Recent content by sn0wblind

Interesting replies from everyone. This one hit home a bit. Trading gets quite boring and once you figure out your interpretation of the puzzle, you lose the mental stimulation. At least in my case. I've personally found the best approach is keeping trading as a backdrop to other projects; i.e...

How do you deal with the isolation of trading by yourself? I’ve been trading futures solo for a few years, and it is starting to drive me crazy a bit. Chat rooms end up a bit useless if not talking about the same approach, forums seem stuck somewhere between active and dead and full of cynicism...

E2T only 1 stage, but much harder to build the initial account as they withdraw every month on realized profit. Pro data fees sooner. Better taxes. TST has 2 stages, so your price is doubled, but they make it easier to build the account when funded; better commissions, first 5k 100% yours, and...

Appreciate the input. I hope someone can clarify, because that is really a worst-case scenario for anyone trying to build an account. Having worked with some props over the years, I don't think I've ever seen that, especially since you have to pay for a tryout to join the firm.

How exactly does the Helios mandatory 20% monthly profit split work? If I withdraw monthly, are they only taking 20% of the partial gains I withdrew? or are they taking 20% of all total gains?

The majority of Canadian commercials have those disclaimers at the bottom, 'not valid for residents of Quebec'. On the surface, they always play it around language, but in reality every QC bureaucrat just wants a decent-sized piece of everything coming into the 'country of Quebec'. The amount...

about 99% of the posts in this thread are fake, 1 post users. says all you need to know, unfortunately.

I struggled with this facet for a while, as well. I recently have had some better mental states making trading my secondary priority in my professional life, and doing a business from the ground-up during non-trading hours. I also cut my trading hours to be done at around 1pm est. Majority of...

best job in the world, if you are content at contributing absolutely nothing to society other than tax money. Traders: the highest paid people with 0 skillset. /trader

depends on what your goals are. Personally i prefer my freedom and good day-to-day profits over being a suit at some giant firm.

also traded in the priv room for as long as mark. agree with everything mark has said. also can't explain the usernames...don't really care. he consistently did well in the room and trades were not in hindsight. There is an obvious negative bias with a few members here...but why the guilty...

curious if there is any montreal traders lurking around here..? looking for people to occasionally trade with, as the lack of social aspect in this business is often quite annoying. usually find myself working from cafe's all around downtown.

Can you elaborate on your first statement please? Are you only looking for scalpers who generate a lot of trades / commissions? Do you automatically exclude those who may generate only 15-30 trades a week, despite doing well? I ask this because I wouldn't want to waste my time. I guess I...