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kidd-e Tylenol approx 1 hr in advance has worked well for us....as u may already know....good luck.
we have similar spreads.....6 & 3...tho 2 girls as u most likely already are very well aware....that is unless you aheeem...."Daiello" the board ;)~
I promised myself as a kid that when/if I ever had any kids that I would never lay a hand on'em no matter what. My dad was old school back in the day so I recall several whoopins....some w/the belt too :0
Thinken back...he coulda never got away w/that today....I prolly woulda had him locked up.....then again I'd prolly be in a Foster situation & it coulda been worse...lol
But I think he now feels pretty guilty about it all....something for which I would not wanna have to deal with when my girls get older....+ if I ever laid a hand on'em the Mrs' would most likely have me knocked off while fast asleep :0
not to mention losses :0
Just be certain if you do seek out any free advice that they at least ask you what state you will be operating out of. Ya wanna be sure the advice you get is not simply Fed based.....which is what u tend to find more so w/free sites. Then u may find they'll wanna charge you when/if they do indeed ask ya what state you're in...that's how they tend ta make their $$$. Just my 2 pennies.
& Sherri....I was gonna ask ya the same if ya don't mind sharen (& no, I'm not calling u Sharon ;)~ a lil personal info here.
& I tend ta be in agreement w/the CaT on the issue of pampering....as long as the ankle biter doesn't begin showin signs of bein King or Queen, u can never pamper too much....but if u ever do begin ta see those signs, that's a sign in & of itself that u need ta pull back a bit. & w/re to the very lil one's, we over here never did subscribe to the Furber method....we generally always picked up the lil ones to comfort'em when they cried. Ya just gotta be real careful at bedtime tho w/that however or else u may just find yourself sleepin w/a 4-5 yr old :0
Kermit...I surely aint no tax advisor & dont even pretend ta play one on the Inet (or tv for that matter)..however from my slighlty above limited experience, what I've come to learn is that as far as taxes & trading go there's 2 laws to look at....one is how the Fed taxes cap gains & thus converseley treats write-offs (losses). The 2nd of course is how your specifc filing state treats the above....which of course varies from state to state....& these tax laws always seem to be changing from state to state as well on just about a yrly basis.
If u wanna play it safe, I hate ta tell ya but u r gonna have to pony up for an hr or 2 of basic tax consultation in your area. If you wanna play it as a biz, or even contemplate doing so & don't wanna be worried about Uncle Sam playin any games w/ya (especially if you've already been flagged in the past) my sugg, no matter what anyone here tells ya or any free advice ya happen ta get, seek out a fully certified tax pro just to be safe. it'll prolly cost ya no more than $250-$300 to get some sound advice but, if you do decide to treat as a biz opp, that money spent will at least be your 1st biz expense overhead write-off. ;))
GL w/it.....heck, after hearin Paulsen speak just now....maybe u would even qualify for some of the TARP droppings? ;)~
a candle holder.....can't help thinken where u r supposed ta put the candle....
"that's a quite a wick ya got there....or r ya jus happy ta see me?" :0
euro/usd...
here's the current freebie CompassFX take for ya tho......but be careful...ya know, da ol ya get what ya pay for thingy :0
http://www.compassfx.com/synergy/commentary.htm
Well I think it's pretty safe ta say Daiello doesn't....
& here's to Jester's glass rabbit...I just hope that 1.99 piece of glass weighs enuff ta keep it from goin on a swim down da pipes. :0
10x4 good buddy.....
exactly 1 of the many pts that were being conveyed in Zeitgeist.
actually...being male....
u r already out...ya jus don't realize it yet :0
but if we all simply paid w/cash & thus removing the interest factor....the govt wouldn't then be able ta continue keepin us suppressed....that & the ILLEGAL income taxes that are also imposed upon us all.
But alas...if not for accruing interest & taxes, there would be no debt.....& if there's no debt, there'd be no need for currency at all.
Ahh yes...the world of The Venus Project....talkin about magic men & dreamin on....wake me when this nightmare is finally all over in a decade or thereabouts.
& we can add the Cat to that list......3 jobs now....Plant, Trucker & Trader. ;)~
& remember....the sugg is to ONLY trade 1 @ a time....otherwise u r sure to go bust even sooner under these parameters.
Also....even w/more than one I do not think u could scale out anyhow...since u can hedge, it is impossible as u wull ALWAYS open up a new position if u try to scale out.
U either gotta close it all out or u gotta hedge yourself....no other way.
