Recent Content by hybridmachine

  1. IBDs www.investors.com

    IB has a great site and a great daily paper. I study the Big Picture section to get a feel for the market and what it might do over the next week...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Nov 20, 2002 in forum: Trading

  2. IB Margin change

    Well, if you are a little guy with under 2k, you can't trade futures with IB anymore . This may be a good thing, but for those that just wanted to...
    Thread by: hybridmachine, Nov 6, 2002, 32 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. Best Discount Futures Broker?

    interactivebrokers.com, but they only trade currency, metal, interest rate, and index futures (And the comin Single Stock Futures as well). Have a...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Nov 1, 2002 in forum: Index Futures

  4. ES Daytraders: How many indicators?

    My point was that new traders focus almost soley on win/loss. It surely is important, and a good win loss will drive your profits. Certainly...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 31, 2002 in forum: Index Futures

  5. ES Daytraders: How many indicators?

    Unfortunately, I don't have any good recommendations, I just learned the hard way from personal experience. Have a look at my thread "Blown Out"...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 31, 2002 in forum: Index Futures

  6. ES Daytraders: How many indicators?

    My advice is to focus less on indicators, and focus heavily on profit/loss ratios and position sizing (If you plan to trade more than one contract...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 30, 2002 in forum: Index Futures

  7. Is IB good or bad?

    And their realtime chat customer service is good. Calling them on the phone may take a while to get through. Can't beat the prices and I really...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 29, 2002 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. trading e- minis vs trading equities

    The e-mini's are extremely liquid, and trade wonderfully fast on their electronic decks (Globex for S&P and Nasdaq e-minis, A/C/E for the dow...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 27, 2002 in forum: Trading

  9. 40yo's new career or bust

    May I ask, in analyzing your trades, what is your win/loss ratio, what is your profit/loss ratio, and what is your average position size (How much...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 25, 2002 in forum: Journals

  10. Why Do Most Traders Lose MOney?

    From my experience, most traders fail to understand the two critical ratios. Win/Loss and Profit/Loss. Most of us focus almost all our efforts on...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 22, 2002 in forum: Trading

  11. Blown out

    I was curious if any of the traders on this board have done an analysis of their win/loss ratios, and their profit/loss ratios, and would be...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 21, 2002 in forum: Journals

  12. Blown out

    I have, for your viewing pleasure/amusement, my trade log from the past 3 months. I have gone from 2000 to about $383.00. Aside from the...
    Thread by: hybridmachine, Oct 21, 2002, 17 replies, in forum: Journals

  13. How's IB been lately?

    I've been with IB for 4 months now, and have made 120 round trip trades with them, and I have no complaints. I've traded on the GLOBEX, A/C/E, and...
    Post by: hybridmachine, Oct 18, 2002 in forum: Interactive Brokers