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There are numerous traders that have larger best day than worst, more on stocks than futures though. Guys like EricP from the P§L thread have max win day of 1m$ for a max loss day of 35k$ or so...:)

To get an idea, I must have a 60-70% win rate, I analyze my performance monthly on a per-instrument basis and if there is no miracle today, it will be my third down week of the year.

Not anymore. I was doing this around 2007 on equity indexes but I was waiting for the opposite "opportunity" instead of fair value. This strategy was always in the market. Now, I have 4-5 different strategies but it is mostly scalping, adding or removing liquidity, on spreads and outrights...

Damn, I just hate it. I just made my biggest day ever , but there is a "-" in front of it. Nothing crazy, in the low 5 figures. I know it is quite usual for mean reversion or liquidity provision methods, but I really don't like how it feels. I will work my ass off to beat that number and make...

Minimum tick size? Is there some subpennying in Europe?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204346104576636630737174192.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

ICE on the starting blocks for canadian wheat contracts: http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E79I22Z20111019

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/wheatboard-canada-legislation-idUSN1E79H0TX20111018

And what may come( Hollande ) is not better( hell no )... For the sake of simplicity, just consider France an ad vitam eternam FTT supporter. Taxing traders is always the good recipe for revenues when you only work 35 hours per week and retire at 60, especially when you have no traders to tax...

Good idea. But still in the end destroy everything in the room. It's fun.

Ask for a guarantee in case... well...they abuse desks and chairs during the seminar, and destroy everything in the room while they are grabbing a sandwich. Make sure you look surprised when you come back and tell them you will have to use their checks.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-18/cftc-votes-3-2-to-approve-limits-on-commodity-speculation.html

I was waiting for the yellow cab to transform and help its friend , but nothing happened.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b47b3c7c-f896-11e0-ad8f-00144feab49a.html#axzz1b30zBFa0

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B20c5979c-fefd-4263-b531-79ccea04fbef%7D

Sorry for the zerohedge link, but I didn't find other free articles: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/who-latour-trading-and-how-dare-they-upstage-goldman Apparently, they are linked to Tower Research, Lime and Spire Europe.

http://www.thetradenews.com/regions/europe/6907

LOL...Priceless. Seriously this industry doesn't need a transaction tax, but a tax on every commission generating activity around trading. And a prohibitive one.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/41708a32-f0c8-11e0-aec8-00144feab49a.html#axzz1azctqVEW He was a local in livestock, right?

"N" and "Y" for implieds means No or Yes, whether an implied functionality is applied or not.