Good to have you back in the game Mark, as a lurker on many of the sites you haunt, I always enjoyed your material. I would say this is...
Liquidity is a major problem once you hit a certain size, I haven't gotten there yet (not even close) but we know it is out there. Another...
Of course this is all hypothetical, but I agree this individual is using too much leverage for my taste, and I can almost certainly assure you...
The first thing I look at after statistical significance is % average profit. If it isn't really good, the system gets tossed into the archives....
That could very well be the annual return profile of a futures trader, even a trend follower perhaps. In fact I think I know one or two traders...
It was a good year, happy new year to all. Unleveraged Results: Return ~65% Max DD ~19%
Ah Cutten, I say this in an endearing manner, that you sir, like all clever scoundrels, have adapted to our new and ridiculous "American...
What is annoying is not whether or not you can get rich quickly daytrading (it happens a lot, and then they mostly go back to poor even faster)....
If we are speaking of being a professional trader, then yes, it isn't fair, and access to capital is the main reason unless you are already...
Discipline is very, very important, but unfortunately not the only thing. As has been alluded, you need a working approach. Short term...
When oil hits $150/barrel again and (real) unemployment in the U.S. is still 15-20% you will see the "buck stop there" if you will. As long as...
LME was one of the later hold-outs. Now LME Select has blown that out of the water. Frankly you're probably better off fighting the robots than...
I wish there was a viable alternative, but there really isn't, is there? Would we be having this discussion if there was? Of course not! The U.S....
I see you trying to light a fire, but I don't think this will yield much controversy because there is a logical answer. Then again, I'm not sure...
You're so wrong it is almost not worth replying to this crazy assertion that currency pairs are a valid comparison of a countries wealth. Circle...
Don't get hung up on people's assumptions that you are trading off indicators (or arbitrary price points, i.e. pivots) given your ambiguous "x...
I think you have gotten some good hints on here. To summarize: Why trade ES on 30 min or less bars? I'm not saying it can't be done well...
I have to agree with many here who initially commented on this thread. This is a disaster of a set of advice. Not only is it incomplete but it...
Absolutely. Even after 10,000 hours there is a lot of variation of quality of practitioners in other professions. Trading can be worse because it...
I would not use market orders at all. There is just too much risk in using them. If I had to use them, I would only want to use MOOs on NYSE...
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