Tom Kearns
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Auto Shipping – Now That My Bags Are Packed What About Shipping My Car
Nov 8th
“How much will it cost to ship my car”? That is a question that is asked thousands of times each day by dealers, wholesalers, collectors and people moving all around the United States. Cost is always a consideration when moving something as important as your transportation. However, it may not be the MOST important question a person might want to ask.
Often, when shipping a vehicle, one is apt to turn to a transportation broker, which is either a company or some type of group that do not actually ship the vehicle but arrange for its shipment. They take a percentage of the cost of moving the vehicle as payment for arranging the shipment of your vehicle. They broker the vehicle out by posting on online load boards that are visible to those car hauling companies that operate trucks that move around the country. If the broker posts too low a price on these boards, it will not attract any takers and the vehicle may sit there in anticipation of a move for a very long, uneasy period of time. Be sure that the price the broker is quoting to the vehicle movers is reasonable enough to entice them to relocate your car. Too cheap a price may not be in your best interest.
Another thing to consider is insurance coverage on the vehicle and its contents should something unforeseen occur during transport. Accidents do happen and you don’t want to be on the unprotected side if one happens with your vehicle. Important questions to ask are ‘what kind of coverage is provided in case of damage or loss of the vehicle’ AND ‘if this vehicle is to be brokered out to another auto carrier, can I get a copy of their insurance certificate?’ Always try and get a copy of the carrier’s insurance certificate showing YOU as certificate holder. This way, if something unfortunate happens, you can file a claim on your own directly to the insurance company.
The quality and reputation of the auto transportation outfit that is handling the transport of your vehicle is also another concern of yours. You really have no idea about the company or companies that are moving your vehicle unless you are directly involved in the daily business of transporting vehicles yourself. Do some research about these companies. Talk to a car dealer who undoubtedly ships vehicles on a regular basis and find out who they use. Go online and read reviews about various companies to get as much information as you can before you start collecting bids. Go to safersys.org, a website operated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association, and take a look at a company’s safety profile. This site can be of invaluable assistance to you in seeking a reputable transport company.
Looking to get your car some distance from A to Z involves several considerations. Not just the least expensive, but the safest and sometimes the timeliest way to get your wheeled friend happily to its new home.
For more information on car transport or to get a auto transportation quote please visit http://www.jmnhaul.com .
Using A Heads Up Display To Play Online Poker
Oct 29th
A heads up display, or HUD, is a tool used by online poker players to display statistics on other players at the table directly around their name. To the skilled professional this tool is indispensable. When professionals play poker online they often play several tables at a time. Many players will play 4-16 tables at once across several monitors. When you are playing this many tables and hands at a time it is virtually impossible to keep track of the playing style of every opponent at the table. The HUD can help you to keep track of who plays how by just glancing at their stats before you act. So how does it work?
On your hard drive are stored the hand histories for every hand of poker that you play online. By importing these histories into tracking software and compiling them into a database that can be read by a HUD, the stats can be displayed directly onto the table. Poker players can then make fast decisions based on playing styles and weaknesses of their opponents. With a HUD poker players do not have to watch every hand and player closely. Let me tell you how beneficial it is in actual play.
If an opponent is watched closely during play we can study their style and exploit their weaknesses, using HUD in conjunction with a datamining software can win you a big advantage over your opponents. Without spending a lot of time studying your opponents you can know exactly how they will play and can move from table to table. Your software will do all of this for you. Some players may fold the flop 60% of the time and constantly check raise the turn. With the help of your HUD you can see this coming just by glancing at the stats. Without a HUD an opponent would have to be watched so closely for so many hands for you to learn their standard play. Let’s say a player sits down at a table and tries to run over the table raising 50% of the time before the flop. Well eventually you may pick up on this even if you are playing 8 or more tables, but with a HUD you will know what you are dealing with before the first hand is dealt.
Another useful tool that your HUD will afford you is that it will show you your opponents hole cards after the hand is over if they go to showdown. Many players will muck their hand so that you can’t see it but the HUD will still pick up the data. Its helpful to know what a player will call a river bet with. This alone will help you value bet the river against players who will showdown weak hands.
The heads up display should be used by anyone playing poker online. You should play like the pros and use them too.
The author is a successful limit cash game player. He plays poker and receives Rakeback at Poker Nordica from Rakeback Solution.
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Choosing A Forex Signal Provider – Examining Draw Downs
Oct 22nd
So, you are in the market for a third party signal provider. The maximum draw down of the trader is your first step in the selection process. To define the maximum draw down – this is the gap between the ultimate amount of loss between the absolute top and the absolute bottom. Included in this number is also the open positions, but not included is the account margin necessary to keep you away from a margin call. How much is too much of a draw down you may well ask. Of course, like many answers to many questions, it is – That depends. Many, many issues need to be examined when coming up with an answer to this very important question. It goes without saying that a person with an account in the high thousands of dollars can stand more of a draw down than a person with a much smaller account. So, that being said, what are some other things to consider?
You have the draw down number. How was that number derived? If the draw down number seems intolerable to you but other factors make the trader a good bet, examine the number of positions the trader opens at a single time. Say he opens 5 trades on whatever pair at one time, right away you can cut their recorded draw down by 5. If a trader’s number of open trades is limited, that alone severely reduces the entire draw down figure.
A trader can often have an excellent historical track record except for one single mega-meltdown, where the trader simply zoned out and let a trade run amok on him and unmonitored for days on end. This will reflect badly on him but really should not overly affect the scope of the trader’s abilities. What if the trader simply can’t tell when a trade has a snowball’s chance in hell of making a comeback to even? What if, heaven forbid, his internet connection lost it at the most inauspicious times? In either case, avoid this problem by setting your own stops for the trader. Don’t though, stop those trades that are reasonable, stop only those that are beyond the outer rim of a realistic (to you) trading range.
Now that we’re half way down the page lets revisit our original question. After doing anything and everything you can to limit draw down, I would say that anything over 35% of your entire account equity is just too much. Once you start to get into a situation where you are losing 50% or more it is very tough to ever recover without taking extreme risks. If you lose 50% you need to make 100% just to get back to even.
When considering draw down you should also look at how much history is available on that trader. If he only has 3 weeks of history than chances are that his largest draw down is yet to come. If he has 50 or 100 weeks of history he has probably already hit some rough patches and you can get a better idea of how rough the rough patches are for that particular trader.
Do not just let go once you have selected your trader. You must constantly monitor his activity on both live and demo accounts. Should his draw down get crazy, it is undoubtedly time to reappraise your situation with him and perhaps delete him from your portfolio completely.
To learn more about Third Party Signal Providers visit Automated Forex Trading Systems.