& dont even talk about trying ta hedge yourself under these conditions.....u will go bust faster than u can say Citi :0
Gotta run...headed across the bay & wont be back til later on.
Cheers
It's actually from fxcm.....as long as u sign up for the current cnbc port challenge.....then u would need to download the fxcm live platform......but gl w/it....u r forced to trade on 400-1 & will pay INSANE spreads...$25 will last ya a day or 2 if u r lucky.
& I'm beg to think that anyone who posts here that they are doing well under these conditions are simply fxcm plants.
tphhhffttt!!!
if u only have 1 micro....how can u scale out? if you go to cover some (buy if u r short or sell if u r long), b/c u have the hedging option, you would actually open up an entirely different position.
R u sure we are talking about the same thing here....fxcm live (or demo for that matter) micro side?
Well when I said we'd surely be seein more folks comin to the board b/c of the cnbc/fxcm deal....I must admit, I surely didn't expect sooo many upset campers over such a short period of time....can't say I am at all surprised tho.
Afterall, when u set folks up to fail @ 400-1 on micro lots, that aint gonna be puttin a good taste in their mouth....the complete opposite of what fxcm should be doin w/this promotion....set them up to be winners, then over time these new accts will be much more prone to actually make a cc dep or two.....thinken...hey, I can do this. Most folks as we know will eventually get greedy & lose their shirts.
But no, fxcm has choosen to allow this promotion to give them a bad name....unreal. & furthermore, I gotta agree w/andrius here w/re to fxcm's execution. I played w/the demo for a coupla days prior to getting my cnbc $25 just so I could get a better feel for the navigation in advance...this is how I found that my demo fills where ALWAYS on the lower spreads...then when I go to trade on the live side....even tho I thought I was makin a trade a based on the present spread (I tried waiting for the spreads to tick down a few micro/mini pips) I come to find that they CONSISTENTLY filled me on a spread that wasn't even bein quoted at the time, of course a spread that was incredibly high as compared to what the ave spread was at the time. R U kidding me....& all this on promotion.....they have no clue whatsoever the true intetentions of the strat behind running a promo....like I say, if they continue playin these games (not to even mention forcing the 400-1 on folks w/this promo) it's sure to backfire on'em...as we're already seeing just 1 week into it....& as it should be.
& I must say, I too do not like the look & feel of the navigation there.....even w/all the Newbie probs I'm having w/the ODL platfrom I've been tryin the last few days, I still like the look & a feel of it far better than fxcm....in fact of all the demo's I've tried on over the last 2 yrs or so, fxcm is my least fav hands down...not even close. I'm convinced fxcm really doesn't want to cater to their micro accts.....to the contrary.....they wanna kick thier arses right out the door.
OK...enuff fxcm bashin....me thinks we'll be seein plenty more of it over the coming days/weeks.
So not only does he need ta see his name in lights on the board....he needs the GT ta give him a shout....I guess a good punishment for him would be to simply ignore him all together.....can u imagine all the pain :0
BTW Boz....since ya posted those last few reads.....you sound like you would especially "enjoy" Zeitgeist"...that is to say if u haven't already seen it.
& I put the quotations around the word enjoyed b/c sayin one will enjoy it isn't quite the right word.....aint that right UB? (Utmostbastard) ;)~
Gotta run...the 6 yr old has got a game all set up & ready ta be played....sure hope the world don't come to an end soon...lol
Cheers!!!
Agreed Boz.....
doin quite well w/the current cnbc challenge....which for me is pretty much a bet that world is coming to an end....& if it does this, I'll be doin great...LMAO!!
Looks like this
SDS = 14%.....short S&P etf...shoulda been more & dont ask me why I chose 14%....must be cuz of that crappy, hard ta use cnbc % slider..lol
UDN = 25%.....short dollar etf
DGP = 25%.....long gold etf
DGL 25%.......double long gold etf..so yes, I'm triple long gold...lol
& I rolled the dice on Mon & grabbed a lil C (Citi) for $9 & change....of course it had ta be w/in 5-10% of the bottom @ $9....NOT!!! lol Good thing it was only for 5%.....even still....think that lil pissant position alone is by far bleedin worse than any of the others $$ wise....which speasks volumes bein that it's only a 5% position.
Doin OK on the 4x side too....think I'm up close to 30K on the 100K they start ya off with....sure wish they allowed ya ta trade gold & oil on the currency side...guess I'll have ta be happy w/the boring etf's ;)~
Good board here....happy to have sniffed it up.
Cheers!
