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bunds, estx50 and/or Euro/USD-futures seem more obvious choices to me: good liquidity and better hours for you.

there is something about the usefullness of this thread that i don't understand .... hmmm must be me.:confused:

feeding the hungry is an act of good will

and i'm still hungry :)

yes i have an account with ib

tell us all about it ....

I couldn't agree more, when I'm low on energy I put on pumping techno, it helps ! my favorite at the moment: "how did you know" by mantronix in a club remix

It can be done, the question is can you do it? You still seem very emotional about your trading; not exactly a good predictor for the future.

it all depends on the market you trade, if you find a real deep market like in forex, even as your account size grows you can keep % returns in line.

Can anyone explain me why you would use a spot-dealer instead of the futures in something like euro/usd ? I can think of no valid reason.

another thing i can think of: they are all fast thinkers, not necessarily intellectuals or something, just fast. My best friend at the time in Amsterdam went only to school till 16, and he became the biggest future local there. But he was fast in all he did ... Could be though this is more a...

indeed an interesting thread, i understand your reasoning behind finding the reasons for success, but personally think things are a bit more complex than that. What i found in common between all succesfull traders that i know (people i have seen trading on the floor in Amsterdam and people...

This is indeed important and while we are at it, the ultimate option tool would also be able to calculate the greeks at different intervals away from the current price for analysis. For example: 5 times 2% up and 5 times 2% down.

Greeks split up by expiration and total would also be nice.

Not only the option model is the problem, but tweaking it correctly is also part of it: how to adapt for skew, which intrest rate do you use, what do you do with holidays... Intresting question though. Hope some of the quants or option floor traders can get us some answers.

The really sad thing about this thread is that some people here even tried to give good advice but it was brought to you in a way you are obviously not familiar with. And some people were just saying a lot of things you didnt really want to hear, but they were just being honest. Together with...

this is the reason they invented delta.

Freedomfighter, try to get this, someone else has been hinting this too. A good trader has a thick skin and learns quickly what to do and what not to do. Not exactly traits I have been seeing on this thread. Mainly you are the one who keeps going on about this oxford thing. Do it if you want but...

The only skills I hope to obtain in graduate school are related to discipline and analysis. I hope my education will help me get a foot in the door so I can be in a position to become a good trader. [/B] Sorry to say this: but the kind of discipline you are going to learn is not the kind...

Just as a reminder but a lot of traders I personally know are high school or university drop outs. The best trader I know and one of the bigger ones in Europe a few years ago (works for his own account, lost contact however so dont know how he is doing recently) went to school untill the age of...