This is what I do 24/7...some people obsessively need to Paint or Write...this is my
Passion, didn't choose it...it choose me....I am in my bliss...btw, total geekie bliss.

Well I used to have a more civilized investing style where I actually did my homework and
used patience and balanced my risk... Then pretty quickly that all changed when my whole
portfolio tanked to -%5 or so, after being in the green for a while.

Now I have a more gritty, vengeful style--similar to a pimp that has had all his
moneymaking hoes snatched from him. Basically I'm getting a hoe or two back every once in
a while, putting her out on the street, and taking my profits as soon as she turns the
trick.

It's hard having a full time job and being successful in this market. How do you guys do
it?

I have scrapped all previous styles. I have gone back to an old style I used before. Its
called "Buy V." bill

as long as iHop still offers discount for senior citizens I'll be happy, Ryan

You know that is the cool part about stockpickr. Everone has their own style.

Just update...got stopped on HIBB at 21.02 after a nice run, not greedy. Went over and
bought ANR in the morning cuz I liked the Thermal Coal Story...I guess everyone else did
too. William..I just love stocks and this game..maybe in a weird sense this is my perfect
place....being an addictive bargin shopper mixed with my analytical legal mind...this is
my Nirvana.

You people make things so complicated.

peter - ihops will be around, theyll just be owned by apple.

T-bird, i agree about whitney, she is one of the most informative analysts that ive seen
in a while and knows her stuff. it should, IMO, be taken with a grain of salt, or caution,
as oppenhimer is a bearish house right now. theyre two stars--her along with carter
worth--are bearish, so you know theyre trading as such. ive seen her a tad too much on tv
as of late, i never like to see that.

to me i start to hear; A) theyve been betting wrong and trying to change the psychology of
the market with their star, or B) shes starting to drink her own koolaid, and may press
her bets too far

in my trading account, it is also separated into investments that *may be added to the
long term account but dont meet one or some of my criteria. though i have no position, an
exaple would be AAPL. can they hang without steve jobs? dont know, so it would fall in
this category. i also lean more on technicals with these but they can break a few trends
and i might not sell them. but if major damage is done, trade is over.

then there is my pure trading portion of the account. this is going to be almost the pure
opposite of the long term portion, if i like the fundamentals then the trade is for sure
on, but technicals tell the story here. trendlines, MA's, support/resitance lines mean
everything.these can last from an hour or a month, depends on if the trend shifts, if i
get stopped out, among other things.

it should be obvious i prefer a blend of styles. ive never seen a technitian get worse by
implimenting more fundamentals, nor vise versa. because of this, i like to employ all
styles that i am knowledgeable in. long term, short term, long, short, macro trends,
micro, themes, brand names, trendlines and technicals, options strategies (and futures),
momentum, slow assets like trusts and fixed income; all of the above are used

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T-Bird...Tonight I am looking at DCI..good numbers coming out but the stock is way
up...will be watching it's open and volume to see if it will be a mover.