Monthly Archives: December 2007

“Paper” Trading is Pointless

I was listening to one of my lessons from thinkorswim when one of the instructors suggested something unusual. He said, in a nutshell, to overtrade. In other words, experiment with different derivatives, invest in small quantities, and trade, trade, trade until you learn how things work. That made some sense which then [...]

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Full Time Trader - Revisited

Before Christmas I had the bright idea of quickly calculating how much it would take to go from a typical 9 to 5 job to trading full time. I admit, I was grossly conservative in my calculations. So much for doing things on the back of an envelope as your professors tell you [...]

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Merry Christmas!

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Full Time Trader?

Over on Option Addict dot net, there’s a forum post regarding trading for a living. What would the goal be for a full time trader to survive without working a 9 to 5?
I’m currently a PhD student. Potentially, my job, upon graduation, would bring in about 100k conservatively. Assuming my family and [...]

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12 Days of Cramer

Pretty good promo from CNBC. Enjoy!

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