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This is way too academic, but I will say this -- nothing in this universe is "random." Definition of Random: Random: Inability for humans to conceive of a greater system and its dynamics which account for movements and fluctuations that appear to have no underlying bias or predictable...

LOL! If you're making 30 points a week consistently, you can pretty much name what you want to make in futures. aphie

Without a doubt, it is discipline that prevents a great majority of traders from consistently making money. I suffered from a unique problem when I first started trading. I had a great system that was profitable just about every-time, but the problem was it only gave one or two signals a day...

Nitro, I will pay you 5k to shut up, how's that? aphie

Nitro, By the way, I am just playing with you. I really have nothing against anyone here. I actually like you. aphie

nitro, I predict that you will still be posting useless garbage even after your 1,000 piece of posted trash on this board. aphie

That should read college and not high-school. What was I thinking! aphie

Lobster, If your trading strategy bogs down a Pentium chip, I suggest you move to something a tad bit simpler -- unless of course it is working well for you, but personally I've never seen a system more complex than some of the differential equations I did in high-school. In fact, the...

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It was just an observation. Is your life so affected by using up 10 seconds to read one message on a Saturday? aphie

You won't find any meaningful divergences because everything will be getting arbed by the big boys quickly before the retail man ever gets a chance to "set the market straight." As far as futures being a leading indicator -- I have noticed one indicator that is not future's related that...

I'm starting to think that a better name for this board would be Elite Egos, since everyone is too busy trying to get the last one in, engage in pissing contests and generally shooting down any constructive discussion about trading. aphie

Gordon Gekko, That is actually a very good idea, although I would apply it to intraday movement as well. If you look at certain stocks, you will find that trends and "pulses" occur on varying time-frames. A lot of software packages come with 1, 3, 5, 10, etc min bars, but why not looks at a...

Cheapest I have found is IB brokers. The cost is $4.80 round trip. You may want to either look around for other brokers or open up a seperate account in case IB goes down. If you are trading and IB goes down, you will not be able to get a hold of anyone fast enough for futures trading...

daniel_m, Not for that investment they didn't! That is for sure. aphie

He's no longer with us. :(

darkhorse, I hate to burst your bubble darkhorse but I was exposed to trading since I was 5 from my grandfather, who was a very good investor at the time. I've made mistakes, don't get me wrong -- but I don't make big ones. I made one big one when I first started, but that is a distant...

darkhorse, This is one of the best posts I've read yet on ET. I concur with you wholeheartedly. Although trading has always come naturally to me (I am probably one of the very few that went into trading with just the right set of mental conditions), I always believe that there is a way to...

16 x .12 = 1.92 x 1000 = $1,920 4 x .27 (commish expense) = 1.08 x 1000 = $1080 1920 - 1080 = $840 (including commish expenses). -------------------------------------------------------------- If you're going to add commission expenses to the losers, then you also need to subtract...

TorontoTrader, Obviously, merchants and all major businesses are going to make sure that the one's who do the most business with them are first in line with any problems. It is the nature of the game. If you owned a business and someone had a 15 million dollar account with you, would...