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I do.
H.
<That's for another time on another thread>
Another time may be, (weekend, of after-hours?) but definitely not another thread. Otherwise how would I find it? <g>
I (for one) would appreciate your informed thoughts (and/or speculations) on those subjects, specifically on diet.
I value all your posts.
H.
Class act, Bear!
I will show your post to my wife to make her realize that somebody, somewhere, thinks I may be correct... <bg>
Ooops! I'm courting with bigotry myself.
H.
Newly, please let me barge in...
lango presented an excellent case for owning a Mac. (Very impressive as you well said)
The downside was covered by him in this post:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=4163968
Many programs out there are Windows-only. That means that in the near future you'll have to keep at least one PC box around. Trading in particular is very poorly represented in the Mac world. And don't underestimate the disadvantages of not running some of the programs you need. I can be a big pain.
The strategy Apple is taking to overcome this lack of software is to leap-frog the current state of affairs and aim for the "next" niches: Music, Video, Home networking, and several other things that I cannot still envision.
As long as you keep a PC around to run Tradestation, and some other charting programs, you'll have the satisfaction of having a well-designed Mac computer, and the privilege of being in the bleeding edge of the "new thing". You'll use it for tasks not normally associated with a PC.
And yes. You can mix Macs and PCs easily in your local network. (Both cabled and wireless)
Hope this helps.
H.
Hey Bearmove,
please refrain of calling Pat a fat-ass (in this and a couple other posts) It only shows how bigoted you are.
You would probably never think of calling Pat a nigger (or a chink, or a spic, or...) but calling him a 300 lb. fat ass achieves the same effect.
I greatly enjoy your posts about the market and I have you placed among one of the more balanced commentators in this thread. (In spite of the word "bear" in your moniker)
Personal attacks (justified or not) just don't become you. Please let's make an effort to return to civility. (Everybody!)
H.
(Sittin' on HIS fat ass)
You can also take a look at Rydex
http://www.rydexfunds.com/
Both Profunds, and Rydex Dynamic funds are equally good. Profunds gives you more choices in sector funds, and Rydex lets you trade also at 10:30 AM (But only if you have an account with Rydex proper, not through 3rd party brokers)
Rydex:
Titan 500 - RYTNX --> 2X S&P
Tempest 500 - RYTPX --> -2X S&P
Velocity 100 - RYVYX --> 2X NAZ
Venture 100 - RYVNX --> -2X NAZ
Long Dynamic Dow 30 - RYCVX --> 2X Dow
Inverse Dynamic Dow 30 - RYCWX --> -2X Dow
H.
Well, it only proves that the government's goals are different from yours. (And mine too, by the way)
While you (and me) value highly our security, our government considers that increased risk is a reasonable trade-off in exchange for lying hands on one of the greatest oil reserves of the planet. The consequences of this move will be affecting the energy producing landscape for at least the next 40 years.
Regretfully the more cynical part of myself reminds me of the obscene profits and power that some American companies are collecting with capital (both monetary and blood) gleefully provided by our government while risking practically nothing. (But what is new here? This is the American Way of making money, how the west was won, how railroads were constructed, etc, etc.)
Sad, but hardly surprising.
H.
I still don't believe it helps Kerry any.
And the attack on Iraq was not ridiculous. I was just the logic consequence of a number of factors. (What good is being the only remaining superpower if you cannot "profit" from it? --BTW: I'm not condoning it. Just stating a fact...)
The excuses used were utterly ridiculous, and the still ongoing manipulation of the public almost unbelievable. (So well done that most people now know that Saddam had nothing to do with OSB, had no WMD, and nobody cares...)
I'm half way through Hegemony or Survival, the new book by Noam Chomsky. Very nice exposition on USA foreign policy. (Past and present) Highly recommended.
H.
Agreed 100% about Zeta-Jones.
She is badly miscast in The Terminal.
I can believe anything in that movie except somebody like her thinking, even if for a moment, in anybody but herself. <ng>
Anyway back to the market now... <g>
H.
Hi Patrick,
I agree about Tom Hanks doing comedy. He was great in The Terminal.
When I was growing up several of my friends had Russian-speaking parents. Hank's rendition of Russian inflections and tones was spectacular. It had me smiling the whole movie, and brought back some very nice memories.
H.
Chris,
I fail to see how the disclosure of the cover-up by the Media of a Korean nuclear test can benefit Kerry.
Isn't the Media supposed to lean toward the Democrats anyway?
Besides the panic it would cause would benefit Bush's hawkish stance far more than Kerry's.
I'm sure that Kerry's campaign knows about this. If they are not running with it is because they determined that there's no profit to be found there...
