - we should create a thread in the Options forum and share our positions? MMS
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    Welcome ... how close to expiration are you doing this? MMS
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    Your trading for the rush! Truth be told, I do that too ... but I limit the downside by using option calls\puts MMS
  25. MadMarketScientist
    Not really 'trading' but here are the three 'investment' books everyone should read and re-read regularly: 1. Chapters 8 and 20 of The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham 2. The Most Important Thing, by Howard Marks 3. The Little Book That Still Beats The Market, by Joel Greenblatt MMS
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