tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post1194364855956815778..comments2023-09-21T06:00:23.283-04:00Comments on Dinosaur Trader: HPT Caught In This MessDinosaur Traderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-76752514744283696202008-01-22T07:56:00.000-05:002008-01-22T07:56:00.000-05:00DT: i think it went viral, because he bares a stro...DT: i think it went viral, because he bares a strong resemblance to a young mark wahlberg...who knows this could lead to a career in hollywood<BR/><BR/>5,000 views from day traders<BR/><BR/>10,000 views from women<BR/><BR/>15,000 views from gay day traderstapewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642836291928139099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-15476562929248146932008-01-22T06:58:00.000-05:002008-01-22T06:58:00.000-05:00Meanwhile, this video has indeed gone "viral" with...Meanwhile, this video has indeed gone "viral" with 30,000 views and counting.<BR/><BR/>Amazing. People love to watch other people blow up. Had he made 30gs, no way it gets 30,000 views.<BR/><BR/>-DTDinosaur Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-68090407183745881732008-01-21T22:23:00.000-05:002008-01-21T22:23:00.000-05:00Great article stockhunter.Thanks, I hadn't read it...Great article stockhunter.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, I hadn't read it previously.<BR/><BR/>-DTDinosaur Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-14249181344904343882008-01-21T21:36:00.000-05:002008-01-21T21:36:00.000-05:00"As a trader, you must accept risk, understand the..."As a trader, you must accept risk, understand the risk you have accepted and construct your own parameters of risk, knowing that one single trading day is just a small piece of a much bigger puzzle. I have been assisting clients with day trading online for nine years. I have never witnessed a situation where one single day “made a trader,” but I have witnessed many single trading days that StockHunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847886697396573777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-5422805883277511962008-01-21T20:47:00.000-05:002008-01-21T20:47:00.000-05:00Stewie,Well put.-DTStewie,<BR/><BR/>Well put.<BR/><BR/>-DTDinosaur Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-90385778487668072982008-01-21T16:31:00.000-05:002008-01-21T16:31:00.000-05:00Hi HPT. great courage of you to post this video. S...Hi HPT. great courage of you to post this video. Shows your character. Listen man, I cannot tell you how many times i had the same conversation with myself. This is trading. love it or hate. You can only blame yourself unfortunately and you must live to fight another day even it means selling out. just know i have been thru many days just the one you just had and i have more money in my account Stewiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18426469322190080207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-34423117056655335012008-01-21T15:06:00.000-05:002008-01-21T15:06:00.000-05:00kudlow's show tomorrow will be pricess if the mark...kudlow's show tomorrow will be pricess if the market doesn't recover...i can't wait to see how the head of the Ostrich Fund spins this...i'm sure his head will still be buried in the sand!<BR/><BR/>or maybe he'll find a way to blame Hillary or Obama!tapewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642836291928139099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-56537968737152854602008-01-21T15:02:00.000-05:002008-01-21T15:02:00.000-05:00this happens to a lot of people, they just don't p...this happens to a lot of people, they just don't put it on video...i agree with tradercaddy that it took a lot of courage to post this<BR/><BR/>i also agree with bluedog about the uncertainty of how to trade this...it definitely smells like panic, but where is capitulation...personally, i'll stay on the sidelines tomorrow - and maybe longer...if the quotes get out of whack, i could be losing tapewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642836291928139099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-72467092353813326492008-01-21T14:03:00.000-05:002008-01-21T14:03:00.000-05:00DT,It could be brutal. I'm tempted to short every...DT,<BR/><BR/>It could be brutal. I'm tempted to short everything, but the big unknowns are 1) how big the gap down is going to be - we could get a quick bounce off a huge initial sell off, 2) fed action, 3) congressional action. I might not turn on my computer tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>-BDBluedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620622716492473197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-4060134618599537362008-01-21T12:27:00.000-05:002008-01-21T12:27:00.000-05:00TC,Smart. For me, I think I'll be involved, but I'...TC,<BR/><BR/>Smart. For me, I think I'll be involved, but I'll keep my position size small until I have some type of cushion. If I make some money early I may press my bets if things feel panicky. Whatever happens, it will be interesting.<BR/><BR/>-DTDinosaur Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-2043010185428911422008-01-21T12:24:00.000-05:002008-01-21T12:24:00.000-05:00DT- I just know for sure that I am going to stay a...DT- I just know for sure that I am going to stay away from the volatile mo mos since capital preservation is number one. If it gets too nuts I will turn off the computer and go play golf as I will come back and trade the next day.TraderCaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680204247540436675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-3777276584104155362008-01-21T12:05:00.000-05:002008-01-21T12:05:00.000-05:00TC,Funny, I just asked you if YOU had a plan over ...TC,<BR/><BR/>Funny, I just asked you if YOU had a plan over at IBC....<BR/><BR/>I wasn't trading in 87 and too psychologically fucked up to even bother after 9/11. So I'm not sure how to play this. Right now I'm making a list of high short interest names and also searching for stocks that have held up.<BR/><BR/>I may also scan for stocks that have sold off egregiously over these past few days.<BRDinosaur Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-52948363486848247552008-01-21T12:04:00.000-05:002008-01-21T12:04:00.000-05:00WOW!I feel so sorry for this guy watching what emo...WOW!<BR/><BR/>I feel so sorry for this guy watching what emotions he is going through. In his first video he was down 7k and could have sold. Now down 25k, the question is what do you do? Hopefully he is not on margin. Trying to pick a bottom or top will always lose you money. Many traders try to do that and all of them lose. The only people who can pick bottoms and tops are people with enough KC Equity Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323405624986036337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-23368840703693417372008-01-21T11:55:00.000-05:002008-01-21T11:55:00.000-05:00I believe it took some guts and courage for HPT to...I believe it took some guts and courage for HPT to post the video as we all know how egos can get in our way. The video needs to be played at all prop firms and trading houses as part of the training programs.<BR/>As far as the futures go at the moment I was around trading at the 1987 crash,Iraq invasion of Kuwait,9/11, etc. It always gets worse than you think especially since margin calls start TraderCaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680204247540436675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-74740558427539341782008-01-21T09:29:00.000-05:002008-01-21T09:29:00.000-05:00Win,Amen. That's the number one rule, isn't it? Th...Win,<BR/><BR/>Amen. That's the number one rule, isn't it? Things can always get worse.<BR/><BR/>-DTDinosaur Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675466667593721085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7138812688978974457.post-88614808933896453332008-01-21T09:26:00.000-05:002008-01-21T09:26:00.000-05:00It's unbelievable. Everyone thought we'd bounce, ...It's unbelievable. Everyone thought we'd bounce, me included. Yet this morning I woke up with futures down 70 and 60. I've never seen the futures this negative before.<BR/><BR/>The thing we should always remember is that it could always get worse.wincityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062372365311040109noreply@blogger.com