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Just want to ask how much profit would you expect for each trade? If there are some quick profits would you take them before the options expire?

Many guys said if you can survive the first year, then you may become a successful trader. Do you think you can stay in the market? It seems you can!:D

I heard a woman who is deeply religious and she trades as if she is the agent of the god. She assumes all her works are required by the god, not herself. So she can detach herself from the market. This seems to be a good method for the emotional control. Of course, this method can only be used...

Can they handle the pressure better than others? Can they withstand the ups and downs easier than people who are not religious?

To clear my question: I know if I only bet on a directional trend of the market, then a simple call or put will do. But if I am predicting that the market will trade in a narrow range then I may need to use a butterfly. The unlimited risks of short straddle/strangle scare me! Is it...

I feel the OTM used in the flies can't be "too out". As the volume of them are very thin and slippages are big. Is it correct?

Is it safer (but also less rewarding) than short strangle/straddle? I heard some guys were wiped out as the market suddenly moved violently. Is butterfly more suitable for newbie? Thanks!

If I am predicting low volatility, is it OK?

It seems to be quite good and has limited risk. As a newbie I guess there must be some problems with it, as I don't know much people using it.

Do you know how to "add" passion into my mind? I know it looks stupid but it is very critical not only for trading but for life. When I was young (before 30) I have lots of passion e.g. computer games, football, craft, arts, music and girls :D But I lost many of them as I get older. And I...

Sometime I lose the motivation to trade. I don't know how to boost my desire to re-enter the market. I am influenced by the books written by Alex Elder, but he doesn't mention anything about this. He only warns people to cut losses and not to overtrade. I like his books but I feel rather...

It seems all the comments about IB are now much better than before. And I also feel there are less problems about its software and data. Good for the whole trading community.:cool:

15% p.a???? Ah... not very attractive!:p

I won't bother to watch the market 14 hours a day. Why do they extend the trading hours? Do they want to compete with the US market?

Oh! I know what is happening. Are the German workaholic?

Thanks! I am in the UK so 8AM is the local time when it started to trade. I have been using Ami with IB data for few months, it was OK up to last Friday.

I use the data from IB in AmiBroker. I notice the data of eurex futures such as ESX50 extended to 9PM. But it only traded to 7PM. So there is a hugh gap between last trading day and today. Does anyone know why? It started to be so only recently. I post a chart here.

Is it good? Who had he interviewed? Jim Simons ? David Tepper?

Is spread mainly for long term(at least few days to weeks)?

How to enter eurex symbols in the Amibroker using IB backfill? bund/bobl/estx50 etc.