Recent Content by 40yotrader

  1. Raising money for CTA --an idea

    Since I too will be running a CTA program in the new year, I've done some research on obtaining clients. What I've found is investors don't want...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Dec 27, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. 40yoTrader - collaberation

    Rhino, I appreciate the thought. I don't plan on working with others anymore. After this year I'll be looking into setting up a CTA business at...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Nov 27, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  3. Trading Plan

    4 year update to the first day I went "live". I'm doing just fine. The experience with the journal was a net negative for me. I thought going...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Nov 1, 2006 in forum: Trading

  4. Increasing risk after a loss

    Finally a topic for me. I increment after a loss and have found it a very good way to smooth the account equity. A few notes after years of...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Oct 18, 2006 in forum: Forex

  5. What is the TAD Principle?

    If you control your Thoughts and Actions, you control your Destiny.
    Post by: 40yotrader, Oct 16, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Successful Trading - Advice and Guidance

    I'm a 4 year newbie and I did lose money my first month of real trading but since then I've done ok. Certainly well enough for the relatives to...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 16, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. Trading system results overview

    Don't disagree with anything you've said. I was just trying to understand where man was coming from. I'm always up for learning something new....
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 16, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Anybody looking to sell a proven, scalable trading system/model?

    1). Does this have to be a production system? I have some very good ones I'm not currently trading. 2). I don't understand your money...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 16, 2006 in forum: Trading

  9. Trading system results overview

    About the only problem I've seen with PF is that it doesn't take into consideration the distribution of trades. If a large chunk of the profits...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 16, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. What is the worst one day loss you ever had?

    Ah, I remember it well. 6/9/2006 I lost $76,227.54 which was 12.3% of my accounts on 226 r/t's in the ES. Every trade I made that day went...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 9, 2006 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. Short the ES with impunity 08/02/2006

    I've got your back.
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 2, 2006 in forum: Index Futures

  12. Automated Trading

    I'm a manual systems trader. I've tried auto trading. It's not ready for primetime. The problem...the systems don't continuously calculate...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Aug 1, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. The pain.

    I've had 14 losers in a row, but my worst so far was 16 out of 18 trades. It's all part of the distribution. As long as you understand WHY they're...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Jul 28, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  14. NG collaboration development

    I've talked to a broker that specializes in NYMEX. He told me to expect slippage of $300 r/t and not to plan on doing more than 10 contracts at a...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Jul 19, 2006 in forum: Journals

  15. Disillusioned

    Bert, I gave up on charts much earlier than you. I realized I had no talent for screen trading and everything I tried looked like a...
    Post by: 40yotrader, Jul 17, 2006 in forum: Trading