I think 90% is probably too low, probably closer to 99% than 90%. Ofcourse i dont know for sure. Only the brokers know and they dont say (we...
This business is full of uncertainty, just because you can make money today does not mean you will make it tommorow. Very few traders are...
Even the 5% that win cant keep it up for long. Otherwise overtime the market would be full of winners as over time the number of winners would...
Im sure it can handle 50 a second normally. But when i send 10, each with 2 attached orders (say a stop and limit). Then i think sometimes...
TWS API is fantastic. However ive found many bugs. One i got today, like if i fire 20 related (attached) orders at TWS from Java one after...
I looked at this system a few months back. The system had a low expectancy. Below $0.2 per dollar risked. This is still postive but...
The Subconscious mind is not made for trading, it hates taking losses and it also cannot handle winning and it doesnt like uncertainity either....
I remember back in 1995. A pentuim 100 with 32 Megs would cost about £2000 pounds($3000). Now you can get a Pentium 2000 with 512mb for £100...
Its ok, but its more orientated towards begginers in the UK. There arent any $million traders on that board.
You have a 1 in 20 chance of succeeding in this business. Thems not good odds. You have to work hard to succeed in this business, 10,000s...
The system is not broken, the markets will get volatile again and the system will take off, however anyone trading this will have to wait an...
There were sell programs initiated in the equity markets when crude oil made a new all time high. The breakdown on the thursday (when oil made...
Youre not planning on trying to arb between the two? :eek:
How so? Program trading is only a tool for executing large orders as far i can see. If a market wants to go up,down or sideways i cant see...
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I looked today using IB/TWS, the volume bars for WR2 (the IB symbol for EUREX R2K) show a max of 75 contracts, whereas ER2 was showing 1500 for...
on the IB home page under login/trade
Have a look at execution page using WebTrader, sometimes TWS doesnt show them.
If you system is any good you should be able run up say 20 or 50K to 100 or 200K in two or three years. Then you will have proven to yourself...
About 11 pt trend day. No big deal, looks huge because the ranges have been so tight lately.
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