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I disagree. The thread died off because it had a long and successful run. Newguy is asking the same questions that were discussed time and time again. There's nothing new here. The newbies or risk takers will get too close to the market, and they probably did get whacked in August. Some...

A 3 period sma is so fast that it almost sits at the middle of every bar, even if it is shifted right by 1 bar. The shifted SMA notion came about from the 'simple profitable' thread. If I recall, the ma there was a 9 period sma shifted right by 3 bars. This is a much more useful reference...

Time and Timing is done by Stu Johnston, who also wrote an excellent book called Trading Options to Win. The T&T website is useful for futures spreads, along with a variety of option trades. It isn't a signal calling or guru service though, so it could certainly be overwhelming for a novice...

Barclay's is not restricted to accredited investors. Or if so, they make absolutely zero effort to confirm that someone is accredited. Heck, they don't even verify identity. It took me a couple of tries to remember which dummy email address I used to register with them in the first place :)...

You have got to be kidding me! YOU are the one pointing out a service that is bleating about their performance? Oh, the subtle irony... What I don't understand about you is your lack of balls. You talk a big game, even when you have been exposed as a beginner. You post pretty pictures...

Please. He has not posted any MRCI copyrighted material. No charts, lists or results. Unless it has become illegal to simply utter "MRCI" and "spread" in the same paragraph, this is hardly illegal. If anything, this thread is free advertising for MRCI. They are well respected, and...

Try asking about RSI on the system development board. The people reading there are much more likely to be able to help you. Or come at your problem from a different direction. RSI is a Relative Strength Index. If your lookback period is only 2 bars, is that really telling you anything...

One of the multi-cta pimping brokers sent me their normal end of the month newsletter today. I read it because its an easy way to keep an eye on what various ctas and systems are doing. Here's a little gem from this month's edition: In the S&P options market, World Capital and Argus...

This trade came straight from the mouth of derivman's Secret Sensei! How dare you laugh!! Don't make mockery of the Sensei or you shall suffer the eternal torment of being reported the mods!!! As you are very well aware atticus...once you get banned from ET, you can never return :D...

ROFL! Derivman is a ridiculous troll. I suggest you walk away from this thread and don't look back, lest ye be turned to salt. It is perhaps unfortunate for the OP, but now that Derivman has glommed onto the "90% expire" sound bite, he will run it and this thread into the ground. Just...

Life begins at conception, right? I've read a number of experts who say it is true. I just want to be 100% clear on this before I move on with any future decisions in my life. I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I want to find out what you all think. I'll just continue to waste my...

Life begins at conception, right? I've read a number of experts who say it is true. I just want to be 100% clear on this before I move on with any future decisions in my life. I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I want to find out what you all think. I'll just continue to waste my...

ROFL! Exactly! It was a funny forum joke. You wouldn't get a subtle joke if it painted itself purple and danced naked on a harpsicord singing "subtle jokes are here again!"

Derivman is hung up on symantics, and his inflexible thinking will not allow him to move beyond. I really don't think anybody on this board is going to be able to help him. Even if he does figure out that trading is zero sum (minus the edge given to the broker), he will simply fixate on the...

I have a thought on this topic... Your spam is as subtle as a rhino horn up the backside. Hopefully you won't be heard from again.

True. But if i judge it to be full...its full :) I make good money on my index spreads, but this is after many years of effort. Much of that effort would apply to other markets and methods. But I just dont have time currently to get myself to where I think I need to be to handle those new...

Let me add a plug for Stu Johnston's book "Trading Options to Win". Excellent book on commodities options (and options in general). I will also echo what others have said. Put down the mouse and move away from the broker's website. Do not put any money into your coffee bet until you have...

Exactly. If you just want to see the margin for a single, standalone trade, you can try getting on the IB demo account. If there are no other trades in place, you can do a "check margin" on your sample trade to get a clean look.

Good luck with your spreads and journal. There is a dearth of spread trading chat online, so its always good to see something new start. One of the things that has held me back on commodity spreads is the myriad execution issues with the various products and exchanges. I'm a computer nerd...

Diversifying into other index instruments gives you some flexibility to find suitable trades, but it doesn't provide tremendous equity curve smoothing. The end of February being a good example. Instead of other index futs, I have been putting my profits into non-correlated trading methods...