They aren't talking about guaranteeing 100% return on your investment, just a return of 100% of your principal, so your rate of return could be...
This is an old idea, lots of folks already do it, and it seems to surface more visibly whenever there has been a rough time in equities, and...
Personally, I don't distinguish, although I know others do. I try and look at every position at all times as though I was just about to put it on....
Disciplined yes, ruthless, no, never, not at all. And the most sucessful traders I know, many of whom have taken the time to mentor and help me,...
Happens constantly now. Most CBOT pit locals use handhelds to arb trade the screen at the same time. Jessie
If you are doing a few hundred CBOT contracts/day, you would probably save money leasing a seat & trading at member rates in a primary clearing...
Probably not, but the Comex contract has more than enough. The mini is really too small for much of a scalp anyhow. The Comex contract is only 100...
Right! If you are long 10 in one account, and short 10 in another overnight when a report comes out, and the market locks limit up (or down) the...
There are reasons to do this with equities, (having to do with shorting rules, cap gains, etc.) but with futures, if you offset in a second...
The only gold options with liquidity trade on the comex. Jessie
I understand the logic, but if you are long one contract in your long term system, and you buy one contract in your short term system, you have,...
The liquidity figure is deceptive, as there is a designated contract market maker who is required to make both sides, and keep the spreads...
I see what you are saying, but you are still not carrying (net) both long and short positions simultaneously overnight. If you are long in one...
Another question is why? If it's the same position, it's pointless. For example, if you are long sep beans and short sep beans at the same time,...
Gold is much better than silver, as there are lots of people doing arb. You can get free quotes at www.cbot.com showing bid & ask, so you can...
I generally agree, but I think that the point being made is that you have to be willing to look at a small loss, and be willing to take it...
Tick increment/size is a function of the contract specification, and is set by the exchanges, and is not a result of the contract liquidity. You...
Looking back, I think that the Market Wizards books made more of a difference to my trading than anything else. No matter what kind of trading...
There is the old saying in research that correlation doesn't equal causation. Just because someone is a good athelete doesn't mean that they will...
At least on the floor of the CBOT, there are a grossly disproportionate number of former pro and college atheletes in the pits, and a number of...
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