Recent content by Captain Future

Thanks for all your input! I am going to try System Commander.

Sure hardware costs are pretty low, but why buy a new machine with a 500 $ graphics card etc. when all I want to do is having a small partition on one drive with one or two more OS. Using all my data partitions. Besides, I already have two machines :D

Thanks for the link, seems to be a nice product. I had no trouble at all installing Linux (Suse) after Win2k. The process is as easy as it can be (if you use the Linux bootmanager). But when I did some operations with my NTFS partitions on one drive (I have two harddisks) and then did my...

Due to some problems with running win2k and Linux on the same machine, i looked around and found the following program which looks like a great tool for everyone wanting to run several operating systems. http://www.hyperos2002.com/07042003/products.htm I haven't used it yet, but maybe...

yes, works fine and isn't too complicated IMHO. I can vaguely remember a warning after the upgrade about using new/old shortcuts. I didn't paid enough attention to it, so I first ended up using the old shortcut. ET solved the problem for me :D

Increasing size is the goal of every future trader, that is the reason we play this liquid market:D I think it is important to differentiate when talking about ways to increase size. For a beginner it is not so clever to increase size from a 1 lot to a 5 lot if his risk per trade increases...

You can have both hope and fear, but in the right situation. Jesse Livermore states that we should have hope in a winning trade and fear in a losing trade. That way you are able to let winners run and cut losses short. The obstacle is the human mind which unfortunately works the other way round.

Very true! But IMHO first you have to focus on yourself, because if you are not strong and balanced you cannot service others.

Scientist, did you know that the institutional eurex guys can see 10 levels of depth? Excellent thread :)

I am not sure what you mean by prediction. How can someone trade, if he is not doing a prediction what will happen next? There is a pattern or situation X, so there is a good chance of Y happening, which is the reason I initiate a trade.

Scientist, sorry man, I didn't meant to provoke your long post...I was just joking! I sure don't believe in efficient markets and you are completely right, the greatest predictability might be in the smallest timeframes. I know that you can have a great hitrate and tight stops. Thanks...

Tip: Remember that markets are totally random and efficient, thus there cannot be made any money, especially since future trading is a zero sum game. Therefore your recent performance was only a statistical exuberance on the far right side of the probability distribution :D

No problems here in Europe (swiss server).

I have looked at the Niederhoffer books. Interesting but more for investors as far as I have seen. I just ordered "Reminiscences". So let me know what you think of "Way of the Warrior Trader" after finishing it. Right, it is maybe 95% entertainment and 5% trading insight...but i like to...