J, Take the challenge and stick to what your stats tell you! It can be a mental challenge as you are going to be pulled the market to trade...
One man's crap, is another man's treasure. Not saying this is so for me ... but making cash over a long period of time (trader career) is MOST...
Joey, Yep. I am still haning out in Pheonix (2 years now), but after this summer I am thinking about the mountains. Got a trip to Colorado next...
Hey Joey, CONSISTENCY! Keep reproducing the GREEN results, and in time you will start to believe in yourself, rather then the specific trades...
So if the firm is THE member, why do I have to pay an annual fee (like 300ish) to Echotrade for PHLX membership? (I trade through ECHO) I would...
TDOC, PaxClearing is the parent company of ECHO. Just an FYI. PQ
I just got back from a vacation on Kaui and I could not believe how many people ask "What do you do for a living?" - especailly at the posh...
Trading OO's is a numbers game. Just because you had 1 day with a result (good or bad) means nothing. I do agree with you that you MUST keep...
Ouch .... IF you were trading for a living, you just lost 18 points on a half of month work. Tuff stuff.... I think the amount of money made,...
So far, from what I have seen with your posts (DUE TO THE SIZE YOU ARE TRADING) AN important thing to be considering is POSITION SIZING and MONEY...
"I would love to have a sit down some day and try and figure out why there is such a belief that their strategy will yield profitable results...
Your posts are well thought out, but I would have to agree with the CRITICAL INPUT already stated. Take your trading plan/idea, open an account...
Just got to this thread, but it is a great read! Universal topics (trends of sooo many posts on this site) brought out by the thread: 1. The...
Your point is very well taken as there are many pikers in this world and fortunately there are many who are traders too. Granted you became a...
FYI - Coming soon! Echotrade will have their order platform resend orders at the 4:30 seconds to avoid the billable pass-on-to trader fee. This...
Very well said!
Not going into details ... but to follow up on my post - I know of an experience where a trader was trained to take advantage of the market ALL...
(Trading IS different. There is no time limitation, and as I mentioned it is more of a learned skill rather than something you either have or...
I remember discussing this topic in college in a psychology class. Is the STAR athlete born, or does the environment (learn) create the STAR...
I was laughing when I saw in the May 2003 issue of active trader - a basic analysis and trading method for taking advantage of opening gaps....
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