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I understand this can best be studied via portfolio level backtesting, using 3rd party TS RINA plugins, Trading Recipes, Behold!, or more sophisticated simulation platforms like smartquant in .net. I have only worked with TS so far, but for example, you might optimize a portfolio of system...

I've been trading the globex minis since April, and I'm realizing how vague my understanding is of the limit rules. The CME's rules for ES can be seen here, and are identical for all globex minis as far as I can tell: http://www.cmerulebook.com/cmewg/wg.dll?page&file=c358 From my...

What about municipal bonds? I understand they return pretty well, and aren't the gains tax free?

I would call direct discourse with a handful of Schwager's Market Wizards and their proteges "working", yes. Maybe this level of professionalism is shooting too high for a sponsored board with 18,000 members.

I'm not going to advertise it here, but there is a new site very much like et with just such standards, and as a result you have a huge proportion of money managers and outstanding traders engaged in a friendly, outstanding exchange of knowledge with beginners. The requirements for posting are...

negative IMHO, you dish out insults, you're out. That would be my policy. It's inconsistent to tolerate rudeness from some and not others. We don't need your content so bad we're willing to tolerate your rudeness.... that should be the message.

I think a good starting point is zero tolerance for personal insult, obvious disrespect, spam, or flaming. This will weed out the lowest level of detritus for starters, and we can work up from there into generally agreed upon content standards. Start by deleting posts without even thinking...

Totally. It helps to have a theme song too. I have one that I sing to my self over and over. The only lyric is "i've got aaaallllll the money ...in the world, in the world, in the world"

I'm all for as much moderation as possible. I come here for valuable information, not to be entertained by the egos and vendettas of losers. less wanker talk, and more professional exchange of ideas. If it was my board, I would pick out all of the flames and yahoo style content without a...

lol Dman, I can relate 100%. Like so many, I believe that maintaining healthy psychology is vital to success as a trader, and that at least half of what we do is based on our subconscious belief in our goals. I go to great lengths to protect my mindset, actively massaging out the negativity...

this is SO true. are you sure you really want it?

Was tradestation's globex brokerage up?

very calm and cool of you marketsurfer. good play.

I want to know that my broker has redundant servers and power sources that I can access on multiple continents.... each with a dedicated missile defense shield. ..and a tech rep ready to intelligently answer questions come hell or high water (or interstate blackout). what is this mess? i...

thanks vehn, I was contemplating a reinstall/reconfig. this is pathetic. pros, please speak up. what is the most failsafe globex broker you know of?

which brokers have a good DR plan?

ITZ, Thank you for your good suggestion. I agree 100%, and full redundancies are my number one priority as I build up my account and get to a point where I can afford them. I fully accept and know from experience that outages are a fact of life, even on the most expensive trading floors in...

I'm really eager to get some information from Def if you're around. I just got off the phone with an IB customer service agent who could only tell me "all I know is that things are down". when I asked where I might get more information about connecting to ZH or HK servers I was told "uhhh I...

Def, Can you comment on IB's redundancy/backup capabilities? I will be very interested to know which globex brokers retained connectivity and functionality. Can anyone comment?