I am a fundamental trader.  I am not as anal as it would require to do technical trading.

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P.S. I am not too fond of technical traders, I find that a lot of their tactics are bullshit sprinkled with heavy chart and regression analysis.

I am currently a trader at a boutique hedge fund. 

Aside from my day job, my family and I are largely vested in the realm of accounting, whereby we own a few offices that service small-medium sized local business.  Like that of an H&R block, we have a small number of offices scattered throughout the NYC area that serve many local Israeli & Greek businesses (a large number of diners, hardware stores, Jewelry shops, fabric shops, supermarkets, liquor stores etc.).

I won't claim to be some rich tycoon with the world in his palm.  On the contrary, I am just a hardworking individual who has been blessed with good fortune throughout life and played it very safe when it came to money.  I am also very blessed in having a great husband who is highly ambitious as well.

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I see what you are saying, but I don't take it quite that far.  I look at trading securities like I would look at trading junk from yard sales. 

Let's say, for example, that I find an old hammer at a yard sale.  I buy it for a dollar, and the next week, I have a yard sale of my own and sell it for two dollars.  100% profit.

Obviously, trading securities is more complicated that this; I'm just sharing the underlying principle.  Most of these "day trader" types do no research and operate on "hunches" (or "press releases" from pump and dump machines), while trying to earn $1MM off of a single $5 penny stock purchase.  If they focused on finding undervalued securities and taking 10-20% gains (after commissions and taxes), they would do far better.  A 10% gain in a month equates to a 120% annual return but too many people want to double their money every five minutes and that unrealistic goal leads to poor trading decisions.

Again, I'm not discounting what you mention about possible corruptions in the market, I'm just saying that wise trading is not gambling in the truest sense of the word.

And to make this post bodybuilding related...

I'm not a trader but I know a volatile market especially with the euro countries, it kills us. Example is the day before we were NYSE was up today it's down -120. We've taken a huge hit in our mutual funds and 401k. I'm not a big risk taker.

I am half trader, half investor.  

Through careful study, one can (not necessarily will, but can) make money in any market condition.  Not that I always succeed (I have gotten killed the last couple days on CHK, which I am long on) but I win more than I lose.

You'd have to be semi-retarded not to. Sorry man. You're wrong. Want me to go into it with a rant?

get in that thread and tell no one its a deal

I will find my way there
Im poor again so if getbig wants to toss together enough money for my trip get them to send to you or someone on there and then a month out from January 28 buy the ticket.

I 100% WILL GO DO THIS IN MID WINTER NO IFS AND OR BUTS
get the exact address so I know where it is so I can find a place close to stay

tell him when we meet I will be asking him questions from getbig that ONLY HE can answer so he doesnt send someone else in cause hes such a bitch

LOL...98%% white males...How Alpha you are indeed....hahahahahahaha hhahahaha...GTFO!

Well,  I don't live in Scranton, PA.. but I do live in Pennsylvania, and from my experience unions have a MASSIVE stranglehold on this state and public workers are vastly overpaid for their skill levels. I know teachers making $75k a year and garbage men with a high school degree making over $55k. I should mention the cost of living in PA is generally very low, outside of Philly too. So this is a lot of money.

Man, that's messed up. Good for him, though.