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Hello Everyone. I live in North TX. I am very new to the stock market - actually just setup an account and am browsing around to see how things really work with the account. Have bought into 3 different penny stocks so we will see if anything hits there.

 

Really need to learn the lingo that gets discussed regarding the stock market!!!

 

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Well that is what I am now hearing about those penny stocks - I don't have much in them but really wasn't sure about how to start up trading in the market since I am so new to it and don't know all the lingo yet!!! Thanx for the advice!!!!

 

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Hi James, All,

 

Spoke to you over at ASF and got here from your link.

 

Nice Forum. I trade emini's (es & er2) using pivots and TICK. Not many at ASF trade the US indicies so it will be nice to converse with you all.

 

I live on the mid west coast of Aus, but soon to be Gloucestershire UK.

 

Nice touch with the videos James, enjoying going through them.

 

Cheers

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Hello WayneL,

 

ASF is a great forum as well. Most of the trading forums that exists in my opinion are very weak. The topics and discussions covered are so pointless. I found ASF to be fairly interesting.

 

Thanks for joining us as well. Our forum is still relatively new but we have some great traders on the forum. I am always enlightened by the comments they make.

 

I look forward to your participation here.. especially since you trade the eminis with TICKS and PIVOTS! (my favorites :) )

 

Glad you liked the video... you are more than welcome to post them also.

 

Regards,

 

James

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Hi Soultrader,

 

Great job on the forum. You've got some great info on here.

 

Looking forward to being able to contribute a bit(well I'll try to anyway!)

 

Cheers

 

Graeme

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Found this site by accident but am thrilled i did so. I've watched about half the videos this evening and found them to be very useful, it's good to see what a pro trader thinks at the time of execution. Myself, I am newbie at trading, about 4 weeks so i will prolly be reading most threads instead of creating them but i hope to contribute and give thanks when i can.

 

cheers,

Jay. :D

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Hello Jay,

 

Welcome aboard. There is a wealth of good information on this forum so please feel free to ask any questions you might have. Ill be happy to help you out. Out of curiousity, how did you stumble on this forum? I dont do any advertisement so Im always curious to know. Thanks!

 

Regards,

 

James

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Soultrader and co.

 

Glad to be a part of this community. I am very impressed with the layout of the site and the generosity of Soultrader and the forum members to help each other out and share information. I look forward to contributing as much as I can. Thanks again for an excellent site.

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Soultrader and co.

 

Glad to be a part of this community. I am very impressed with the layout of the site and the generosity of Soultrader and the forum members to help each other out and share information. I look forward to contributing as much as I can. Thanks again for an excellent site.

 

Welcome to the forums Reaver!

 

I agree this place is the best for great info and helpful people. :cool:

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Studio,

 

there are alot of great minds here that are more than willing to help out if you have any questions. Just start a thread and ask away!

 

Great to have you!

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