Recent content by traderjoe999

Hi, I just heard on the news that Wall Street banks are cutting bonuses for their traders due to low return as result of low volatility. I understand low volatility creates less premium for option sellers and less room for directional traders. However, what other ways do low volatility create...

OP doesn't seem to know much about basic economics/finance...

Thanks Maverick74. NG seems to be more volatile than CL.

I guess maybe there is a difference between leveraging on the account basis vs per contract basis. Per contract basis, you're right that the leverage is the notional value divided by the margin requirement. However, on the account basis, I think the leverage is notional value divided by your...

Thanks. Do you know if there is a place I can look up historical fluctuation of margin requirement of futures during volatile period? I want to see what's the worst case scenario if I see a spike in the margin requirement of my holdings.

The weather seems to be pretty cold this year compare to last. Is it overproduction or warm weather?

I'm bullish on bitcoin long-term so I'm taking a hold approach.

I understan I understand. If I'm correct, from the risk and reward perspective, the notional value matters. Holding one contract of CL at $57000 notional, with 2% up or down, it means $1140+- in your account. As traders, as far as I see it, we just need to worry about margin requirement and...

Your leverage of futures is the same with other product. If the notional value of your future position is the same as your account size, then you're using 0 leverage. If the notional value of your futures position is 2x of your account size, then your leverage is 2x. Am I missing anything?

Only take the weekend off:thumbsup:

Glad you had nice profit at NQ as well today. Like you, I'm happy with my gain today as I reached my profit target. I'm trying to stick to my trading plan and take small gains rather than waiting for big pops because 60pts pop is rare. There were days that NQ popped 30 pts and I took the...

/NQ popped 1.42% or 60 points. I took an early 20 points profits and made a nice profit. It is kind of painful to see leaving a lot of money on the table but I feel like the biggest mistake in life would be being to greedy.

I agree. The margin is way too high compare to other futures.