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To: expat_panama
Sounds like you're speaking from painful experience

No ... I'm simply suggesting that almost all individuals have very little effect on overall market results, because (unless they're incredibly rich) their investments represent only a tiny fraction of the total money in the market.

What you're describing is a knack at spotting and taking advantage of short-term up and down trends. But those are fluctuations that you don't actually control: they're generally driven by the guys whose normal trades run in the millions of dollars.

45 posted on 09/18/2008 2:24:39 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb
"...you're speaking from painful experience..."  "...No ... I'm simply suggesting..."

Ah, my bad.  I mistakenly assumed that you were talking about something that with which you were familiar.   The reality that successful traders know is that the smaller trades earn far greater returns than big trades.  Feel free to ping me anytime you want to know how it works and I can explain it --it's actually quite simple.

50 posted on 09/18/2008 3:08:19 PM PDT by expat_panama
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