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To: RetiredNow who wrote (33985)11/4/1999 11:11:00 PM
From: Don Green  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93625
 
> the only reason day traders have been making money in this market for so long is because anyone can make money in a market that moves relentlessly upwards.

That is actually the case for both Traders and Investors and the real question is how long can it last. The difference the traders take the profits while they can, the Investors get greedy and hope the gravey train will go on forever.

BTW

Them powers have no control on how often I trade. Which actually isn't that often, Last year was 66 times, this year is much less, the reason for the less trades, is my overall concern for the health of the market is much greater now than it has been in a long time.

Regards

Don



To: RetiredNow who wrote (33985)11/5/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: JH  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93625
 
OT: Trading frequency VS investment return

Any "traders" out there make over 500 transactions in '99?
Anyone make over 1,000 transactions in '99? How about 1,500?

Year-to-date returns: anyone make over 50% in '99?
Over 75%? How about 100%?

Let's be honest... maybe we can do a regression analysis here to find out the correlation (if any) between trading frequency and return!