I actually really like the concept of the rising star, but I agree it's being marketed wrong. What they should be doing is looking at somebody...
"Overall, these guys are't there to tell the news like CNBC but to get us to wake up and think for ourselves using strategies to grow our...
"But I wouldn't recommend anyone do what I'm doing." Unless of course they are also trying to lose all their money just like you're going to....
Well the fact remains, the vast majority of successful traders wildly disagree with you. So whether YOU personally think they are useless, that...
These threads are so classic Elite Trader it's hysterical. I make 5% a week, minimal drawdowns, blah blah blah... I'm gonna trade full time,...
The reason 95% of traders fail isn't because of backtesting. It's because of inadequate or incorrect backtesting + not being disciplined...
"So, when I backtest, I used historical implied volatility, historical interest rates, historical dividend rates and Black Scholes to calculate...
"The iron condor as a strategy is curve fitted to this recent market cycle." My Iron Condors performed better from 2005 - 2009 than they did...
"I don't know what is so hard, the vix trades around 12, why not come out with a simple VIX etf that tracks it point for point, DONE!!!" First of...
Obviously you need to start hedging your positions more, you're just putting far too much at risk. It's like other people have said, you can do...
"I am willing to bet that if you annualized Getco and Jump's returns over the past 10+ years that they would be well over your magical 30% number...
"100% return on 10% drawdown. If you say thats not possible then that just shows me you arent qualified to speak on behalf of daytraders."...
i960, in your case you are talking about using over 20 x leverage. That means, you are saying you can go forever, literally, FOREVER, without...
I can't believe I'm arguing with someone who doesn't understand what leverage means. This god damn forum man, I swear. It is just chalk full of...
"has you asking about how to do *basic* taxes on option trades related to S&P500" I've never managed money for an American, hence the question on...
"The fact that you keep talking about bull markets makes me think you don't trade any futures whatsoever and think with a 100% equity based...
The thing is, it's not quite that easy. There are literally thousands of books written explaining the usefulness of the option greeks. Do you...
"IMO a solid trader can get by with 100-200k in an account. I'm talking futures with leverage of 6-20x. Equities need more." It's just mind...
This latest bull market has created a literal army of new traders who actually think they have "trading" skill. The best part about threads like...
I don't understand how a forum for "traders" has so many people with such crappy math skills. This isn't complicated people, there's just 2 main...
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