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Frankly i'm surprised alot of you guys talk to me.. haha looking from the outside in.. i am perfect example of the new trader.. And i'm very lucky to have gotton as far as i have.. some of it just dumb persistence, and a risk adverse nature. i went through my PM back to the beginning...

they through the population a bone with whatever the passed about insider trading in congress.. no way its not happening anymore

Respecting a stop can never be a shameful act; disrespecting one, on the other hand is the true disgraceful feat. 4. To protect a trade from ever becoming a loser by pulling a stop to breakeven is simply asking for an early exit.

Ferry, i think if i'm right.. live vol might be great.. but you are surely on a pink cloud! haha for better or for worse you sound like you just met the girl of your dreams over there haha.. i didn't see a cost on the excel worksheet.. i'm going to call them on Monday..

yeah man... my speculation on myself is: i chase a move into the latter 1/4 of it.. get impatient and move my target closer.. "then call it a scalp when it gets hit" which if it doesn't hit my target i just give it more time to and typically my stop is wider then my target.. so obvoiusly...

"We should always bear in mind, though, that regardless of our wonderful setups, trades go sour all the time. New strategy could ever be devised to prevent that from happening. But once we understand that giving profits back to the market is part of the exact same process as taking profits from...

interesting summary i just read... picked up quick.. the first view lines say... "Only scalp when the spread plus commission is one PIP or less." ... IB commission structure for me .. 0.20 basis point * Trade Value or minumum USD 2.50 1 basis point=0.0001 ( this is one pip in...

what kind of volume does it start to make sense in considering that ? i mean obviously its not something my size has to worry about but.. just curious.. like its business.. so everything should be cnosidered.. but just your opinion.. what size book does that make sense to consider.. i mean...

http://www.futuresmag.com/2012/08/01/opening-range-breakout-past-present-and-future wow thats expensive http://www.amazon.com/Trading-Short-Patterns-Opening-Breakout/dp/0934380171/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

i can't do it though "For Regulation T accounts at Interactive Brokers, $35k is required for initial funding, customers must maintain account equity of $30k, otherwise account restrictions will apply." i'm not there yet.. :( live vol pro is 250 a month .... seems very worth it..

haha... hard to believe how much they offer .. i'm watching the demo.. its crazy how oriented the platform is to watching order flow... its sort of perfect for watching skew.. with the replay.. and if you were going to do vol dispersion trading you can compare the vol in the index against...

I seriously love the way you put that! That's awesome.... war survival .. no excuses

posting articles i've read.. things of interest.. http://www.futuresmag.com/2010/08/26/using-cot-data-to-find-major-opportunities http://www.lanzes.com/vix-volatility-calculation-in-excel/

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omg haha..

JH?

my entry is doobs.. my exit is atticus.. thats my strat.. haha

yeah i wasn't even thinking about trading the underlying.. especially after my more recent manic trading esposides in eur.usd and ES.. haha hard to say anything about big put sellers.. as they might be the shorts or the longs.. yeah i'm not even sure how to position in a limited risk way to...

i bet there is truth to the statement Ackman made about Icahn thinking he would end up bust and not have to deal with him.. its like borrowing money from guys that are about to go out of business. no business.. no litigation risk.. plus there is alot of optionality to doing this to guys as...

If Ackman was a little better on TV .. he would have said.. how do we know your not dumping your long position on the public right now.. all this talk of a short squeeze is just the liquidity creation he needs to get out.. either way.. now i'm the talking head.. haha