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Someone called them the "slippage king." Is this true? Which firm has good rep for low slippage in futures?

Successful traders, tell us your trading secrets so we can all copy you. LOL... Actually, I think any strategy that earns extraordinary returns are usually temporary. That's the nature of the markets. The best example is the turtle moving average and other breakout strategies having a...

For futures traders, how many round turns per day you do? How much in daily commissions does this generate? Are you on tiered plan? How big a cost is the slippage factor relative to commissions? I read somewhere that IB is the "slippage king." Not sure if this is true, as I just started with...

So many complaints, yet you guys still stay with them. Why stay then? The pros must outweigh the cons.

I'd go further to say that it's common pattern to make money from wages/business, etc. and lose it in the stock market. Most people think that when they purchase a stock that it's no big deal they can sell it whenever and get their money back. Instead, the stock starts going down and they...

When purchased at a low/reasonable price, real estate in the right location is the slower, but surer, steadier path to building wealth for most people. The securities/derivatives markets are much, much more difficult for the average person.

One of the negative aspects of trading is stress, which can contribute to ED.

what happened to FFM? :confused:

Awesome. Mad props to you! Btw, I enjoyed your book.

I know a close relative who has a PhD from an Ivy League School in Engineering, and he spent his lifetime trying to trade stocks. It's going on since 1970s to today. 40 years and still a losing/marginal trader now in his 70s. So, FYI, being a lifetime losing trader does happen. OTOH, there...

Anybody who went long on that Goldman call got smoked. It's possible that the Goldman analysts were saying buy oil when their prop traders were shorting it.

I haven't seen any new review for this. The most recent review was in 2006, 5 years ago! Do any of you like IB's Trader Workstation? Is Browser-based or Stand Alone better? Please comment. Thanks.

That neighborhood hoodrat is obnoxious. No wonder the sperm donors don't stick around.

My observation is that Gold almost never goes down. It's too hard to short Gold as it rises with good news and bad news. Dollar goes down, gold rises. Euro goes down, gold rises. People buy gold to protect from inflation. People buy gold to protect from deflation. Shorting gold is a losing game.

Probably 1% or less of ET forum members are professional traders.

Any of you watched Gangland? Seems that gang-infested areas brings the social ills that contribute to higher taxes. A number of cities in California suffer from gang problems.