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I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I could call her... Who can resist a little peace out to skee-lo on good Friday! Memories.... Yeah, I'm bored

Has anyone else noticed a pattern of engineers who want to ditch their field and trade for a living? Not anything negative, just an observation. I'm curious because the engineers that I know personally all enjoy their careers thoroughly and would never consider leaving for any other...

I can't argue with that. I hate having to record the market profile and CD in binary - I believe Sierra has CD feature though which would be a HUGE plus for NT. Thing is if you aren't doing large volume, chances are you probably aren't tick mining or running any hft algos either. So if...

Lol, the big tick is nice but that market grinds too much for my tastes! Thanks for the response, I assumed it must be a deep market for EPIQ to be useful (I've never used it myself). As for ninja, you don't think for someone on a budget (or just starting out) it's a solid choice? I have...

No, Goonior is spot on - OP is looking for an SAR. Pretty sure very few brokers offer this order type, so if you want to reverse on a stop instead of market, just double your stop (using 1 car as an example) and if/when you're filled - stopped and reversed. Nothing to do with breakeven...

Just out of curiosity, how much do you utilize the EPIQ? I'm guessing you're trading a thick book - ES or ZB maybe? I trade mostly 6E (outside RTH) so the b/a is usually pretty thin. With the bots fighting it out in the liquid markets, is est. queue useful (or accurate). Would like to pick...

If you want functional and cheap, just go with a broker that uses ninja as a front end. It's got great support and lots of solid 3rd party indicators (like gomcd pack). Its also free if you don't want to use the ATM features and costs a small amt RT to get the static DOM. If you're purely...

I think most futures brokers allow Canadian accounts. Global, Mirus, AMP, Advantage, etc... as long as it is futures only. I trade with AMP/CQG from Canada with no issues - just some additional paperwork (W-8 for sure). Commish is cheap and the data is good for my needs. I've heard of...

Lol, I'm not one to bash but seriously, this statement is pretty accurate. For fun, I googled "Jack Hershey quote" and this just happened to be the first one that popped up. 10-27-11 08:54 PM Quote from jack hershey: "The trading fractaland its slower fractal. begin to use the...

You nailed it! Watching PA and moving INTO the trade is exactly what helped me avoid catching those falling knives (and I caught a lot of 'em, lol). Good advice above as well - just document your stops and how they are impacting your trades. If they are preventing catastrophic losses, they're...

Glad to see you getting some really good info here! As far as entering long/short on a stop - think about how your stop works if you are already in the trade. For example, if you are long @ 5.00 and are risking 0.25 on the trade - you simply put a sell stop in at $4.75. Now assume the...

I'd be curious too. When I relocated and was considering trading as a career I looked into Title, but there was nothing in the city I was moving to. I have some relatives in eastern Canada who I think are considering getting a start there because they have a low payout/no capital model...

I'm far from an expert, but my solution to avoid picking tops/bottoms was to start entering the majority of my trades on stops instead of limits. I mainly trade 6E and sometimes NQ in the evenings (6E mostly for liquidity purposes) and I had quite a bit of success initially trying to squeeze as...

Lol, well put! Fading humanity... is there an etf for that? :D

And that makes you - according to facebook's skewed metrics - an ACTIVE USER! Anyone who logs in via fb to any website or "likes" something via a fb thumbs up is classified by fb as active. Also, being turned down for a position because I don't have a fb account?? What kind of employer would...

Yeah, why not just cut out the desk fees, payouts, regulations etc and open an acct with one of the discount brokers? Lots of platforms to choose from and 5K easily sets you up to trade NQ plus you get to keep 100% :cool: Makes sense unless you trade specific equities and simply need the...

Hey, I just moved from van city a few months ago. I was an energy trader there but had to leave for family reasons (I love it there, it was a tough move). Depending on what you're looking for I may be able to help. JO

Lol, I agree there is no possible way this position could be real... Very entertaining though, if he's still holding he's about 160k in the red now? Assuming he pocketed about 2k or 3k on the short... One of the best calls on ET to fade for a long time, wish I'd jumped on it!

I'm in that boat for sure, if I miss an early entry. With trend entries should be so easy and I think that's what gets me more than anything! I know its trendjng but I always convince myself its overdone and I don't want to be that last sucker buying at the top/selling the bottom... of course...

We're on the same page I think. I should have been more clear concerning the banks/mms laying off risk - they would be using the exchange traded contracts more often than a company would and simply until they could match their outstanding swaps. The price discovery and transparency in exchange...