Is this the most boring stock market period EVER?

I'm with you man, Something big needs to happen already.

I either want dark green gains, or blood in the streets, meow

I like my odds better in the stock market, but thanks for the suggestion.

I prefer the dark greens myself since I'm all long right now

Trade some biotech stocks. That'll get you going.

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I don't know what's not to like unless you are day trading...

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From my understanding, he does a lot of that.

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+330 bps on the SP 500 in half a month

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I will take 12 of these, thank you.

I know. It was a swipe.

Decent move up today but the forex market didnt confirm the move Aussie AUD/USD forx moves a bit more than normal markets....

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I am.

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How have you done the last couple years?

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How have you done the last couple years?

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Pretty good for a part-time hobby.

I keep all of my trades on Excel so it's easy for me to keep track of the transactions and results.

In 2011 I netted (after all transaction costs) a profit of 22 basis points on the total of my trades.

Last year I netted 28 bp.

In the 13 trading days this year, including today, I've netted 46 bp. Over half of that was on one big trade in GE. I bought GE two weeks ago anticipating they were going to have a good 4th quarter, which they did and which they announced this morning before the market opened. I sold all of my GE this morning at $22.04 in pre-market trading.

I don't anticipate maintaining this pace throughout 2013. I don't take much risk. The GE trade was the most risk I've taken in a loooonnnnnggggg time, maybe ever.

I consider a long-term holding in my trading portfolio to be anything in my account that is there when the sun goes down.

It's a fun hobby that I spend maybe an hour or two playing each trading day.