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I agree. Web services are a good technology, but not for something that needs the speed that trading does.

Howard, Interesting thoughts. What would be some good ways to financially prepare for something like this happening? Sell all your RE, buy gold, short stocks, buy energy...?

If I'm understanding him right, I think he means you should be trading instruments that are trading at above their own average volume. Which I agree with. I only trade ES, and have found my signals work best when volume is higher than average.

One thing you might consider is to have a loss limit for the day. If your P/L (counting open and closed positions) is greater than -200 (or whatever number you pick), close all positions and take the rest of the day off. You need to figure out what level of loss means you are OUT OF TUNE with...

Hey Satchmo. If I had to do this, I'd probably do up a little webpage on the machine running the system so you could access it from any machine anywhere on the web (if simple enough, you could even use your mobile phone to trigger trades). It would just be a basic page with position info and a...

I would argue that they are even useless as supplements in most cases. I'm just talking about vitamins, not minerals, by the way.

I'm not aware of any study that has been done to prove this, but it does make sense in some respects. When you take vitamins, all that stuff that makes your urine darker that comes out soon after... that would be all the vitamins coming back out. And do you really think that if vitamins...

Funny you mention this as I spent alot of time this weekend trying to figure out the exact same thing. I trade reversals and days like Friday usually clobber me good. I actually ended up +2 ES points on Friday, so I'm learning something apparently. The best indicator I've found so far for...

I don't think you can go wrong with either VB or C#. I am about to jump in and learn C# here for some automation I've been wanting to do, so I will be eating my own dogfood, as they say. :) (I've done a few projects in VB.NET already though.) Would also recommend you ignore nononsense.

I've learned alot here from alot of different people, but a few stand out. ProfLogic/Charlie Dow DBPhoenix steve46 Lefty NihabaAshi Edit: Oops! Can't forget acrary.

Picking a database is much like picking a programming language. The right database depends on what you are trying to do. And most likely there are many correct databases for you. If you aren't pushing REALLY high volumes of data through, and if you don't need 99.99999% uptime or data...

I'm not sure I agree that confidence, ego, and swagger are all the same thing. I 100% agree that confidence is required to become a very successful trader. I don't agree that swagger is. I think of swagger more as OVERconfidence. IMO, swagger is a lack of HUMILITY. That can be very, very...

Well, traditionally it is the time of year we give thanks for what we have, so I thought I would post a public thank you to some people who have had a positive effect on my trading. There seem to be plenty of bashing, ego-tripping, and generally negative posts, so I thought I would post...

Whether you believe in trend or not, you are right.

Bingo. If you watch what actually trades instead of this you'll be much better off, IMO. Well, I also agree that anything that improves understanding isn't necessarily a waste of time, even if you can't point to exactly how it affects your bottom line. But from the time I spent watching...

Both. Sorta. :)

I think a distinction needs to be made between engineers and those with an engineering degree. I have met people with engineering degrees that I wouldn't call engineers. Being an engineer is a state of mind. A very logical, analytical state of mind. I think many "engineers" very well may...

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This is a little racier than your typical ET fare, but I'm attaching a picture just so you know! For science. Or something. I agree.

Hey no talking about Jessica Alba during trading hours. I'm trying to focus here!