Actually, what you have said makes not only alot of sense theoretically, but in practice as well...The "hidden" costs of trading options at the...
Many thanks for that website...One of the re-sellers I had considered for a back up PC received horrendous ratings...Fortunately, I found this...
Actually, there was a typo...I did not intend to say decrease your size, per se, but rather decrease the add-on contract size relative to your...
It appears to me that the settlement went out close to 6pt than 4pt, but regardless, that is just the fear indication going into the...
Yeah, that is also a part of it...I think that you have to pick your spots and try to be conservative when there is nothing to gain...Kinda like...
Trader 99: yes, I agree...all competitive sports or games definitely expose one to the competitive nature of trading...Golf was just my way of...
This is the nuts and bolts of trading at its finest...trade management...I do not think that there are any "hard and fast" answers to this...
I think, by far, the most difficult aspect of trading is knowing how to maximize the trade without subjecting oneself to alot of the "reverb" or...
Matt is right...Until you actually feel the pain of a position go massively against you, the idea of leverage is romantic...The beginning trader...
I agree with the general tone of the responses on this board...But I also believe the original question is something that a 22 or 23 year old...
This is an issue that I feel is a big achilles heal for the industry and probably, on more than one occassion, has caused some uninformed traders...
My bet is on WCOM...
yet another reason to trade as a non-professional...no professional fees, lowered accounting fees, no ordinary income tax on futures...
lol, lately???...you mean off and on for 3 years...IB's problems have been well documented here and in a variety of other venues...This is not...
my guess is that these are the "hobbyists" who have a bunch of money, are semi-retired, and get a thrill throwing 30-50 E-mini contracts in the...
Kicking: I think that the tendency for futures to spike up or down quickly has alot to do with what "stage" the market is in...By the time the...
yeah, lol...to make matters worse I remember back in 1999 he went to all of the various message boards looking to interview anyone who traded...
ok, I see your point now...You were referring to stock traders...Yes, I think that is probably very credible mainly due to the mechanics of...
Yikes, not even one response...
This actually is an interesting argument for a few different reasons...While one might assume that a larger account is safer from liquidation or...
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