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"top" meaning at the "ask" never hit bid ?

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Yes then that method will go away, so better have a lot to throw at it and make hay while sun shines, guess have several means to make short term gains and hope one or two will always be profitable?

I think it depends on how good you are at predicting randomness? That is what markets are to individuals. The markets are not random but are random to the trader that can't possibly know what price or vol is going to do, how can anyone? Successful peple either invest for term or trade size a...

This makes sense. However what most traders mistake is that there aren't boundless opportunities that will actual formulate for each individual that will have the risk reward worth taking. There are many opportunities in hindsight Vol trading is just another means to bet, not sure it's any...

lets just leave it there, wont post on this thread any longer, im not helping

Hi, seriously if you have a handle o nthe markets using his bulding blocks couldnt you get the money under management from him to you ? Any idea why fund was shut down, did he emply ACD in any way shape or form or did he take flyers ? You can show him exact levels and so forth and performance,

Ahh I see, how much return or actual profit from this method exactly ? Is it scalable, have you raised a few million to start ?

These edges, are they scalable, ossible to raise a few million with ?

Ok thanks. I will go thrugh book and read again. I thought a simple spreadsheet for each instrument would enable anyone to plug in numbers, how ou view these numbers should be a bit different but though everyone shoul be on same page, numberlne should be numberline will have to re read...

Hi Chicagodon, I had same issue and never could get help here, basically someone in the know nees to release a spreadsheet where the numbers plug in so eveyone on same page, numberline is the numberling, there should be no grey area I dont thing

Ah, yes after hours BS . I was looking at a method or way to enter the market via some longer dated pivot ranges using futures and instead of buying underlying buy an option, if you care I can share what I was working on... Not a big deal but a start think it has some components missing...

U look at commodities? Or individual equities? So you sell vol and trade delta and hope mean reversion? Last December whacked u short a little vol?

Excellent u look directional bias? I want the ES stats longer term for instance what did vol pop up to during the 08' sell off, what was retrace net down...etc

Thanks You are talking day trading scalp ?

Nothing out there ?

Anyone have any experience data mining SP 500 futures peak/trough cycles average pullbacks etc? Reason: I would like to have some stop points for trades that I have on and ones that I formulate in the future in conjuction with simple money monagement techniques

what is most itneresting is routing and spread, if the bid/ask spreads are that tight, commissions are nthe issue ? whats the OTM spread say with a +10 delta like with your current order book during regular market hours for ES futures options say June expiry ?

paying 1.42 per lot per turn at IB although spreads in equity index usually .20 wide to .40 wide OTM