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Yeeeahhhooooo, Gary!!! Long time, no see :itsme:
Yeeeahhhooooo, Gary!!! Long time, no see :itsme:
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August 5th, 2012, 07:20 PM
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Amazingly simple way to add an extra monitor,...
Amazingly simple way to add an extra monitor, isn't it :-)
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May 3rd, 2012, 11:30 PM
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Gary, it seems to me you are analyzing your...
Gary, it seems to me you are analyzing your approach and situation way too much. Maybe because you can. You have a great house (even if 'not the right one'), fantastic & supporting wife and enough...
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April 20th, 2012, 09:05 PM
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Congrats Gary!! You keep doing a fantastically...
Congrats Gary!! You keep doing a fantastically honest and detailed journal. I truly enjoy reading about your approach to markets, it's eye opening and gives a lot of different ideas for me to reshape...
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April 12th, 2012, 10:15 PM
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Yeah, China Q1 GDP just missed estimates...
Yeah, China Q1 GDP just missed estimates...
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December 12th, 2011, 11:54 AM
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That's weird. I haven't had any problems with my...
That's weird. I haven't had any problems with my range charts. Maybe bad tick data?
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November 6th, 2011, 10:35 PM
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Hey Gary, good to see you back! :)
Hey Gary, good to see you back! :)
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October 3rd, 2011, 09:06 PM
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Yeah, isn't it funny that many times the best...
Yeah, isn't it funny that many times the best trade is the one which feels fighting at the beginning. When I think a setup looks 'easy', it's really NOT many times. Often times 'too obvious' trade...
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September 27th, 2011, 11:06 AM
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It looks like any bears/shorts are squeezed out...
It looks like any bears/shorts are squeezed out today. ES hasn't really had any noticeable pullback and silver snapped back to 33. Real tough to enter trades so far, maybe changing after London close.
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September 8th, 2011, 11:59 AM
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Damn nice short Gary, you nailed that move pretty...
Damn nice short Gary, you nailed that move pretty good :-)
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August 17th, 2011, 11:51 AM
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Not any easier scalping today, very choppy....
Not any easier scalping today, very choppy. However, today is CL options expiration day so we might still get some decent swings...
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August 17th, 2011, 10:18 AM
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Gary, just an observation... I don't know why...
Gary, just an observation... I don't know why Daily charts show market bottoming @78.27 on 8/9 when in fact CL (Sept contract) went all the way down to 75.71 the previous evening (on 8/8). I actually...
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August 16th, 2011, 01:32 PM
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Yeah, I agree. I follow the news (as scheduled in...
Yeah, I agree. I follow the news (as scheduled in Forexfactory) only to see if it's the reason for 'abnormal' market behavior and I stay out until market 'normalizes'. This morning the CL price...
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August 16th, 2011, 12:41 PM
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Gary, you read real well where the momentum...
Gary, you read real well where the momentum changed to run the market down. The whole morning was grinding up while waiting for news from EU and expecting some positive headlines. I was following...
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August 9th, 2011, 01:23 PM
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My story is kinda opposite. After 2...
My story is kinda opposite. After 2 'not-so-succesful' years of equity options trading I turned to futures 3 years ago and tried to learn better read the market. I felt indentifying those bigger...
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August 9th, 2011, 11:16 AM
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Real nice job Gary! I like to see your analysis...
Real nice job Gary! I like to see your analysis and entries even when my style is totally different. I take 10-15 tick scalps at 'local' reversal points but enjoy seeing you running for larger swings.
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