Just thinking aloud.
H.
Nice Find!
I loved it.
H.
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the big brokerages, going bearish on semi's at the bottom a couple of weeks ago. How do the customers of those brokers let them get away with it?
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Those are the "free" calls, and you get what you pay for them.
Brokerages' big clients had them at least a couple of weeks before.
The public calls are a kind of "all clear" signaling their paying clients to stop doing it...
Agreed that it's a scam, but the scam is on all the people that believe than CNBC, Bloomberg, etc. are on their side instead of what they really are: giant, continuous infomercials.
H.
Sorry to barge in...
There's another reason not to use Artkos: I believe (80% sure) that Artkos is not a dynamic fund, and Rydex will not allow you to switch to a dynamic fund (such as RYVNX) without spending a day in cash. You can only switch immediately from a dynamic fund to another. (Or to Cash, of course)
When I wanted to be invested 100% I used to put half of the money in a 200% fund and the other half in cash.
All this applies only if you have an account directly with Rydex. If you are using a broker to trade Rydex funds then other (and some quite strange) rules may apply.
(When I was in ETrade Cash was not an option, so to be invested 100% I would be invested 66% in a 200% fund, and 33% in the opposite fund. Quite annoying...)
Hope this helps.
H.
IN EDIT: I see that Odiemutt already pointed out this peculiarity to you...
L O L
That was funny!
(Specially because I can relate...) <ng>
H.
I once asked John Murphy in a chat room conference something about Cup and Handles, and he answered that Cup and Handles didn't exist. That they were part of larger Inverse Head and Shoulders.
H.
I kind of see your head and shoulders, but they are not covered by dandruf.
They are covered by goo.
Whatta boring market! <g>
H.
Erased (Sorry)
H.
Thank you, Train Guy. :>
H.
I have NQU4 for September and NQZ4 for December.
September is still active for me.
By the way. Does anybody know how to determine when to do the switch to the next trimester contract?
H.
Sure. It uses the IE engine. But it takes very good care of pop-ups and the like...
As for IE security concerns they are addressed by the firewall in my router.
H.
You can try myIE2 http://www.myie2.com/
I've been using it for more than a year.
Very happy with it.
H.
I'm honored you remembered my post after 2 months...
Eerie that here in Miami we didn't even have any rain. It hit the Ft. Myers area real hard though. I usually go there for weekends. I hope they recover quickly...
We can use a change of wind in the market too.
H.
He definitely picked the right place...
Train Guy's posts are consistently thought-provoking, (among the best in this thread) and I don't think he is trying to sell anybody anything.
Try and ignore his posts, as I ignore the increased bickering and noise, we'll both be better persons for it.
H.
IN EDIT: And answering your question in another post: 75% might look like exceptional, but TG is (allegedly) getting it with a negative gain ratio. (he wins 3 but loses 5) One thing compensates the other, and he has to be real careful with his executions.
H.
I always wondered why would anybody name a Queen after tonsils. (In Spanish --> amigdala = tonsil)
Every time I hear Queen Amidala mentioned my mind jumps immediately into thinking about tonsils...
Not very regal indeed. <g>
A few years back some car company (Toyota I think) named a SUV as the "Pajero" (Wanker in some Spanish argots) They changed it to Montero soon afterward.
My point? Just thinking aloud as I wait nervously for the market to open on Monday...
H.
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I have assumed the "crash position"
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What position is that?
Seat forward, head between your knees, and kiss your sweet *ss goodbye? <g>
I'm also taking the position but my lips are bloody... <ng>
(Nothing personal. Just a little bit of dark humor...)
H.
OT.
Oh, now I know what you are referring to...
That particular "crime wave" is long gone, but is not clear if it ended due to police action, or to the fact that 9/11 killed the European tourist trade altogether. <ng>
Probably a bit of both.
H.
How long since you moved north?
I know that (personal) security is a VERY subjective thing but things **feel** like they have improved quite a lot in Miami-Dade during the last 3 or 4 years.
Anyway I believe the article was referring to anti-terrorist security, and that makes some sense as usually terrorists try not to mess up their "points of entry" <g> (And I'm not talking about the Mariel boatlift, that's way in the past. I'm talking about the airport, and the long coast with plenty of private boat traffic)
BTW: Central Florida is also a gorgeous place to live...
H.
Steve,
did you get a COTBM signal yet? <ggg>
(COTBM --> Close On The Boring Middle)
Whatta boring day!
H.
Newly,
you might want to read my log/linear explanation in:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=3516274
I made a mistake there. It should say "expands" instead of "flattens"
I hope it helps,
H.
