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ok thanks for the explanation. sounds like a clever way to trade. good luck w trading, great journal! :cool: Varima

so are you in the 'this is impossible' camp? :mad: shame on you :D

No offense, but you don't know what you're talking about. I know the region. This stuff is happening there NOW, and it's very vibrant, a lot of opportunities there NOW.

I actually don't think newbies need to be taught an edge. They need an overview of the markets and their mechanics. What is Brian Shannon's Alphatrends.net edge, per se? None, in the traditional (and probably useless) sense of the word . . . Just quality analysis, not forum blah-blah-blah ...

i attach a note re difference between correlation and cointegration. he says cointegration is the name of the game in pairs i don't get it, any ideas? i also thought it was correlation

ok thanks will check it out :D

the idea is interesting, good luck with your plan. a couple of comments: i am not familiar with the proprietary trading firm model. but you need to be able to explain it to the layperson, in simple terms. in particular, i could not understand from your discussion where exactly you...

I also used to read: www.alphatrends.net (Brian Shannon, sharp guy, experienced technical trader) www.upsidetrader.com (run by a former hedge fund manager, also a very sharp chap) both sites have become mostly paid, which is a pity. i'm more inclined towards free stuff they have...

sums it up pretty well, doesn't it

tim knight's slope of hope. bearish bias not saying he's always right. but always thoughtful www.slopeofhope.com best deal. free

if someone says safe will you buy?

is lack of bad news a convincing reason to buy these days? hmmm, i better stay on the sidelines then

barton biggs: nice chap, although not necessarily a prophet. i think he believes in fundamental analysis too much. (for a good summary of fundamental analysis, see 'cat staff meeting' by seth macfarlane on youtube, powerful stuff, bigg should see it) but i've read hedgehogging with...

hi guys, i'm trying to learn more about pairs can anyone comment on this rookie idea pls: i'm using marketrac.nyse.com/mt/index.html , a visualization tool from nyse, to get a feel for what's going on in the market. it shows DJIA components it's 20 min behind actual market prices if...

i agree. if you have a professional degree/license on your hands, it's better to build up some consulting expertise vs immediately jumping into trading. later on you can sell your consulting services and generate stable, reliable cash flow. trade in parallel if you want to. here's a...

because profitable traders only care about themselves i hate profitable traders :mad:

i don't live trade the futures market, but i have done some backtesting on this, so i may be only slightly ahead of you 1) bird watching in lion country, dirk du toit more geared towards forex, a very powerful discussion of leverage and how to use it properly. easy reading a must read...

Re: What would happen if someone started a website called 'Super-Elite Trader?' the elite of elitetrader, the cream of the crop, would probably migrate to super-elite trader that would be bad for elite trader, only the merely good ones would stay, the very best would move to the next...

excuse me, what is P&L? it's the first time i see this word on this forum . . . . whatever it may mean, it's probably not very important because the self-proclaimed star traders on this forum have ignored it good question, though!!!! interesting to find out . . .i'm all ears . . ...

he is a bit of an actor, but really sharp as an investor . . . he sounds simple, but i think everything he's saying is probably backed by some kind of high-quality research, which i'm sure he's using, not just blah-blah-blah i think this i think that . . . i'm sure he's not doing it on gut...