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Not shabby, atleast you were net positive and your winners were larger than your losers. Where are you not satisfied? Has it just been a long streak of not much increase in equity curve?

He may sound familiar because there is so much rudeness here on the forums that it probably reminds you of 90% of the people that post. :(

gap went about 50% filled, so unless it pushes past that and the daily pivot I wouldn't short right now. Too risky in my opinion unless price action zooms past the LOD and takes out the daily pivot with a lot of red on the tape. Then we may be going for a full gap fill but now is not the time IMO.

new lod coming

anyone from the board attend the recent traders expo here in california? if so what were the brokers offering? many times they have special promotions for people to open an account for cash and commission-free trades. anyone that went check your bag or if you went to the booths post what...

On the 1099-B or brokerage form that the firm sends to the IRS, is the P/L including commissions paid which can be substantial or is there another section for that?

If you have losses from FUTURES trading on a 1256 contracts on your tax return, are they taken off of your income? I read that FUTURES traders can only take off past income from FUTURES profits. Therefore, if this is your first year trading FUTURES, and you have a loss, is it deductable...

no one here does taxes?

I am assuming that ES emini futures fall under the 60/40 long/short taxes rule. If I recall, the maximum deduction each year with stocks if $3000. I read an article concerning the potential losses that an individual can take off of their taxes with futures. However, the verbiage made...