Ahh-ha....gotcha...thx.....
but if ya ask me....it should appear on the present screen you're on....u shouldn't have ta click on an extra link (favorites) ta get your fav boards to appear....but that's jus me I suppose.
Thx....I see my favs now.
So is this now gonna be turn'n into an Inet Truck Stop?
If so, fine by me....10x4 good buddy & all that...
jus hope ya dont have an smokeys @ your back door & keep that peddle to the metal.
Damn...all I need now is a driving lesson or 2 & I think I got it all down ;)~
Worn 86
no, I meant where does it appear AFTER I've hit that icon?....sorry.
In other words, where do the boardmarks appear after you've added them?
Also....you got mail too.
where does it appear on the screen?/eom
Stoopit ? warning....
When I hit the "favorite board" icon.....shouldn't the link to the board appear somewhere on the screen?
Amazing I was made a MOD aint it...lol
& Wamu jus axed another 5K call center jobs where I live.....they're moving completely out of the 4 bldg campus they built several yrs ago....more bad signs for commercial r/e as well.
I think u r missing the authors point.
I think the assumption was to NOT try & get a job workin for "The Man"
I was reading that piece in more of an entreprenurial spirit tone...at least this is what I think Altucher's muse was for writing the piece.
Of course if you desrie to go out be a suit, by all means u will need that education....but if you fully subscribe (& I'm not sayin I do 100%) the authors point of view, I think it's safe ta say that the idea was to either find something you love doin that doesn't require the degree...like be your own boss for example.
I just think that as the cost of education continues ta sprial out of sight...it's forcing more & more folks to think outside the box as they are forced to forego the pricey degree.
Bottom line, wouldn't you rather start your career & be out of debt?
Anyway....UB, ya got your reply....agreed, strange skies indeed Bud..& gettin stranger all the time.
Cheers!!
Well all I can add is....
if you're interested in this stuff.....if u haven't already done so, I highly suggest you watch both Zeitgeist & the newly released addendum.
I found this board thx to Utmostbastard so I began ck'n out a few posts here....so apologies if Zeitgeist has already been discussed here.
I'm thinken contiune ta stay long the sds, gold & thus short the dollar here....3 no brainer positions imo....& if ya don't have the stomach for all the 4x volitility & all the inherent risks, u can always find yourself a fairly safe long gold etf & short greenback etf.
Just be mindful that the sds is approx 2-1 to either direction....so your gains (if the dow goes south in this case) are double but if u happen ta feel we are close to the bottom & are right, you will lose your money twice as fast on the sds if the dow trends up from here.
I happen ta think that we very well may be seeing a 6K handle on the dow w/gold continuing to trend north from here....& w/re to greenback....the low 70's seems like a fairly conservative call....wouldn't be surprised at all ta see it go lower.
Cheers!!
& thx again to Utmostbastard for the heads up w/re to this board....good stuff....& UB....ya gotta PM reply.
I told u not to read it.....
shhhessh...I hope u listen better in class ;)~
(Daiello, don't read) ;)~
"Dont Send Your Kids to College"
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10448874/1/dont-send-your-kids-to-college.html
I gotta say....w/the way things are going....I like this idea...especially bein that the pissant autopayment of $50/mos we scrap up each mos ta put into 529 aint gonna cut it come 2021 thru at least 2028-29 when the the lil will be into or thru her 4th yr....assuming they're even on the 4 yr plan....if they are anything like their dad (oh I hope not) they'll be on the 5.5 - 6 yr plan :0
& now w/the 529 taken a 30-40% haricut....I'm beg ta wonder if it's even up to the original principal we began with back in '02?
Damn if we shouldn't just stop funding it now.....then again, at these levels I suppose it would be stoopit ta not buy shares down here.
I must say tho....Altucher makes a good argument here....sorry Daiello....tho I guess if u r at least 2 yrs into it, u should def hang in there.
But unless folks have the money (& who does these days?) for a 4 yr degree (or more), I think Altucher raises some very good points here.
So the burning ? oudda the left coast is....
is it New Hamshire or Hampshire? ;)~
& 2 more comments.....
1) if 30 degrees is cold.....y on earth do ya wanna go to Alaska? Perhaps u wanna try & steal Palin away from here Hubby? :0 Wait, that can't be it....u gonna rastle a few gators down in FLA w/the future Mrs' Artist Gypsy ;)~
2) w/re to the beast....whatever happened to the trend is your friend? After it burns ya 2 or 3 x's...aint ya supposed ta say "uncle" (or "Gypsy" in this instance) & move on...or if u wanna show the pr whose boss....then after the 2nd or 3rd beating....go w/the trend....what...u affraid the time u finally go w/it it'll turn the other way on ya & go where u originally that it would? lol
Still catchin up on my episodes...u sure been busy....there's sure 2 b an emmy or 2 ta come.
