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SOLD! :D yea right, buddy!!

I have a system that has a win/loss ratio of about 95% over the past 7 years. it trades about 15-30 times a year, single positions each time. no pyramid. accepts long and short. Average return is 5% per trade, and average holding period is less than 3 days. Drawdown is basically...

If you got a trading position at an investment bank, go for it! but if you got it from a prop shop, don't value it so much. anybody and their grandmothers can get into a prop firm. if you're a recent graduate, go to your engineering job, gain valuable working experience in the real world...

I haven't lost a trade since 1984. I average 9% returns per month. sometimes, 15%, and when I have a stinker, it's only about 5%. If you guys don't get those kind of returns, I feel sorry. why are you even trading?

There's really no fixed answer because it depends on so many conditions.... but I'll give one case scenario. High implied volatility denotes risk uncertainty in the market. If a stock has low historical volatility but high iv's, it's because certain news is about to be released which will...

I got a BUY signal.

I'm sure any serious and experienced trader will tell you.... You don't really learn how to trade until you lose a lot of money and go through sleepless nights. Those are the times when you reflect the most and think through a million things and remember your mistakes and learn what NOT to do or...

i skimmed through the PDF. by intuition, that system looks pretty weak and elementary. there's not much in his criteria...