I would love to personally accomodate your desire for shorting Hitman (by taking the other side of the trade), but alas the mechanism is not yet...
I get the following error screen when I click on Your Account on the home page (this doesn't occur in the forums front page) : CGI Error The...
Assuming it's the same bird : Prob(bird hit) = 1 - Prob(both miss) = 1 - (0.4)*(0.3) = 0.88
ProTrader1 : No, the odds remain 50%. You are just as likely to get either a heads or tails. each successive outcome (coin flip) is independent of...
<< Sorry if I offended you Tom, but a few years in this biz has really attuned my BS detectors! >> You didn't offend me and there's no need for...
<< I'm sorry but this is typical of the BS so prevalent in this industry. Roulette is a mathematically impossible game to beat. If you played it...
DT-waw, despite the many excellent arguments posted on the 18 pages of this thread between your first post 2 months ago and today's posts, you...
In my post "Five to One" - Doors (Trading), I show that a 1:1 trader doesn't need such a high win ratio, p (as compared to, say, a 5:1...
<< If you are in a slump, you work on it before it turns into a serious losing streak. >> I have no doubt that it feels like a slump, so you...
Jan 2 -403 Jan 3 +15 Jan 4 -1308 Jan 7 +345 Jan 8 -202 Jan 9 -36 Jan 10 +3 Jan 11 +613 Jan 14 +220 Jan 15 +462 Jan 16 -769 Jan 17 -383...
Good that you're not trading UCNT :p
Tony, << And one more thing, why is the commission rate for trader II higher than trader I by 50%? Isn't it possible that trader II pays less...
Tony, I'm currently slogging my way through both Mark Douglas books. I'm not familiar with your style and didn't claim to simulate it, as I...
Tony Oz : My definition of a good active trader (over 20 round trip trades a month) is someone who is profitable and has earnings to commission...
DATTrader, I'm not a big Excel user but I had no trouble creating a half decent looking candlestick chart using Excel 97. The data should be in...
hapaboy, use the Symbol Lookup link.
hapaboy, Specifically for Yahoo!Finance : ^TIC.O (NASDAQ TICK) ^TIC.N (NYSE TICK) ^STI.O (NASDAQ TRIN) ^STI.N (NYSE TRIN)
dottom, I followed a path somewhat similar to yours (sports betting, blackjack, poker) but would be hesitant to recommend it to a 14 year old boy....
I cannot offer any further comments regarding your 6 month flat equity curve other than the ones already mentioned. I am a discretionary trader...
"As a trader it is more important to know that you will always follow your rules than it is to make money, because whatever money you make, you...
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