Recent content by RunTrade

I understand this POV, but I am coming into this full aware of the risks. I just can't determine the appropriate reward/risk between taking a loan out now and potentially damaging career potentials (if being a trader is not a good resume enchancer) and scraping up enough savings in 3-5 years...

I agree with this as one of my main arguements for starting now. And on top of that, if I am successful (enough to make a living) I would be doing the thing I love most several years earlier. Please don't make any assumptions in your response that I am a complete novice who thinks anyone can...

I have not posted here in quite some time due to the fact that I have spent that time more dedicated towards other university related activities. Now that I have graduated:) , I basically need to decide where I will start my career. I graduated with a degree in Finance, minors in econ and...

I believe something was discussed like this a long time ago.... if i recall it went something like: if there is a 50/50 chance of a stock moving up 5 points or down 5 points, applying proper risk management creates a winning system. Stop loss at -1 point; take profit at +2 points. It...

If it is an illusion than I guess you have already decided whether or not it will be posted without any of us using our free will to request it.:cool:

Runtrade wins an exit at his stop loss!!!! thank you thank you :p

bottomed out today at 1.2557...if it doesnt break that by the end of the week, i believe that will be the bottom for some time to come :p

Could anyone tell me how long it takes when I change my leverage in my account to take effect.

The only reason that I can think of to quantify your edge, would be to exploit it when it is unusally strong. However, that may require near continuous calculations...or at least often enough to not be feasible. You would need a "base" number which is probably a mathimatical nightmare in itself.

Everyone seems to be agreeing with ecritt's idea of quantifying edge. I havent gotten a chance to get the whole way through this thread, so i apologize if this has be mentioned already. While ecritt's idea is logical and probably mathematically correct, I believe it should not be pursued...

very interesting topic. Unfortunately, I don't think you will be able to obtain a large enough sample size for any real measure from this board. Unless you are including non-profitable traders. Perhaps you would be better off finding avg. # of hours committed each week and look for a...

If I remember correctly, Maslow,a historic researcher of human behaviors, created a basic structure of human motivation based off of needs. His theory says that the needs must be fullfilled from the bottom up, one can only work on accomplishing one need at a time, and there cannot be a "skip"...

ET's finest of threads....two full pages about fast food!! :D :D :D