One other comment: if you were to average 17% of perfect (per the screen shots you posted earlier), and if perfect for the ES was $170K/year, (my...
James, Now that the trades are starting to accumulate, would it be too much trouble to post a running total of the P/L? I'm sure many of us...
James, Where's the "% in position" data in the above links? Also, why do the "bars long" and "bars short" counts show zero? Thanks.
I've been trading with Dakota for about a year now, and really love it. My overall record in that period of time is 58% winners, 42% losers...
It now looks to me like I can get electronic quotes for options on the ZG contract during regular session hours. The spreads are horrible, but I...
Thanks, I was afraid of that. So there's no way to get these quotes electronically? That's too bad.
Allen -- what's happening? Inquiring minds want to know. (I'm pulling for ya)
I've recently expanded my futures trading to include gold. I looked at the ZG and GC contracts, and went with GC due to the higher volumes....
I did a simple little analysis a week or two ago on the correlation of daily price changes in gold and the Naz100, and got a low value, .10, for...
I've recently started using puts that are 10% away from the market. You have to have enough gain in your other trades to overcome these costs,...
Here's another source that seems more complete and up-to-date: http://www.alaron.com/contract_specifications.aspx
I'm looking for a source of the historical performance bond (margin) data for the ES and ER eminis. Basically, a list of dates and dollars for...
Yes, they are, but it's still a good overall summary. Thanks.
Nice journal, Allen. It looks like to me that if you keep this up at anywhere near the rate that you are going, you should have no trouble...
I'm looking for a single place where I can find a comprehensive list of all the major futures contracts (not just index futures) along with some...
In order to put some numbers on Nazzdack's idea, I did a little bit of analysis, see below. I did this using the OptionsXpress "pricer" tool,...
OK, I finally get it now! I have to think about it some more, but it's an interesting idea. The one thing that bothers me is that the 650...
Nazzdack, Thanks for the clarification. I hadn't thought of the volatility curve steepening, and I agree that the 630's would be more...
OK, I'm all for that, but how? (see my other post above) Often what you get for free is worth what you pay for it... is there an exception here?
I'm not sure I understand this. If you mean something like selling a 650 put and using the proceeds to buy two 630 puts, how do I handle the case...
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