Hi LG,
good to see you posting regularly again.
Let me help you with the technical part of the log/linear chart controversy.
Log scale is supposed to make more sense for the following reason:
Any chart usually spans a range of prices. For instance in the current yearly QQQ chart price goes from $28 to $39. A variation of +$1 is 3.5% at $28, but only 2.5% at $39.
Depending of the vertical position in the chart a fixed dollar change represent different % of change giving, in fact, a chart that flattens as it goes up in price.
For small vertical spans this discrepancy is negligible. In longer term charts that often show changes in price of 100% or more between the high and the low it really makes a difference.
What the log chart does is to present fixed % changes in the vertical axis: an inch of change in the top part of the chart represents the same % change as in the bottom part.
Log charts should be the only one used, but linear charts have been used forever, and for small ranges it makes almost no difference.
Huluriasquias.
(Formerly know as theRedDog)
This is the link Dieselfuel is refering to:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040708/D83MPSE80.html
H.
I have deleted the "%%temp%%" directory many times without any side effects. The files that end up there are usually buffer files and the like. (And quite numerous)
Are you sure you didn't erase a directory named "temp" instead? (without the %%'s) I usually create directories named "temp" to put my picture files while I'm working on them but later I must remember to move them some place else otherwise I risk deleting them. (You cannot easily put your stuff in the %%temp%% directory, normally it's managed only by the system)
Another possibility (but I'm reaching) is that your original pictures were no longer in your system but you were able to access a cached version of them that still remained in the %%temp%% directory.
Intriguing...
H.
AJ has said that he will be out of touch until Sunday, I think, so you really Must Be Patient. <ggg>
And no. I cannot help you with the 3-gap-play.
H.
Thanks ex,
IB has been working OK for the last half hour. It might have been a ISP problem.
I'll keep an eye on it.
H.
Is it only me or IB data feed have been horrible this morning?
I've had several 2-3 minutes interruptions, and it has worked in "bursts" for as long as 10 minutes at a time.
I rebooted once to no avail.
I'd like to know if anybody else is having the same problem, or I should start checking my computer for intruders...
Thanks,
H.
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I did notice Z called another daily map with a Naz close of 1980, what is he now??, 1 for 10??? on daily road maps?... what a nice contrarian zone this is to monitor
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(That Naz 1980 close was a hound. The market was well on its way to 1980 when it started falling from 1975 just before 15:00. That gave a clear indication that something ugly was going to happen with YHOO)
You are taking maps too literally. A map is not a crystal ball that foretells the future. It is only a sketch of where the market "should" go.
Zeev's map was really useful to me today. I was long YM's from around noon, and when I got 90% of the expected move to 1980 (transposed from Naz to YM) by 14:25 I just got out of the market and called it a day.
Lucky? you bet! but knowing Zeev's maps enrich us all if used properly.
H.
I'm blinder than usual...
Do you have a map to the end of the day?
T.I.A.
H.
English is my second language, and English comma usage is quite different from my native tongUe. I took my clue from the name of the book: "Eats Shoots & Leaves" but I must have done it wrong...
As for the rest of my message the (bad) form surely clouded its content as you seem to have missed my point entirely.
I think that it was very clear to everybody that yours "wasn't even meant to be a call" That ironic fact was used by Zeev to call you a "contrary indicator" (based on only one call!) and to give himself permission to "harass" you for it.
Zeevs message was humorous at more levels that one, and the kind of humor you might have appreciated were you not the recipient of the joke. (It's more difficult to smile when you are directly involved...)
Now back to the markets.
Still your friend, <g>
H.
IN EDIT: I see that while I was composing this message the subject has ballooned out of proportion. One thing I disagree with you: Zeev has a highly developed sense of humor. Maybe a bit too subtle to be "American Traditional" but strongly present nonetheless....
Hi Pat,
You say:
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I make one bad call and you not only keep bringing it up...
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I know you are a fan of precise language so I would like to point out that you left out a comma. The right phrase should be:
"I make one, bad call...." as in "I make one call that happens to be bad." (Off Topic: That reminds me of Carlin... <g>)
Zeev makes several calls per day. (Good and bad) You made your first call ever --and probably it was a slip of the tonge...<g>
I think that all Zeev is doing is letting you have a little taste of what he has to endure daily for his poor calls.
I see no big harm in it as his tone was positively playful. <g>
Zeev has good and bad spells. When he is in a roll he is just short of amazing. When his calls are going through a dry spell I think the man deserves some latitude and understanding until they start to be in sync again...
Your friend,
H.