What little research I have done has convinced me that buying options in general tends to be a losing proposition. To profit, it seems that you...
Any system that is implictly short a straddle will have occasional massive drawdowns admist steady income. Trend followers are long straddles,...
Chess is a one vs one game. The markets are a n-player game. I don't know if there have been studies on this, but my intuition is that...
well, one possible use of an intra-day "trendiness" indicator could be to gauge inter-day momentum. This is completely speculative and...
I guess I should have qualified my interest by saying that I do not intend to finesse my tax situation through the LLC at the moment - got better...
I think lindq is right - you have to know the nature and character of your system - when it rakes it in, when it gets vulnerable, and the source...
I mentioned a study I did on retracements in the S&P this year - since I've done the work, I figured that I might as well share it. :) If you...
To the grizzled veteran traders out there who trade through an LLC - what advice would you give to others who are contemplating the same? Here...
One way to think abt this is: 1) trend followers are long straddles - when they bleed slowly in a mkt going nowhere, they are effectively...
I don't think that's strictly true. There are techniques more sophisticated than merely measuring momentum and trading with or against it.
... although I have no desire to be a pit trader or market maker myself.
... thanks for sharing. I'll be happy to follow your adventures.
The pit locals and the market makers take the biggest slice during the chop.
Did you make it to the screening of "Master and Commander"? It was great.
money, which simulator do you use for the ES?
$1,000 a day on $50,000 equity. That's a 40% return in a month, or a 5570% annual return if you recapitalize your risk positions monthly....
The fact that he is the CEO of a mining company leads me to discount whatever he is saying completely. I think every mining CEO who has lived...
apismoclam, 1) Are you from Pismo Beach? 2) How much trading capital do you think you need to have before its worth your while to trade part...
I suppose it depends whether we are interested in the "keys to success" as a motivational tool or as an academic search for explanations. As a...
Actually producer hedging has been on the decline since the mid 90s. There is a possibility that at $400, producers are keen to lock in a good...
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