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  1. VPhantom

    Would You Take This Bet?

    Fun post! For me, 1:1 is a no-go and I thought it was an interesting tell when he upped to $12. The very fact that he was willing to increase his offer intrigued me to see how far he'd go before possibly accepting. Not sure I would've managed to get to $20 (depends on the actual conversation we...
  2. VPhantom

    Highlights from IB quarterly conference call

    That says it all, doesn't it? ;) Personally I only heard about it indirectly, mentioned in one of their webinars. lmgtfy.com? You Sir, just made my day!
  3. VPhantom

    A Much Better Way to Post Replies on ET

    Great innovation, thank you! ...and it works very well for multiples as well, which involved a lot of manual work to get right before.
  4. VPhantom

    FUTURES vs FX execution quality

    Yes, counterparty risk is a big reason why I'm shifting my currency intentions from Forex to futures. Also, with futures you have reliable volume/depth-of-market data and there's no margin interest cost while you hold positions. Commissions though, might be cheaper on the Forex side (at least...
  5. VPhantom

    Remote prop firm recommendations?

    There are many prop floors of various flavours around Toronto. For example http://www.bbssecurities.com/proprietary-trading (I think they're related to Virtual Traders). More about Forex on a smaller scale, Blue Point: https://www.blue-point-trading.com/offices/ontario-canada takes the...
  6. VPhantom

    Topsteptrader

    Yes I always wondered why they had 4 levels instead of just one, if we can "ask our manager" for more leverage when we've been live long enough. They even said in interviews that they favor the smaller combine winners because "it shows risk awareness". The reason I'm eyeing the 150K for now...
  7. VPhantom

    Topsteptrader

    I'll pile on... ;) Apples and oranges. If we weed out those who reach live trading by chance (they'll drop from live trading soon enough), you're left with a major difference between a retail account and TST live trading: all the mistakes people make in the weeks of mandatory simulator, they...
  8. VPhantom

    Topsteptrader

    Just a note: I'm not in the USA. Here (Canada) it makes absolutely no difference to day trade for an entity or oneself, as it is "independent normal income" either way. You need to hold positions for more than 30 days, and do something else for the majority of your income-generating time...
  9. VPhantom

    Losing Trades Archive

    Not as well-documented. I'll gather a few more in the coming week(s) and report back here. :)
  10. VPhantom

    Losing Trades Archive

    It's my own blend of Morge/Wyckoff with an eye on Adam H. Grimes, who's very grounded when it comes to avoiding being fooled by randomness. I keep an eye on key levels as well (previous day's high/low and few others) to see how we behave when we get there. What I've boiled down my vision to...
  11. VPhantom

    New Marty Schwartz Interview

    I have, before asking. :) Amazing, right? One could argue perhaps, that his point of view might be outdated. That sounds wrong... (English, second language.) What I mean is, given that the bulk of his vast experience dates back to the pits era, perhaps he's less disposed to adapt enough to...
  12. VPhantom

    New Marty Schwartz Interview

    Care to elaborate?
  13. VPhantom

    Losing Trades Archive

    I'm back to experimenting with historical replays right now so the feel's not quite the same, but just to throw in a different kind of flavor, here's one on a setup I'm working on. My initial stop-loss is where I consider the reason for the trade to be invalidated and I never move it against...
  14. VPhantom

    Why Do We Trade? For Real.

    Seriously, my next pet project's gonna have to be R... Looks like there's a sh-tload of fun to have with this stuff! (And in case anyone's wondering, I don't mean that sarcastically. I may have no diploma, but I still enjoy my math.) While I agree that Surf is spellcheck-adverse, in this...
  15. VPhantom

    Why Do We Trade? For Real.

    Probably correlogram, a.k.a. autocorrelation plot in statistical analysis:
  16. VPhantom

    Why Do We Trade? For Real.

    I'm here for the occasional gem that I would otherwise miss, as part of my development process. It isn't the bulk of my time. I hold no beliefs when it comes to how complex markets operate, except that my understanding is incomplete by default, and will never be perfect, although it will...
  17. VPhantom

    Why Do We Trade? For Real.

    Again, your definition of "technical analysis" doesn't fit the mainstream, and you're confusing complexity with impossibility. Drawn manually or graphed automatically, if it's calculated based on a time series, it's technical analysis. I'm not saying that Wyckoff's tape reading methods can be...
  18. VPhantom

    Why Do We Trade? For Real.

    Thanks for ignoring the important part of the message to focus on something to quickly dismiss. Unfortunately, you're missing the point here as well. A technical calculation doesn't have to be printed on a chart and reviewed by a human being. MACD is MACD whether it's on a chart or in an...
  19. VPhantom

    Why Do We Trade? For Real.

    I'll poke the bear here... ;) Here's where I respectfully take issue with your general stance, which as you know I don't have a fully-formed opinion on: you have yet to produce credible evidence of failure, to reuse terms seen above. Cautionary tales yes, proof no. It's a lot harder to...
  20. VPhantom

    Topsteptrader

    Could you please elaborate on that? You were given a target in LTP which is the only reason they sent you back to the combine both times?
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