& I found a wooden nickel today too....
well at least I may win the multi-state mega lotto in about 20 mins...lol
@ 400-1 leverage a salmon swimmen upstream has a far better chance of cheatin death :0
& w/no strings attached...should we have really expected anything else?
Daiello....not a bad idea to take a step back....but u dont gotta rub it in....ref to the wasting your early yrs comment...lol
Hey...there wasn't even retail 4x back 20 odd yrs ago when I was your age...& online stocks was jus gettin under way i think.
Indeed the computer age has changed the times....not sure in my lifetime we'll be seein changes that have quite the impact that the chip has had in our lives.
I see where Geithner has accpeted the Treas Sec gig....guess he was the odds on fav there.
OK....steppin out for a few....Cheers ya'll!
The Hallmark Virus seems 2 b makin the rounds again....
just rec'd this from a 4x Bud whose in Texas now...think I recall seein a warnings like this one in the past....perhaps it's on the move again.....fyi....
HUGE VIRUS COMING !!! PLEASE READ & FORWARD !!!
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS! You should be alert during the next few days.. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,' regardl ess of who sent it to you. It is a virus whi ch opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/ her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept..
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Thx Zav....you 'splained it all quite well....'specially bein that I understood it all on the 1st go around ;)~
Great info.....exactly why it's good to post this kinda stuff here....lotza knowledgeable folks that hang out here....good stuff....thx again!
Well that sure was quick.....covered 1/2 for 23 & set the rest to b/e.
That's what I'm workin on now Nettles....tryin ta let the 1st 1/2 run for 20+ b4 settin the rest to b/e.
Way to slow of a go...takes forever to build the acct only grabbin a coupla pips each turn as much of the time the 2nd 1/2 will get taken out leavin ya w/nuttin but a lil 4x chump change. ;)~
Good deal Zav....tyvm....never heard of these cfd instruments b4. So is it kinda like they're giving you their own quote for a indece & not actually pooling those funds w/in the actual indece pool in question....thus they're in essence creating their own mrkt pools & providing their own quote for which is close or w/in a certain range so ta speak.
If so, indeed, sounds like a fairly risky way ta go....after all....they could in essence create whatever mrkt/range they want (w/in reason of course) & thus the opp presents itself to where they can fairly easily suit their best interests by running a quote a few pts away from where the indece is actualy trading...this way it is easier for'em to take out positions. Similiar to when a brokerage quotes a currency a few pips away from where it's actually trading so they can run stops.
Of course the most important thing to keep in mind here....the cfd money held is not being placed in the same pool for that of the actual instrument itself.
Is this close?
& no apology necessary for steppin out last night....I tend to do this on a reg basis...life happens....if u r lucky ;)~
Last night right b4 I was gettin ready to power down I did somethin to the ODL platform....changed the view w/out realizing what I was actually doing & so I couldn't figure out how to get those configs back....even tried going back to the default parameters....no luck...spent approx 20 mins tryin to get it back to the original format/view to no avail....shouldn't be that difficult to figure out. That's 1 thing about Oanda....after all this time w/it, I've never messed thnigs up so bad to where I couldn't figure out how to get it back to where/what I wanted.
L e/j @ 118.31
& will ya lookie at what gold's done overnight....might finally be gettin close ta time 2 start loadin up on the dips there.
Well the min is 2K....which of course u can dip below once open...they'll just held ya ta margin req's of course.
but u can go on as lil as 1-1...now not even I would do such a thing...lol
cds tho....still tryin ta figure that 1 out....hmmmm
OK....spent an extra 30 mins....about ready ta call it a night..catch up w/ya's in da AM.
Ni TZzzzzzzzzzzzzz
oh oh.....r u da rain on my parade......
what's cfd's dare I ask? :0
& the NK225 long just closed out...for a whoopin .35 cent profit....LMAO!!!
edit: set my nk225 tp to 7732.75...& I'm at b/e now....lets see...what else can I get myself into trouble with.....have I said this iza blast? ;)))))
edit: all us/chf positions now closed out...now up $113.53 on the night......off ta go look at what else I can trade over & above 4x.
Here's the link should anyone wanna kick the tires fur themself.
http://www.odlsecurities.com/usa/forex.html