Recent content by Rahula

Sorry for the **Attention Whore** title but this video is a must see. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GGk6LG0GA4A&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess"...

I usually submit/cancel hundreds of orders per day and I've never had this issue either. In a very fast market I get a delayed execution. I can't figure out the problem by looking at the audit trail. I don't know all the technicalities of how orders get handled. Liquidity is not an issue...

I had a stop market order and I was using booktrader so the trade gets submitted with one click.

I had several sell stops in the YM right before the Leading Indicators and Philly Fed release at 10am. I was not long at the time - but I wanted to trade the downside momo if the numbers were bad. I was using booktrader. YM traded thru my stops without the stops executing. So I was...

OP believes in the "averaging one point a day (with size)" myth. This is the biggest myth in trading. Averages in trading are completely meaningless. The only realistic way to average one point a day is to nail four 25 point trades that you hold for a total of 20 days and and break even on...

This is one of the most important points ever made on ET. Trading alone is always dangerous because (1) no one is there to hold your accountable for reckless trading and (2) no one is there to encourage you to maintain discipline during drawdowns when you have the urge to abandon your...

That article was painfully honest, one of the best I've read.

There are many insured funds out there. The insurance is very expensive, probably even more so for a premium seller. A premium seller is selling insurance in the first place so if he buys fund insurance, then he's buying reinsurance.

The average is meaningless in trading. Its the fat tails that makes or breaks your week/month/year/career.

Its just exploitation, plain and simple. If you're a doctor, why allow a woman to deliver naturally and be in a position where you have stick around for labor that may last over 10 hours? You can just cut her open, make 10k more money, and be home within an hour. Just like going to a car...

I just saw the documentary "The Business of Being Born" (you can watch it instantly on Netflix). Its interesting how America (compared to all other nations in the industrialized world) spends the most money on birth and has the highest maternal and infant mortality. This is a must...

Cool, thanks for the info. 2 more questions: 1. Who has the nicest trading floor in or around NYC? 2. Who doesn't charge a desk fee? Or has the lowest desk fee?