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George Soros (George Soros)

Native of Hungary, George Soros learned all his survival instincts from his father during the German occupation in World War II.. They were Jews., so my father took out false documents and found places, where can you hide. It was a man, worthy of respect; in World War I, he was captured by the Russians and subsequently escaped from prison. Soros's conclusion: “Obedience has become a dangerous addiction; to survive, need to bypass the law”. And he himself confesses, what does not accept the rules, superimposed by others. He was accused of going beyond fair play in trading and stocks, and currencies. Constrained by the communist regime, established after World War II, Soros in 1947 left for the UK, where he studied at the London School of Economics. After working for a while as a traveling salesman, he found a job at a financial institution. Although Soros gained some arbitration experience, he mostly did boring office work, did not shine and, with the blessing of the company, Left. New York became his target, but he couldn't get a work visa, because I was too young, to be a specialist in any field. This was a requirement to enter the United States.. Therefore he “bypassed” the law and got myself an official certificate, which asserted, that arbitration experts should be young, because they die young; and the government let him in.

Victor Niederhoffer (Victor Niederhoffer)

In April 2006 of the year Victor Niederhoffer (Victor Niederhoffer) appeared at an evening at New York's St. Regis, where about 300 America's leading fund managers. Walking under the gilded candelabra in a lavender blazer, he felt, that again rose to the top of success. 1980-90s. Niederhoffer has built himself a huge fortune and a reputation as one of the most prominent hedge fund managers in the United States.. But he was ruined by an excessive love of risk.: before the Asian financial crisis, he played for the rise in Thai stocks, and during the crisis - to increase the Standard index&Poor’s 500, using uncovered options on the index. When the markets crashed, Niederhoffer lost everything overnight - $ 130 million fund and almost all of his own savings. It seemed, life dealt him a crushing blow, however, he managed to overcome the path up the second time. Speaking to financiers, honoring him in St. Regis, Niederhoffer stressed, how highly he appreciates the “difficult and courageous” decision to reward him after, how it crashed once.

Interview with a trader: Charles Payne

Charles Payne is the founder, executive director and chief analyst of the company “Wall Street Strategies“. His stock selection brings significant profits to his followers and readers. He is a frequent visitor to “Fox Business Network” and several well-known financial radio stations- and TV programs.
Charles is widely recognized in the analyst community and recently published his first book “Be dexterous, act fast and get rich”. […]

Stock symbol or ticker, what it is ?

Символ акции или тикер — это короткая аббревиатура, used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. The stock symbol may consist of letters, numbers or combinations thereof. "Ticker symbol" refers to the symbols, which were printed on the ticker tape of the ticker tape device. История фондовых символов США В Соединенных Штатах современные тикеры, consisting only of letters, were developed by the Standard agency & Poor’s (S&P), to introduce a national investment standard. Previously, one company could have many different tickers, as they varied across dozens of individual stock markets. Термин «тикер» относится к шуму, published by ticker tape machines, which were once widely used on stock exchanges. System S&P was later standardized in the securities industry and modified over time. Preferred stock symbols are not standardized. Примеры фондовых символов США А – Аджилент Технологии C – Ситигруп БАК – Банк Америки BRK.B – Berkshire Hathaway (class B shares) КО – Компания Кока-Кола HNZ – Компания HJ Heinz МСФТ – Майкрософт ВАГ – Уолгринс ТГТ – Целевая корпорация WMT – Уол-Март MMM – 3M Company HPQ – Хьюлетт-Паккард ИНТЦ – Интел TXN — Техасские инструменты Раньше взгляд на символ акций США и прилагаемые к нему коды позволял инвестору определить, Where the shares are traded; However, in July 2007 The SEC Approved the Rule Change, позволяющее

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Trader evolution

We are ourselves and everything, what surrounds us, is a product of evolutionary processes, which were launched by nature many millions of years ago. And this process never stops.. We rarely think about it., but at this moment we are no longer the same, what were a minute ago. Something has changed in us., even though we don't notice it. Learning something new for yourself, gaining new knowledge and experience, we are also starting the process of evolution. It can be quite interesting to watch., how traders evolve. Entering the market in almost complete ignorance, gradually they become professionals with a stable income. Let us consider in more detail the stages of the evolution of the trader.  

VIX fear index – Volatility of the Chicago Option Exchange

  VIX fear index – shows the state of the market, his direction and mood. The regularity of the indicator is as follows, what when the market falls, volatility index is growing, and when the market grows, volatility index is decreasing. VIX Index – ticker symbol for the Chicago Option Exchange Volatility Index, popular measure of implied instability S&P 500 index options. High value corresponds to a more volatile market and therefore more expensive options, which can be used, to pay the risk of volatility. If investors see high risks of price changes, they will demand, for a large premium to insure against such a change, selling variants. Often called the Fear Index, this represents one measure of market expectations for volatility over the next 30 day period.

New York Stock Exchange Investors and Traders Club

Created a new LJ community for people associated with the New York Stock Exchange to share their trading experience on it, ideas and news. Anyone can write their material in it, ask a question of interest and find an answer to it. We no longer have to search for information all over the Internet, everything you need to trade on the stock exchange will be in 1 place . The group is brand new, I'm waiting for new active participants and a little PR from you, but most importantly active discussion of new topics and issues. New York Stock Exchange Investors and Traders Club

Quotes about the exchange and trading(Gerchik)

It all depends on the time, which you enter, usually after 11, when liquidity leaves the market a little and there are no more big players on the market before 14.00, then this is really what happens ... the answer is one: you need to trade aggressively with 9.30-11.30 and than, somewhere with 14.30 and all the way….in the interim 11.30-14.30 you just need to look for potential customers (stock), to after 14.30, when the general direction of the market is determined, you were already in the stream… There is no market crisis, the worst for the market – it is the absence of LIQUIDITY AND VOLATILITY, and then, and there are other things on the market now. Before the exchange opens, you can make trades, sometimes for 2-3 hours before opening and after closing, no restrictions. All transactions are carried out on ecn. …Slanted lines work just as well, as well as horizontal, therefore they do not need to be discounted. It's just that horizontal lines work well within the day for identifying levels., but inclined and within the day, and on daily charts for the trend.

Trading Success Quotes ( Gerchik )

Trading – this is a synthesis… can't speak: “I will only trade this way, or only so”.. The thing is, that every week the market changes and you need to adapt to it… If you only trade one strategy, it will be hard for you… In my opinion, you started trading very fast and volatile securities.… I guarantee, that this will not lead to good… You need to learn on calm and smooth promotions… Dima knows, how do i feel about averaging….it is absolutely forbidden to do this N I K O G D A. A professional trader should always trade, everywhere and in any direction. Usually a good deal will close 5-6 unprofitable… Вначале, when do you start trading, there should be very few transactions, and they must be of very high quality.

Daytrader restrictions on patterns ( PDT ) USA in 25000$

Day trader by pattern (PDT) – it is a normative designation for those traders or investors, who make four or more day trades within five business days using a margin account. The number of daily trades must be more than 6% of the total trading activity of the margin account during this five-day window.

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