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I'm not a great Surf fan and I'm sure Surf can defend himself but....at least read it all. And we all know when Surf posts a channel he will take the entry. "09-10-07 10:20 AM HA, so much for the anticipated patriotic rally this morning--faded quickly. Was stopped out of position, taking...

This is just plain ignorance. There are probably hundreds of systems, methods and trading ideas that will have 3 or more losses in a row. I take the point to be - to trade the system or method and not be overly concerned with the PnL and to avoid revenge trading, wich will usally end up as...

That is just sick, sick sick!!!:eek: :eek:

I would ask, are you here to convince yourself that you found the holy grail of trading because of what you read on some website (which must be true as it is a real website) or trying to convince us to go along with what you read. 2 sides make a trade. If you ask questions, then threaten to...

This is simply not true. If you buy an option for $100 and wait for it to expire out of the money you lose $100 (+ commissions). If you sell before expiration at $.05 you lose $95. Then buy a new one (same strike and different date) you again pay out $100 or whatever. Rollovers cost - if...

Gentlemen, (term is most definetly used loosely) let us not turn on of the few decent and informative threads here into a ... match. rcanfiel, the point being if you had simply done some of your own research, i.e. reading most of the beginning post, where Art goes into detail about what he...

If you can't stick to the discussion - why even open your yap? We all know precisely what he means.. as do you ... Sorry for the off topic .. but this type of person is what drives sites like this down. Another thought for you, take a look at currency futures - not necessarily...

Tis good to see a start such as this - time will tell.... Looking forward to your progress.

Religious perhaps - but NOT a biblical quote.

Why is that those who are intent on proving that it cannot be done must do so by showing that 430% or 4000% compounded cannot be realized, so $60 a day is not possible. Never ceases to amaze me. If this is not possible, why do you folks even bother.

Relax a little - nothing here meant negatively. Just trying to get you to look at what and why. What makes me think you cannot - nothing really - human nature - it is tuff to overcome at times. We don't like to be losers, so we may interpret what we are seeing to convince ourselves of...

When daytrading, and you can't get out of fake position due to a loss, how will you when it is real?? Curiosity - still going live next week? Are you still going to post somewhere?

How can you be a wreck when it is all play money and you would not do this with real??

This is simply a P/L thread. Not intended for educational purposes or discussion of trades etc. You may try to convince n4k to start a journal to your desired end however.

Hate it when that happens - still have zn from 050 - looking for a better correction to the last few days. Also holding a zf based on the same stuff. Enjoying your thoughts. Chris

Wan't the point - as I still use IB's paper trading system. But if not treated as real trading it is worthless, was my point; and when you tade 30 contracts that you would not really trade..... Chris

I am one of those detractors, to a point. I didn't find paper trading effective until it was treated properly - as if it were real. Would you really be trading 30 contracts or holding 22 during a night session? If the answer is anything other than yes, you are fooling yourself to the...

It means you must have the initial margin amount in your account - it is not taken from your account. Then you must have the maintenance amount to keep the trade open. If you fall below the maintenance amount IB will automatically close the trade for you. The other thing to be aware of it the...

Some folks sure get touchy when the truth hits home. The point was not that I was wishing to mentor him. The point was, and is the attitude that those that do mentor, do it for selfish reasons or cannot trade themselves, and if they could trade they would not mentor. There is truth...

This attitude is completely worn out. Perhaps you are selfish enough for this to apply to you. But to apply this universally is really worn out. Try again. Make 'em pretty, Chris