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"How else will you know what setup works when if you don't do the study? Most people just jump in, they follow some random people on the internet who have no clue what they're doing...how many people study, go back and actually study how stocks move, what they move...

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Popman1 year ago

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Samurai2 years ago

Wow, great words! Thank you!

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