Originally Posted by MDawg View Post
Everyone who is successful tips and donates money to charities, just some more than others. There are no exceptions.

As far as how far down I'm willing to get before giving up, well I was down -20 or more last Thursday and recovered. Having a fifty line is the same principle as having enough in a stock trading account so that I may buy more 1000 blocks of AMZN if I get caught in a downward spiral, which incidentally, is exactly where I am at right now. I haven't quite had to leverage to that extent yet, but am currently down about $200,000. on one AMZN trade. I actually averaged in twice more, yesterday and today, but ended up selling both of those trades to make average $10000. each which sounds great but doesn't help my over all problem that I need AMZN to pump back to Friday's levels for me to be even again on the 2000 share block from Friday. When you see AMZN back over 2100 you will know that MDawg is very very happy. (Assuming I don't average in some more, in which case somewhere around 2050 will be adequate.)

But also I suppose it comes down to that losing 50 for me wouldn't be a life changing experience. Annoying and a blow to my pride, but wouldn't change anything.
Throwing out incomplete statements like that on tipping is probably what you're all about and why WoV doesn't like you. Tipping is done by almost every American at the right place and time. People need not be successful in order to do it---that's just more of your showboating. When somebody tips dealers etc. the amounts you claim to shows me you're either not being truthful, you don't know what you're really doing, or you're more easily intimidated by being the possible recipient of "dirty looks" than Joe Biden is of watching a re-run of his gaffes.

If you're having that much trouble with the market then you shouldn't be in it. We had a bad day yesterday, but any halfway knowledgeable investor knows to be in it for the long term and these bumps will smooth over.

Put some more pics up.