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    Any Futures Prop Traders/CME Seat Lessees

    What daytrading margins ca you get when leasing a seat ?
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    any chinese members on this board ???

    Well, schizophrenic enough to be able to reverse from long to short or vice versa at the moment my stoploss gets hit. Example ; position; long 10 contracts at 1091 stoploss; 20 contracts at 1089 Being a little bit schizophrenic gives you an edge in trading...
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    any chinese members on this board ???

    Sorry for the mistake ! My chinese friend Fang was on visit and registered as a member and he posted by mistake under my member name. Something went wrong with registering, his E-mail account with Hotmail is set on "exclusive" so he didn't receive the E-mail sent by...
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    any chinese members on this board ???

    Hey , I am from China, Beijing, and would like to come in contact with chinese traders.... Greetings, Fang.
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    tremendous lquidity in the E-mini S&P

    Guys, In the last hour of trading there was tremendous liquidity in E-mini S&P. The average volume was cumulative 2000 contracts 5 deep where normal the average is around 1000. Anybody has a sensible explanation for this ??
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    misconception about futures

    Mbt3, I have said that before ; the trend of the average contract size at the bid and offers is still up, when that levels out it's time...
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    misconception about futures

    And with the E-mini futures your stoploss is almost respected + or - .25 points, there is ALWAYS tremendous liquidity. The cumulative size 5 levels deep is around 1000 contracts. Even when you are trading 250 contracts, no problem. No market makers backing away...
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    misconception about futures

    correction ; "with an option straddle"
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    misconception about futures

    Depending on how much you are leveraged, just hedge yourself with a straddle on the underlying ...
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    User Names On Elitetrader (a fun thread)

    Sabena ; the former Belgian Airline company. Nothing goes above flying a Boeing 737...
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    misconception about futures

    Is trading futures more risky then trading stocks ? Most would answer "yes" to this question. If define risk as the % amount of your capital you put on the line then futures are NOT more risky. Suppose you use a leverage factor of 5. What you actually achieve...
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    Hedge Fund

    Don't put it too black and white, this size issue. With the size growing, you have for each strategy, for each market traded a decrease in % return. For the market I trade the E-mini S&P , I have been able to put this decrease in number points made caused...
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    Hedge Fund

    Yeah, George only made 1 billion, poor guy.....:0)))))))
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    Hedge Fund

    "Size kills" Well, that is in a much lesser extent true when you trade the Forex market. You cannot move 1 billion in Yahoo in a few seconds but you can in the Forex Market.
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    George Angell Fined

    Off course not, it is not a black and white thing, your chances just are better with the 10 % succesfull people...
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    George Angell Fined

    Breakout, I would go to the 10 % that got their PGA card to learn ...
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    George Angell Fined

    I would like to see the account statements of all those TV guru's to see if they in fact trade the advice they advocate. I had a relative of mine, a stockbroker, who was telling his clients that it was a golden buy opportunity and at the same time , he was 100 % cash...
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    George Angell Fined

    As long as those 90 % who didn't get their card don't give the impression they REALLY know how one should get a card... I don't take offense for that, I just say what I think, you are free to do the same.
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    George Angell Fined

    GeoffreyT, I am with you on that one. Yes, very few people on the street known in fact what they are talking about. Just like 90 % of traders lose money, I think we can say that 90 % of those people talking about the market and pretending they have...
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    George Angell Fined

    Well, it's not an honest world we are living in...just listen to "Honesty" by Billy Joel. But there are still a few honest people around that make it worthwile to live in this world and that are the ones that get all my respect.
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