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ps??? you're kidding right? you sound like cobert. widget the market to death? what? balancing the market does not kill the market. And using actual supporting evidence like 'dictionaries' and 'wikipedias' not only shows my confidence with my arguement. it shows the generally accepted view...

I thought I did produce a risk free example with the widgets. And for future reference. absence of evidence is not evidence of absence... Rumsfeld :P Saying 'it doesn't exist because if it did everybody would be doing it' isn't a reasonable argument. btw. firms are doing it ;)...

This is no logic or supporting evidence behind this statement. You are obviously only versed in directional bet day trading. There are many ways to trade in this economy.

In the same way that viewing buying bread as a gamble is far healthier? I believe there is a proper name for that phobia. Which leads to constant anxiety and is most definately NOT healthy. Don't worry yourself over the chance of something bad happening if it is not realistically possible...

so you are making the point that trading is as much gambling as having a full time job...... I think you missed the point of this thread. I think the creator was looking at trading in comparison to playing poker. Not crossing the street.

probability has nothing to do with it. Its like if I go accross the street to buy some bread. Is there a probability that I will be able to eat bread when I get home? Am I 'gambling' in order have bread? Of course I can get hit by a truck crossing the street, but when we are talking a usable...

wrong. if there is no way within the limitations of our current universe that you can lose money. you are not gambling. period. :D gam‧ble  /ˈgæmbəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gam-buhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -bled, -bling...

Well if they only get one bet. They cant really balance it with odds. If it goes against them. they lose right? So I guess at the start they are gambling. But once they get enough betters they can balance their gains / losses so that it does'nt matter which way the game goes. They are no longer...

uhhhh. I'm not too familiar with how bookies work. but I imagine if the bookie only gets one bet. and the game goes against the bookie. he loses money. how is that not gambling? If one direction means losing money and one direction means winning money. Thats gambling. My example has absolutely...

Open an office in toronto and I might be interested.

Where is the bet? Im not taking a directional view on which way the price of the widget will go? I could'nt care less if it goes up or down.

Really? If I sell you a widget for 1$, the same instant I buy another widget for 0.50$. is that gambling?

T28. There are MANY other types of trading than just taking directional bets (calling heads or tails). e.g straddles, strangles and options. For the basic day trader who is just guessing which way the market will move, I agree its gambling. But once you get into more complex trading, you can...

Actually, yes you can. thanks for coming out :D

depends on the type of ISPs. if you share bandwidth with your neighbours then the ping time could be very different from the ISP server. if you dont it should be pretty similiar. They probably wont lie to you because they know as soon as you find out your ping isint good enough, you'll change...

a fiber is overkill for anyone trading by hand I upgraded to fiber to drop my ping time to the broker from 40ms to 12ms for my automated system. I think his priority should be getting the ping down below150. which a decent broadband connection through a ISP which routes well to the US should do.

Im just kidding around. He might answer your question. Personally I would'nt even admit to having a working system if I had one.

You never ask a woman how much she weighs, and you should'nt ask a trader how he trades :D

Scam. Either co locate a server in US to run the automated system there. Or. Upgrade the internet connection to have a better route to the server. I ping around 100ms from canada to www.bbc.co.uk. So that might be close to the lower end of possible ping times you can get over the pond...

How do they get around arbers? Id figure as soon as the price of a cash pair moves away from the future too much it gets arbed back in line? Are these guys manipulating both the cash and futures markets at the same time?