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If it provides unbelievable results, then why not forward test?

I've heard ninja trader's back testing is not too accurate. But 58% win rate with $8 average trade doesn't sound too good, especially with a $4,000 drawdown. Have you tried forward testing at all?

The market makers and the financial advisors

Reword what you are trying to say; you aren't making sense.

All limit orders are either bids or asks. It will only show up on the level 1 quote if it is the best bid or ask.

It just seems weird that the banks or market maker's orders work differently than the other traders

I've heard that with some brokers the limit orders work also take liquidity. For example with a bid ask of 50 and 53, you post a limit to buy at 49, you won't get filled until the ASK hits 49. So you pay the spread whether its a market order or a limit order. Does anyone know a broker that...

I'm pretty sure a synthetic on the VIX would just be a sythetic future

I was asking jedwards

I suppose that I will be able to just close up shop at close someday, but I think it takes a lot of hard work to get there. It is by no means unreachable but it is not going to be easy.

[ ] understands joke [x] is a Gambling Addiction losing trader

The key to being a successful trader is to Gambling Addiction.

Care to mention the firm?

They say they have ADD just for the ritalin.

The problem is that you paid for that time

Your question needs to be rephrased. Are you asking why wasn't your order of 1307 immediately filled once the ask hit 1307? Basically, everyone who sent a 1307.00 limit order has to wait in line to be filled. The sooner you send your order, the close to the front of the line you are, the sooner...

In my opinion, after we ban hft, we should look into banning traders who aren't using 15 minute delayed quotes.

We'll probably have to go back to entering trades by phone. Hopefully the days of mailing orders are not coming back too.

It appears as if they are trying to solve a problem they don't really understand. I don't think orders being cancelled really hurts any of us.

This post is so 2008. A small stack strategy does not have a positive expectation against an "all pro roster table". Generally, a pro poker player will understand that a player with a small stack, lowers the effective stack. This means that if a player with $100 bets into a pro with $1,000, the...