Recent content by EarlyTwenties

Definitely. I will. Here's a failure which I learned from that taught me to use stop losses: I bought $40,000 (w/ margin) worth of one stock that went down 70% in one day. Margin called auto sold the stock at $20,000+ loss. Had I used a stop loss. I would have only lost 5%, and would have had...

There's more to my strategy then to just use margin and stop loss. I'm I am going for short term trades only, and pay daily attention to my accounts. If I hit stop loss, ill rebuy when its lower and set up another stop. I'm up 30% January 2011 so something seems right.

I've been trading for almost 3 years and have been using margin since day 1. Use a stop loss with every trade to eliminate a lot of risk

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Don't bring the cars/trucks/etc! Move as close as possible to your work location. Find a position that's close to everything. There's plenty of jobs here! Quick access to Washington DC is a must for a huge quality of life benefit. I find quite a few of my co-workers that must drive to work or...