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Landis reportedly to post his defense on Web
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15198549/
Floyd Landis, accused of doping during his Tour de France victory in July, and Brent Kay, Floyd's personal physician, look at his surgery scar before changing the dressing and bandages.
Discovery Mulls Contract To Sponsor Cycling
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=4928...
Oh no, big bird...!
thanks <vbg>
I think that they should shorten the Long Jump.
...and there's also the old standby: I think that they should shorten the 100 meter run.
fwiw, I don't think they'd take much away from the tdf if they did shorten the flat stages to something that's very similar to the Vuelta-- like, what's wrong with 170km...?
What good is a 230km stage when all they do is ride in a pack until the last 1000 meters-- before the bunch sprint. The Eneco Tour was an excellent example of how bad a "flat" stage race can be. As a fan, I can't think of anything more boring than watching a training ride-- why not shorten some of these stages, it'll give the GC type riders a chance at recovery without "help."
That said, if the stages are too short-- as they are for my age group-- you end up going out for a 90km time trial, with average speeds of over 40km/h-- not fun for your average amateur. Anything above 100km separates the men from the boys, anything beyond 200km separate the dopers from the men. Stages set-up around 150 to 170km would be just fine for a 3-week stage race-- something like 265km like they did for the World Championships is fine for a one day event, only.
unfortunately,
-- everything I just said isn't a solution for the end of doping (as we know it)-- it's kinda like gun control, the only people who end up with guns are the bad guys with the innocent being wiped out by the stray bullets. And as far as I can tell, the only victims in bike racing are the ones who are playing by the rules.
I went to 100% cash in my margin account-- no need to be aggressive here ... there's always tomorrow.
okay, do me a favour and raise some cash-- specifically in the energy sector ... PMs look a little better.
don't forget this is coming from a trader who owns an airline stock.
yeah, just watch the performance of SC in last hour-- my impression is that they're just overloaded.
not complaining, just a thought
just as you said that I went and reloaded and it failed, this time it happened with GLD
yes, absolutely-- seems to happen mostly during the open and closes
XEG went from doji to hammer-- nice.
massive recovery in Cameco.
SXR and LAM have hammer patterns-- FRG is recovering, may shoot up in the last hour .... we shall see.
I see the bid/ask on XEG is running up without any crosses-- almost funny....OIH is moving nicely too -- at least there's some buying and selling.
both XEG and XGD are being bot-- still 2hrs away from the close.
American stocks...?
CC and MAN look good
New hope for the '07 economy
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/NewHopeForThe07economy.aspx
I bot an airline for the hell of it.
TAM -- strongly trending chart
proxy for the energy sector...?
the pog is not that far away from $550
Linda Bradford >> Time tested trading rules
By Gav
http://www.tradergav.com/2006/09/30/linda-bradford-time-tested-trading-rules/
I read an article by Linda Bradford Raschke about Trading rules. It is pretty long, but great. Maybe you have already know these rules, but, maybe you are just violating them every other day. It is time to review my trading rules again.
Here are the rules I quoted from her article:
1. Plan your trades. Trade your plan.
2. Keep records of your trading results.
3. Keep a positive attitude, no matter how much you lose.
4. Don’t take the market home.
5. Continually set higher trading goals.
6. Successful traders buy into bad news and sell into good news.
7. Successful traders are not afraid to buy high and sell low.
8. Successful traders have a well-scheduled planned time for studying the markets.
9. Successful traders isolate themselves from the opinions of others.
10. Continually strive for patience, perseverance, determination, and rational action.
11. Limit your losses - use stops!
12. Never cancel a stop loss order after you have placed it!
13. Place the stop at the time you make your trade.
14. Never get into the market because you are anxious because of waiting.
15. Avoid getting in or out of the market too often.
16. Losses make the trader studious - not profits. Take advantage of every loss to improve your knowledge of market action.
17. The most difficult task in speculation is not prediction but self-control. Successful trading is difficult and frustrating. You are the most important element in the equation for success.
18. Always discipline yourself by following a pre-determined set of rules.
19. Remember that a bear market will give back in one month what a bull market has taken three months to build.
20. Don’t ever allow a big winning trade to turn into a loser. Stop yourself out if the market moves against you 20% from your peak profit point.
21. You must have a program, you must know your program, and you must follow your program.
22. Expect and accept losses gracefully. Those who brood over losses always miss the next opportunity, which more than likely will be profitable.
23. Split your profits right down the middle and never risk more than 50% of them again in the market.
24. The key to successful trading is knowing yourself and your stress point.
25. The difference between winners and losers isn’t so much native ability as it is discipline exercised in avoiding mistakes.
