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Hello, As an aspiring professional trader, I am not interested necessarily in a debate about specific strategies. My question is the following: From anyone on this board who has successfully traded for a living: 1. How did you find your particular trading niche from the hundreds of...

Hello, I traded forex back in 2009 to 2010. Additionally, I did some chart studies from 2006 too 2008 and I have noticed the following: From 2006 too 2011, there have been in currencies such as the EUR/USD and the GPD/USD that offered easy intraday juicy trends at least twice a week. for...

Hello, I am interested in intraday trend trading of currencies. From your experience which currency trends best from 9 AM to 12 Noon and which one trends best during the 7 PM to 12 Midnight evening session? Thanks

Hello, I am interested possibly engaging in intraday trend trading of grain futures, most likely corn and am wondering the following: 1. When trading corn intraday, how do you decided which month to trade? 2. How well does corn trend intraday? Thanks

Hello, From the experience of anyone who has known top traders and top entrepreneurs, I am wondering: 1. What are the differences in skills required to be a top trader vs. top entrepreneur? 2. How do the motivations differ? Thanks

Hello, Has anyone here for ever traded for Old Money (As in an internal Family Office)? If so what was it like trading for a private family office? What was the relationship like and what was the compensation structure like? Has anyone here known anyone who did the above? If so, what...

Hello, Two questions: 1. Has anyone ever had any experience using the Jurik Adaptive Moving Average? If so, how useful and effective is it? 2. What Adaptive type moving average if any actually can truly adapt to the market. I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter? Thanks

Hello, Compared to certain months last winter (2011), Spring, September, and even this fall, the intraday trends in most currencies for the past four weeks have been weak and lackluster. Smaller ranges, greater chopiness, more off days, etc. Will the market return to larger ranges and...

Hello, Let us suppose you have researched and developed a trading system and based on backtesting, you have discovered the following results: 1. You could gain a decent return, but with less valid signals and a worse risk reward ratio using an instrument you could afford to trade now...

Hello, I am interested in trading the Euro and I have a few questions" 1. Which gives fewer false whipsaws intraday, the Euro from spot firms or CME Euro futures? 2. How does the Euro FX big contract compare in terms of tradability with the Euro Emini and E micro? I would...

Hello, I am interested in getting involved in Bond Futures daytrading. Two quick questions: 1. How hard is it to get accepted as a customer at a discount futures firm? Do they scrutinize you heavily? 2. How hard is it to get the cheap bond futures day trading margins? I would...

Hello, To anyone who has demo trades futures before, which futures trading demo ( for practicing emini and bond futures trading) has the best collection of indicators, is user friendly and realistic? What demo platform would you suggest for demo futures trading? Thanks

Hello, I am a novice looking into trading emini's. I am wondering the following: 1. What is slippage like when trading the various emini's? 2. What is a great demo in terms of indicators and realistic feel to use for practice? 3. Which one of these, do you think is best for day...

Hello, I am thinking about getting into intraday futures trading and am trying to decide between Es and the 30 year bond, or maybe the 10 year note. My questions are: 1. Which interest rate futures contract do you think offers the best intraday trends and risk-reward ratio? 2. What is...

Hello, I am a systems trader that has experienced the following curse: Mysteriously systems seem to work the worse once I start using them and when I get tired of the lackluster results, and cut down on trading the system works beautifully again. A case study: In 2008, I developed a...

Hello, A few questions about Canon Trading: 1. How effective is its mobile platform? 2. How effective are it's mobile charts? In other words, I am trying to determine whether I should Chose Canon Trading as a Emini Moble broker or some other firm. Thanks

Hello, I am interested in trading emini futures, either ES or Nasdaq mini and I have the following questions: 1. On average, what are discount comissions for ES mini and Nasdaq mini? 2. On average, what are spreads for entering and exiting a contract when day trading for ES or Nasdaq...

It seems that not just in trading, but in America in general, one's social status is based more on one's official occupation than income. One has status based to some degree with how the majority of people in one;s career track do, regardless if one is an individual exception. One cannot buy...

Hello, I am interested in trading Eur/ Usd and am wondering the following: 1. What time period specifically is best for trading Eur/usd ( the Euro? In other words, what hours do those who actively daytrade the Euro start and end their trading? 2. What hours would you suggest for trading...

So, I see that a self employed trader whether making 1 million dollars a year or 40,000 a year will be seen as either: A. a loser B. degenerate gambler Why is it considered so much better in our society to be a sychophant in corporate America than to actually use genuine business...