How does one go about predicting outcomes of important reports besides the obvious insider trading.
Care to tell me what they do ? All I hear about is they have an information edge which is something I doubt I can get my hands on and that they...
I have cut my size in half but the only way I see out of this is by trading less frequently only on super high conviction trades. Since these...
Update: Drawdown is now a hellish 40% More upset about the fact that a comeback seems impossible in these conditions. Racking up 20 2% gains is...
UPDATE: Total drawdown 35% Withdrew twice what I started with just incase this whole operation goes belly up. I feel like that idiot from "Rogue...
Are we really competing with algos if we are holding longer than a hour ? Stocks can be highly manipulated, rumors, lawsuits or failed drug...
I always thought that macro analysis was about predicating interest rate changes, inflation, monetary policy etc
I see a lot of people on this site slam price action/TA traders. I mean there are several successful TA traders, Michael Marcus, Marty Schwartz,...
UPDATE: DRAWDOWN HIT A NEW LOW 34%. I got seduced by short term trading and it took me to the cleaners. After making over 1000% trading daily...
Well Im not going to short a rally or buy into a huge sell off. But I like to be first before the crowd. Having an analysis and then timing my...
What is unfiltered true tick data ? I never based my trading decisions on a chart pattern per say, but its a hell of a lot easier to look at a...
Since I live in Ireland (51% tax) and If I was making millions I would either live in Monaco more than 183 days of the year and I will have no...
I have always been a fan of legal tax avoidance since tax is 51% for higher earners where I live (Ireland) Would the following effectively allow...
I the super short term Its all about price action in my opinion. Nothing else will make you money in the short term apart from reading and feeling...
Maybe a degree in philosophy ? Soros preaches that shit.
Is it just because of the leverage and limited downside in options ? In FX outside the US you could take a 500x leveraged position in lets say...
Unconscious competence. I saw a prop trader discuss this, he put it in an analogy that a 6 year old will have to think so hard about tying their...
I asked him did he think it helped and he said no. It did nothing for him as a trader, Im sure it might have helped him in some analyst or quant...
I have to disagree I know a guy who has a math degree, strategic poker player, A's in math his whole life couldn't make a single profitable trade....
I was watching an interview with Jack D Schwager, author of the "market wizards" and he said that everyone can probably make a decent return and...
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