Bearmove, you wrongly assumed that that many of us do it for a living. Actually, I think very few do. I bet most of the lurkers and occasional posters hold other jobs and trade on a side, during the lunch hour, trying to get the scoop from those who trade for a living and have time to do the in-depth market research every morning as you described in your post. In a word, we're wannabe 'traders'. And, what's even worse, we're double free-loaders on this board. <g>
I, for one, am grateful to you and others for your ideas, good input and great lessons.
M_e