Oanda is actually registered NFA and with the CFTC, RFED, and FDM. They're very beholden to the regulatory scrutiny of America. Do you mean for...
A few reasons I like futures: 1. Broad market exposure - do you like something? There's probably a future to trade it. 2. Fairly high liquidity...
They don't seem to use normal rule when deciding who is a professional. Very dishonest. How does Oanda provide spot forex if 10M is the minimum?...
After the disaster I had with TradeStation I have switched over to Interactive Brokers. I wanted to try to run a small strategy I had for a few...
To this I can agree with you. I feel like there's some sort of conspiracy around options going on. Brokers are promoting it as "easy ways to...
I notice you really, really dislike options. To the point you use terrible analogies to describe them. A better analogy for this trade is as...
Any time! If you're really interested in the markets your places to look are almost limitless. I personally run a journal where I note interesting...
I liked your post because you reminded me to throw you on ignore. Thanks.
It's legitimately impressive that even in a mundane completely non-controversial topic like this one, there is always one asshole who manages to...
I don't trade this pair but it is rather incredible to look at. A true flash crash. I would be surprised if the Tim Cook Apple tank caused this....
"A man must believe in himself and his judgement if he expects to make a living at this game. That is why I don’t believe in tips." - Jesse Livermore
I did, and I trust the judgement of a broker with many more years experience in this game than both of us. Now you're a "prop trader" who not...
Then why are you asking here? Robert gave you the opinion of the prop shops he's seen and he is a very experienced broker. I'm starting to think...
You do realize he's a fraud right? So is everyone else claiming to make this kind of return on any remotely consistent basis. People should have...
That's up for debate. The answer is "whatever you'll be trading on". The prices you see on your charts are probably back-adjusted for splits, etc....
With reversing BSM to get IV you should be able to use Excel Solver reasonably quickly. No need to learn linear/quadratic/etc programming if you...
More like the bible on derivatives. it covers way, way more than options. It's basically a full Financial Engineering degree in book form. If your...
No problem, I don't want you to think I'm some super trader or something. Just a passionate fan of the markets. I'll give it a shot though. I...
Your project is ambitious and interesting. I would think it would be impossible for a single person to do it. In computer science we generally...
Any trader who can trade at a 1.5 sharpe can find work in just about any hedge fund. But why would they? With a Sharpe like that you could trade...
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