The surgeon general has just announced that trading oil futures on the nymex is the number one cause of heart attacks in the us.
considering that most "prop traders" lose money or quit in their first year, the "average" is going to be very low. Your best bet is to go to...
Okay...thanks. This doesn't seem to work as well for es, er2, and ec. Quite often on a 40 row display, the current quote will be 35 from the...
btw...does anyone know how to keep the bt auto centered, so you don't need to continue to hit the re-center button?
That's because booktrader is set up to sell on the ask and buy on the bid. It is the opposite of the way the tws regular platform is set up.
Hey Slapshot, If you thinks it's a good idea, why don't you do it yourself ? That way, you can make the money. If you need to convert elite...
What do you mean by "best traders" ? 1) Greatest income over a 5 year period ? 2) Most consistantly profitable ? 3) Lowest amount of...
I guess I don't understand your comment. Trading only 1,000 shares of each, getting filled on 10 would give you 20,000 shares round turn.
Gehko, I think (and I'm sure there are many others) it would be awesome if you came up with a semi-automated process to trade 20 to 40 thousand...
Good point. There seem to be quite a few who check this thread out to determine if OO are for them. The papaer trading posts are very deceptive....
At some point you're going to need to open an account with a "prop" firm and start trading 100 lots. At that point you'll get the feel of how...
Since your results are from "paper trading", I'm curious as to 1) How many shares have you traded ? 2) Are you including commissions and if...
http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=113278
I think you are way "overestimating" the value of an approach to trading that may be statistical advantageous and way "underestimating" the...
Please, send them over to my neighborhood. About 10% of the homes have been for sale for over 12 months now with no buyers. The homes have gone...
Why not just trade it using 100 shares? It would be very hard to lose much money in the aggregate on 100 share lots. That will give you a...
LOL Those two posts above are "classic" elite trader "goofyness". Where people on here assume that because they have not succeeded with a...
optioncoach is on point. Mark's method is really a great way to be in a market on a big trending day or a big reversal day, which hopefully far...
The thing to determine is the speculative line of least resistance at the moment of trading; and what one should wait for is the moment when that...
They say there are two sides to everything. But there is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the...
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