26. In trading as in fencing there are the quick and the dead.
27. Speech may be silver but silence is golden. Traders with the golden touch do not talk about their success.
28. Dream big dreams and think tall. Very few people set goals too high. A man becomes what he thinks about all day long.
29. Accept failure as a step towards victory.
30. Have you taken a loss? Forget it quickly. Have you taken a profit? Forget it even quicker! Don’t let ego and greed inhibit clear thinking and hard work.
31. One cannot do anything about yesterday. When one door closes, another door opens. The greater opportunity always lies through the open door.
32. The deepest secret for the trader is to subordinate his will to the will of the market. The market is truth as it reflects all forces that bear upon it. As long as he recognizes this he is safe. When he ignores this, he is lost and doomed.
33. It’s much easier to put on a trade than to take it off.
34. If a market doesn’t do what you think it should do, get out.
35. Beware of large positions that can control your emotions. Don’t be overly aggressive with the market. Treat it gently by allowing your equity to grow steadily rather than in bursts.
36. Never add to a losing position.
37. Beware of trying to pick tops or bottoms.
38. You must believe in yourself and your judgement if you expect to make a living at this game.
39. In a narrow market there is no sense in trying to anticipate what the next big movement is going to be - up or down.
40. A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong and not taking the loss - that is what does the damage to the pocket book and to the soul.
41. Never volunteer advice and never brag of your winnings.
42. Of all speculative blunders, there are few greater than selling what shows a profit and keeping what shows a loss.
43. Standing aside is a position.
44. It is better to be more interested in the market’s reaction to new information than in the piece of news itself.
45. If you don’t know who you are, the markets are an expensive place to find out.
46. In the world of money, which is a world shaped by human behavior, nobody has the foggiest notion of what will happen in the future. Mark that word - Nobody! Thus the successful trader does not base moves on what supposedly will happen but reacts instead to what does happen.
47. Except in unusual circumstances, get in the habit of taking your profit too soon. Don’t torment yourself if a trade continues winning without you. Chances are it won’t continue long. If it does, console yourself by thinking of all the times when liquidating early reserved gains that you would have otherwise lost.
48. When the ship starts to sink, don’t pray - jump!
49. Lose your opinion - not your money.
50. Assimilate into your very bones a set of trading rules that works for you.
Be a better trader today.
I can understand McEwen angst over the Goldcorp/Glamis deal-- Goldcorp is down more than 47% since the announcement.
otoh, a stock like UTS is down 60% in a similar timeframe.
deal or no deal anyone who is levered to natural resources is in a spot of bother.
Uranium stocks sure have a diversity of chart patterns.
Cameco trades independently from Uranium Participation which trades independently from Laramide which trades independently from SXR which trades independently from Mega and so on and so on.
incredible.
Gold Gives Up Last Week's Gains in "Suspect" Sell Off
By Jon A. Nones
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=24412
Grandich: Did We Miss the Bell?
http://www.grandich.com/docs/alertGL_10-04-06.pdf
my primary watchlist is mostly gold related stocks-- I should change that because its now mostly in the red and since I trade exclusively from the long side this doesn't do me any good.
...and the markets continue to trend upwards.
I don't understand the move in FRG-- must be news independent of AXU -- or should I be buying AXU hand over fist...???
FRG is sure making up for yesterdays fuck-ups.
up 10%...???
and I think that ALS and SXR look good here this morning.
Relax, it's not over until it's over-- and getting market advice from a broken clock guarantees nothing more than a full-time job and I believe Slider admits to "working" for a living.
-- take a look at FRG and MGA, strong premarket activity
I'm out of gold (again) thought I could catch a falling knife-- some days I can-- today I didn't.
such is life.
actually the selling has gotten worse
we go down some more tomorrow, sad.
from my watchlist -- uranium stocks in the green
ALS, FRG, MGA, PDN and STM
Agnico-Eagle down over 9%
check out FRG -- another possible break out
looks like we're getting a blow-off going into the close
check out the hourly XGD.TO
btw, I'm down 3-1/2% on both Agnico-Eagle and Yamana -- down only 1% on Goldcorp ... the way we close will dictate on whether I stop the pain or hold overnight.
I'm wondering if that brief bit of strength in the pm stocks was just a lunch time rotation...?
-- now, I'm down straight across the board, but nothing severe.
we'll see how we close
$579.30
lol
$579.90
ouch...! just printed a new low-- $580.90
I was calling for a hit back to $580-- let's see if it hold, if not I'm out.
heads up on Mega (MGA-TSX)
okay, we're withing a couple of weeks of a low-- the stocks will be the first to move.
I'll keep a close eye.
thanks
is the low in on energy...???
silver stocks look shitty here-- gold will be the PM that turns up first because the stock are now sitting on support-- silver stocks have still more correcting to do.