Took a big hit of 1.35% on crude oil (USO). Only made a slight error, but that was unforgiving.
Most recent metrics as well: [IMG]
First losing day. Small loss. Bothers me that I was second guessing myself, not the loss itself. Closed the short right off the high :/ Still up...
Nah, it's true that most fail. And if most made it, then it means it's an easy job. Also, Bill Gross aka Bond King ragequit the game because he lost.
It is simply because most traders fail that I say it. Professionals are not safe either.
Most professionals fail at those too.
Missed about 2-3% of gains today... Hopefully I'll get better soon. Slept the whole day except an early morning trade.
Agreed. It's why most professional investors fail to beat the S&P.
If I were managing money, I would be amazed how I caught the LoD multiple times on GME and would be rushing to invest.
It is actually scalable because the holding period need not be so short; I only do it because it's advantageous for smaller traders. Scaling it...
I haven't gotten any response. I guess there's a reason why prop firms generally aren't popular.
Dumb question, but how are defunct companies still able/allowed to trade?
I used to work in a shop with my father and there were some cheat customers. I used to be good at reading people but it's been a while since then;...
If I can get 5%/week avg, it'll be well over 1000% in a year You know I don't act like that in reality; on the other forum in linked, I'm quite...
Yeah it would have been better If my friend closes his trades and lets me trade for him, I won't need more of a track record. But keeping all...
A system that recognizes where it works and in what conditions, can be used in conjunction with correlation-divergence systems, but not in and of...
Checked and saw I missed another good trade that would have had 0 drawdown. Should have been +4% day... The Grid function on C2 allows one to...
Richard Dennis said his system made a lot more than testing showed later on, because they were running above optimal leverage and got lucky. I...
True. Higher capital has upsides and downsides. But if we are talking about consistency, the obvious answer would be that it allows one to hold...
Understandable that not all is to be shared in public. Is there a performance record for viewing, however? I'm probably wrong about...
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