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the dow is crashing. i got my money on it, not just my mouth. :D

I've tried trading the futures based on an index strategy... didn't work for intraday because the futures never go in lock step with the index.... the premium does stay within a band... because arbitrage is only profitable outside of the band (the cost of arbitrage). the futures can often...

super positive comments about a service. anyone have any negative experience with either the seminar or the broker? or anything that coulda been better or something? or is it all just pink and rosy? any senior members endorse this service? not to diss u junior members that posted so...

it doesn't mean guys who make steady money will go bust... it just means that guys who make income speculating that the economy will remain steady, they go bust. its the difference between saying that one person is as volatile as the entire human race.... there are many steady eddy's out...

i wonder if anyone has experimented with the opposite of optimization? to tell u when NOT to trade. or, if anyone has experimented with cross optimization in different time frames, different models, etc. :cool:

looking at it like that, you are right.

science is factual... trading is interpretation of facts... when these facts coincide, this happens 9 out of 10 times.... so really, it's just statistics and luck. :cool:

just not the art part. i think the proper word would have been intuition.... and intuition is a part of science (the brain computes things mathematically but we can't explain it, so we call it intuition). Science of the markets is really just statistics..... any technique works and fails a...

i've seen a screensaver with a dos screen with a hacker typing stuff into it... it's pretty funny.

experience and intuition are based on statistics... how many times in have you experienced this... or that... then u develop intuition. didn't say statistics don't give u an edge.

trading is a mix of statistics and luck.

tape reading means watching the price action and MEMORIZING THE S/R. You don't need a book to do it... u just have to figure out what's going on in the tape. Look for certain price action when price hits these S/R levels... then u can figure out whether it will hold or break.

if u can, go back to an older registry version i think you can use scan reg to do it. thats fixed many a blue screen for me.

theres a book i read, i think it's called "investment risk in the garden of eden". it details how to invest based on your goals, so you don't lose... basically for savings, I would do 1/5 cash, 1/5 Grade AAA goverment bonds, 1/5 gold, 1/5 stocks, 1/5 realestate... the gold and...

half the "traders" who made money in the late 90's were just lucky. The market only went in one direction. They may have been successful at making money, but unsuccessful at learning how to trade.

if you are making that kind of percent, don't do anything except increase your capital... everything influences your trading.... your broker, your chart software, your chair, your tie. Dont change anything except your capital... if u can't do it with more capital... consider just doing it with...

reasons why i've stayed with IB is because they: Communicate actively with their users via this forum and chat on irc. Upgrade their platform regularly to incorporate customers needs. Are very upfront about their business practices. There is a webpage on their website for almost...

Heres how i figure based on IB's margin rates Initial Daytrading Margin for NQ = 1500 ES = 1969 So if you have 6k you can buy 4 NQ contracts or 3 ES contracts So to figure out how much you would make on your given day: NQ = 4 (contracts) x 52 (points) x 20 ($per point) = $4160 ES...

Simulator - is good for alot of things other than making you a good trader. (ie system testing, learning the basics of the market, like "whats that? A market maker! :D ) There is nothing that can help you become a good trader except you. Live Trading - is where you add...

I bet he is doing it for fun. Just to see if it does anything... I know i've done it before. :D Also, he may have been showing a huge offer but was slowly accumulating on the buy side, bidding it up till it hit a certain price, then wham he lets momentum players take him out. Metoox, how...