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    TopstepTrader Q & A

    Classic cult mentality: just becasue pointed questions are asked the person asking the question becomes a bad looser.. and can't trade! LOL any way great a that you admit that "that business is about 2 things - combines and funded traders" I wonder if these firms openly say that! they don't...
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    TopstepTrader Q & A

    xELA why dont you then in a very simple manner show / explain few things for everybody's benefit 1) How the TST based funding level is better than having your own a/c with introductory broker 2) No fraud not illegal activity does not mean highly ethical, why any of these so called props...
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    TopstepTrader Q & A

    "advertised amount doesn't match reality." LOL there you go is that not misleading that itself and raises one more question mark! "And I think with information I gave".. sorry but that is sketchy if you are so much in to it why dont you show the maths showing how exactly it is better than...
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    TopstepTrader Q & A

    So since we are talking about day trading only , apples to apples at 2 Es contracts is there a diff between trading for yourself using $500 Day trading margins that many brokers provide (where you keep 100% of profits and losses and pay hardly any data fee) and paying these so called Prop firms...
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    TopstepTrader Q & A

    So is the 50K actual or Notional? and why TST not answering these questions directly? Say Mr A does TST according to your calculations he pays 165+85 (I dont know why you had 265 there?) so $250 and assuming he passes the "Combine" in first month itself gets to trade 5 ES contracts both intraday...
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    Nadex / Heding / FCM etc

    My 2nd question was not really abut how wide the spreads are or not ( although it is important and it is also important to know if this is a really a true "exchange" or just OTC venue with name "Exchange " in it) Main question was "does hedging futures position with Nadex spread work?
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    Nadex / Heding / FCM etc

    "...it's not the way to go. ( as hedge) could you please elaborate with an example, on paper it looks logical!
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    Nadex / Heding / FCM etc

    Now that Nadex is established I am trying to find few things 1) Are there any FCMs or Introductory brokers who offer Nadex and regular futures in one account 2) Hedging Futures with Nadex spreads 2 hr/ 8 hrs etc) Some vendors promote this idea but dont talk about delta risk If you hedge a...
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    Nadex 20 & 5 binaries

    I also had the same question over last few years and never got an answer "The Market maker and the exchange ( Nadex) is owned by same parent group! how is that allowed Didn't FXCM got told off by CFTC for similar arrangement so Is Nadex a true exchange? Or Nadex via it's own sister company is...
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    Want to make 1k / month on 100k, selling options.

    With a collar how do you make money? if you close one leg then you have directional risk! don't you?
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    Bitcoin Price Thread

    Lets get this sorted once and for all Johnarb, are you going to defend Crypto currency just by using the excuse that "even the established financial product with real backing ( Commodities. Country based currencies etc) experience volatility " It seems you still believe in this as a storage of...
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    effect of hard fork in Bitcoin

    Trying to understand what effect a "Hard fork" in Bitcoin has on it' trading!
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    Looking for a Prop Firm

    h.....m - no proof of what you have traded and as you say your country does not allow sending money overseas for any such margin trading then how do you proposes you will send the money required for "backup guarantee" and how would you explain the incoming money to your govt! - there are...
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    Bitcoin Price Thread

    It seems people are confusing the two diff things 1) value of technology and 2) value of (if any) what it is used for like bitcoin
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    The CFTC thinks they can regulate bitcoin manipulation

    Interesting analogy... so does that mean any exchange can start a product ( futures, say cash settled to keep it simple) on anything else in the world without paying some fee to use the underlying! so can SGX start a futures contract on West Texas crude oil! or Mexican exchange start a Futures...
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    Bitcoin Price Thread

    Johnarb I am happy that somebody like Pekelo is answering your remarks and questions I think your point about "Store of value" is already being trashed... Realizing the value: AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU STILL NEED TO CONVERT YOUR CRYPTO IN TO HARD CURRENCY TO ENJOY THE WEALTH,,,, sure you can...
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    Bitcoin Price Thread

    on Trading side: not just hedging ability, but ability to do calendar spreads, and other option based strategy like Long option, which is a limited risk strategy is currently not available as compared all those established futures and ETFs + Option on them. The very fact that it is still manly...
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    Bitcoin Price Thread

    ok I get that it is a roller coaster.. however without ability to hedge/ do spreads etconly way to defend is stop loss am I correct?
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    The clear technical winner of the crypto race is....

    a side note: CME/ CBOE got in to this game to make money that is clear ( like any exchange it will list a product if they think people will trade and the exchange does not have risk) but the underlying itself on CME can change the BRR index, what of one of the exchange in that index goes belly...
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    The clear technical winner of the crypto race is....

    Yes 7 gone out of 8....;)
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