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Search function

Hi Tim, Under the trader interviews category of mp3, Can you construct a search function to find for specific traders by name (first middle last names) or by their known works eg: Elliot Wave, 2B patterns. Thanks.
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When to use Oscillators

Hi Traders, This idea comes from many years of live trading (real money not demo's etc) and sticking to figuring out when the typical (rebased/indexed) oscillators like the MACD and Stochastic. I don't believe in just...
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When to use Oscillators

Hi Traders, This idea comes from many years of live trading (real money not demo's etc) and sticking to figuring out when the typical (rebased/indexed) oscillators like the MACD and Stochastic. I don't believe in just...
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Day Trading for a Living

Today I only trade the QQQQ's. I use graphic information with Metastock Pro: one minute line charts, in a semilog scale, the one minute IMI, Inertia and RVI indicators, with Standard Deviation channels and, Fibonacci...
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Short Puts vs. Bullish Butterfly

Selling Puts or The Bullish Butterfly I have been hearing a lot of chatter about shorting puts. I have heard highly regarded traders talk about the strategy on beaten down stocks including some Dow components under the...
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Fibo Extensions

In some late archived interviews a few traders talk about Fibo Extensions. This consists of a Fibonacci Matrix drawn from the high of a trend to the low point of the trend or timeframe on your charts. Once drawn, along with the...
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Trading to Survive

What specific dollar amount does everyone feel would be suitable to begin trading for a living. I will be going into my last year of college and am becoming extremely consistent with my trading strategy and would like to begin...
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The 3 Golden Trading Rules.

Hi traders,  If you somehow knew that soon you would fall off of your roof and bang your head hard enough to give yourself amnesia, and you had the choice to remember only 3 things about trading, what would they be?
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Should I ask interviewees how much money they make?

In this week's newsletter I ask our subscribers if they think it's appropriate to ask our interviewees how much money they make in the markets. I'm torn on the matter.  If its someone selling a system they say they use...
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Trading the PCCRC

Given sufficient time, any stock would move strongly in either direction. So why no trading straddles to benefit from the move? because of time decay... But wait, if we sell a front month straddle, you'd get a credit month after...
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Trading and Kung Fu

My journey in trading has mirrored that of other disciplines I've engaged in throughout my life. When I was studying martial arts, my teacher shared with me a quote from Bruce Lee (I'm paraphrasing actually): "Before you take...
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Options Strategy for A Bull Market

James Stewart talks about the risks and rewards of selling covered calls in a market that you feel has reached a top. Options Strategy Is Forgiving When It's Wrong but Profitable It isn't easy selling into a bull market, even...
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The Mental Edge, Part 1 - Focus on the Trade, not the Money

In my performance coaching work with traders, i frequently find the reason they fail to reach their potential is because they focus on the money rather than the trade. To be successful in trading, you need to reverse this thought...
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