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  1. Slope Trader

    My attempt to earn a funded account with TopStep

    SMD, there's a glitch somewhere. I just tried to upload a small 82 KB image file on another thread and got an error message that it was too big.
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    Is there a must-have desktop calculator for trading?

    Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I have used a calculator app that opens from the taskbar on my home PC for some time. It has several options and includes multiple types of calculators and also has converters; I use the scientific calculator option most of the time. It's...
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    Winning Trader by SMB capital

    It may be helpful to read this thread and the blog that it refers to... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/my-story-in-prop-trading.375220/
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    Why didn’t Microsoft die?

    Like others have mentioned, accepting that software we used to acquire by paying only once must now be "rented" using the new pay-every-year subscription models has been difficult. I'm a heavy user of Word, Excel and Powerpoint. When I bought a new home PC earlier this year I really did not...
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    I created a simple formula to set TP/SL

    I like to buy at the ends of dips in an uptrend, after price has started back up again, and using ATR multiples for the stops works well for these kinds of trades. For traders who prefer to buy breakouts above previous highs, I suspect that the ATR-based stops might not be as efficient... my...
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    I created a simple formula to set TP/SL

    Two different stocks priced at $100 can have very different average daily ranges (volatilities). This means that using % to set the stoploss isn't a good idea unless one filters the stocks first based on a measure of volatility before placing the trade. Many traders prefer to set the stoploss...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    This one will mess with your head until you figure out what's going on...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    Wow, squinting at this one reveals something quite unexpected in the picture...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    I could only figure this one out when I squinted my eyes strongly at it.
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    Outstanding adaptation...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    These types of illusions are getting more and more sophisticated.
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    I understand the reference to an old man's face, but I only see the young woman's profile at first glance...
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    My Story in Prop Trading

    Peter, Thanks for sharing your experience, this is a remarkable story. I had read Victor's books and seen the emphasis on trading education there and also some apparent association with trading coach Brett Steenbarger. Your description of the years' long struggling that went on was surprising...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    That's a good one. I believe the focus of the presentation posted earlier was on cells, viruses and related structures, and didn't go all the way down to molecules, atoms and subatomic particles...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    And this one goes the other way... how small can small get?
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    This is another presentation challenging our understanding of just how big things really are...
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    Is this really true... I only hear one of the words no matter what I look at. It's the one whose number of syllables seems most consistent with the sound.
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    Surprising perceptual illusions

    Much admiration for the artist who created this. Btw, Figen on Twitter (X) is a great follow... she finds remarkable pictures and videos.
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    Funny podcast with a trader who blew > 50 accounts

    Hi Redneck, Welcome back. Admire all the effort you put in to help new traders in the journals section years ago. Sometimes looked like you and Donna [NoDoji] were a tag team... Hope you are trading and living well
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