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My brokers statements are all setup in the following pisspot fashion: Columns deal time / order type / instrument / amount of contracts / price so lets say I start the day by shorting 5 gold futures, I'll get (5) under amount of contracts. If I were to go long at the start of the day...

I'm not sure if its globex.. I sent the guy I was speaking to an email a few days ago, asking if he could put what he said to me in writing so I can better assess / put it on record. I have not received any reply.

On the 25th I was short 4 contracts and sleeping cozily in my bed when to my horror I discovered that my stop market orders were never filled once the price had penetrated the stop intraday. I got a "remote connection error" in the orderbook (while I'm asleep and two hours after my stop had been...

I'm potentially joining a prop firm which I've been in contact with. They are located interstate. I'm 19(trading 3 years, studying markets 4), and currently working out the expenses that would come with moving to another city. By sacrificing everything I've made from my trading I would probably...

I'm looking for software to backtest different money management strategies on my discretionary system. Most software doesn't seem to offer a feature allowing me to import my trade log (I log in excel) and then backtest different strategies on this. In addition to the backtesting of...

Swing trading with holding periods based on market action always appealed to me. I have one account with a swing/CANSLIM type setup but it has a 0.34 expectancy. My shorter-term swing account is 1.69. This is what I'm trying to work on. Swing trades combining top-down views and fundamentals.

commerce from Ivy League will get you into a solid investment bank that will give you the most room and resources to grow. Trading $500,000 or even a million by yourself is not enough to impress anyone. -- I'm managing a ridiculous amount for someone my age (getting smaller as I pay off...

Any prop firms in melb? I'm trying to find some, but they all seem to be in Sydney or overseas...

I've been trading for 3 years, and keeping extremely detailed logs. I still haven't understood what it is that makes a champion trader. By champion, I mean the ability to manage $50million plus with superlative return. Really, the best in the industry. Some say psychology - but this is...

The Chinese yield curve remains positive, despite the technical market action reminiscent of the 2000 tech bubble. I was trying to find historical yield curve charts to determine if the US yield curve inverted before the 2000 tech top or way after. And how long before/after. Does anyone know?