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Are you considering quitting your dayjob to daytrade?!

An SI Board Since January 1999

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436	No you didn't blow a hole in my point ... why take the Nikkei at 30000 or w	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
435	the 12 percent is a return on what? the s and p? what happens when a stock is r	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
434	I have interest in discussing this any more, you obviously have no statistical	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
433	i'm tired of this already, x and y depend on where you get in.and what you	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
432	< to think everyone is making money is blind. some will make tons of money.	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
431	re-read post 153, i think it was. think he made twelve percent when near bankru	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
430	LOL! I dreamed of DT when I was doing it every day! I also dreamed of Mario B	The Street	-	1/24/1999
429	If you diversify and use dollar cost averaging then the market returns 12% a ye	The Street	-	1/24/1999
428	my only question is, as a <i><b>position trader,</b></i>	Impristine	-	1/24/1999
427	Have Etrade(new ver.)it works much better than the Classic ver.and level 2. Not	Renamed	-	1/24/1999
426	the net means nothing to me and the position in the trade i hold, that is proba	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
425	< if i bought at fifty and it trades at 30 how much positive effect have i r	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
424	if i bought at fifty and it trades at 30 how much positive effect have i realiz	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
423	how much money will the seller and buyer make when that company's share pri	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
422	< you are telling me no one has ever lost money? no stock ever declines, nev	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
421	< the stock moves two dollars for you and against me. we each have 1000 shar	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
420	so, if its a positive sum game over time, you are telling me no one has ever lo	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
419	So why do people invest in the market if it's a losing proposition? Because	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
418	doesn't matter where you buy, for the mkt to be a zero sum game that means	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
417	if you follow the discussion where i am responding to, there is talk of positiv	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
416	< the reason it is a minus sum game is because when you enter a trade you p	Dave O.	-	1/24/1999
415	All of this may be true (personally, I think it's oversimplified), but what	chalu2	-	1/24/1999
414	personally, i think the market is a minus sum game. if i bought a inet stock at	milesofstyles	-	1/24/1999
413	Thanks Logistics, great answers. <eom> Jon.	Jon K.	-	1/24/1999
412	>When you said McMillan's recent book is an easy read, were you referrin	jebj	-	1/23/1999

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