Entertaining piece, but also reminds us of the risks associated with leverage.
Thanks for responding, Acrary. You are indeed correct. The initial drag simulations did not take into account the possibility of 'win-win' or...
omg easyrider those MILLISECONDS ARE CAUSING YOU TO LOSE BILLIONS! :eek: :p
FaderTrader, while I can see your line of thinking, you make some assumptions that what works for you would work for everybody. That being...
Thanks for the input, guys. I whipped this up last night around 3-4am. But totally agree with what's been said, namely that it's actually...
We all understand the idea of expectancy: Expectancy = (Probability of Win * Avg. Win Size) - (Probability of Loss * Avg. Loss Size) Namely,...
Wow. You are a true inspiration. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. Going to spend a few hours studying your spreadsheet now...
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FINALLY SOLVED IT. Derived the inherent drag :P Lol.. common sense won out in the end... but it took a while to finally realize what was going...
Bringing this post back from the archives as Acrary mentions some shocking items that was previously untold of to me in this thread about money...
lol To bring back an old thread, this topic has been on my mind lately. Since we don't know about their performance histories etc, for the sake...
how much exposure do you have to the market? how much of your entire portfolio are you risking per position? It can be ok to concentrate your...
As I understand it if there's no bid/ask then it's worthless and you can get a worthless stock letter from the broker to get it out of your...
20, Seattle, WA; going to UW, applying for business school (finance) this qtr. Actively trading for 5mo. now, not consistently winning, but not...
Yes yes many here have said it before.. not quite sure why we're all wasting time on this thread but it's like a bad trainwreck.. can't help but...
Smallfil you bring up a good point. For users of fundamentals it is a sad day when the financial statement you're looking at cannot be relied on....
You're definitely on the right track with your experiments. As far as your questions go, what works for me is... if you do decide to add to...
I'm also interested in meeting some NW traders. I'm located in Seattle.
i second that.
1. Presently, what is your single biggest fear in life? It need not be limited to the trading arena. Fear of failure. Working all my life toward...
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