Yannis, I did not back test your system. but we are actually saying the same thing.. look, your entries are not random, they are filtered to...
problem is : markets aren't random. also, there is a big difference between a general probability of an outcome (among many trades) and the...
I think they are also ways to split the load. some applications can use one network adapter, and others another one. more difficult to setup,...
(hi SethArb) I read with a lot of interest this thread. It seems several are trying bonds coming from other places and find them quite...
there are other good brokers out there. but saying IB is not good is simply ridiculous. it can happen to anyone to have a bad fill or an issue...
you were right about the thread. regarding the scaling, I do something similar. a possible key to understand : treat each scale as a different...
thanks candle for a great thread. totally agree
it seems stops with stocks are often an issue. with futures it is much better. although I would not use stop market. on the other hand, it's...
every situation is different. however I read and know several traders who would say that part of the process of being succesful has to do with...
the smarter you are, the longer it takes.
this thread is interesting. it's another example of how an interesting thread goes sideways and then die in a down trend. We'll try to prevent...
vulture, regarding the post before. exactly.
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hehe.. yes exactly
I did not want to use this expression 'big players'. it means nothing. there are important traders and institutions in both pit and mini. as well...
'big boys' aren't trading against other traders either. that's the newbie mistake actually : to think that other traders are trading against...
exactly.
There were very good posts earlier. there are several definitions for 'scalping'. however the one that really applies imho is when you try to get...
hawker is asking to get back on topic, I think a few pages of 'explanation' off topic is probably enough already.. I do think scalping is the...
the grocery store. market making, that's how you look at it.
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