Just a thought here...but this is the second time in the last five minutes that I have seen a thread with a question about a 50 pt ES move running...
Whenever I have asked for literature for opening a corporate account for trading futures, I have always been sent a "Personal Guarantee" statement...
Someone asked what dates these surprise price spikes happened...I remember everyone of them clear as day simply because these things stop your...
From what I have seen regarding the futures end of the business...Alot of the guys who find a way into trading proprietarily are in touch with the...
Why would you think that scalping equity options would be easier of better than scalping stocks>
The interesting aspect of this site is just how many newbies are still drawn into the markets...But what I am seeing is that some of these newbies...
Cohiba: In all truth the reason why you have received constructive criticism or advice while others have been the target of much antagonism is...
Not only did IB have the same exact problems as last week, but they have become so predictable that I announced to one of the chatrooms that they...
If and this is a big IF, you can time your entries into the exact pivot and you do this well, you will have trades that probably will not go more...
My personal opinion about this, (remember this is only one opinion), is that the bear market has an entirely different feel and therefore requires...
yep, exactly, most people look at a chart at the end of the day and say stuff like, "look at how easy this was"...It always is after the...
Yes, I understand I traded the es today... Did you? You are not going to know ur strategy until you actually trade the markets...
This is the same argument most traders use prior to trading the mini's...you are assuming a positive rate of return on the 1 pt per day, which is...
Another interesting phenomenon that has almost always been present in the stock indicies has alot to do with the mechanics of the rollover...I do...
It is funny that you mention 2500/day =$500k per year...I always hear this argument from people BEFORE they start trading...It is almost a...
You mention that it has happened before...Do any firms come to mind off the top of your head? Also, is there a niche in the insurance market that...
I never took the exam either, but at one point a few years ago I had considered going the Prop Firm route and did put about two weeks into...
Exactly...How can anyone perform a backtest on data from the mid-late 1990's and consider this a valid sample...The real problem is that all...
As far as the more popular platforms currently in use PATS is one of the main ones I agree, but many have forgotten to mention Trading...
From what I understand and from my limited experience with IB's(not to be confused with Interactive Brokers), the funding is held at the FCM, not...
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