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good luck to you OP i applied to Chimera and FSNY but haven't heard anything back

NoDoji pretty much summed it up for you and it just went through one ear and out the other

what do you do for a living now?

NoDoji, You don't do automated backtesting correct? All your backtesting was done by hand?

Chris, Have you been struggling to trade for four years? You made this thread back in 2006 asking for advice saying you were trying to "learn" http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72669 How much time have you devoted to trading?

i'm an engineer...we always design for the worst case scenario and its funny you say that, a few years ago a friend and i were planning to start a business together. he always had the "when we succeed" mentality vs my "if we fail" mentality. i always had a backup plan for myself in case we...

and you still can't find a job? i actually applied to NYU Stern but got rejected...looking to apply again in the future if i fail at trading

that's my expenses for half a year...

how old are you? what school did you graduate from? i've been spending most of my time at my job right now learning about trading, reading as much as i can, and developing a strategy. currently reading Al Brook's book on Price Action, its going to take a few reads to absorb most of the...

How long did it take you to figure out that you could make it as a trader? Any good books, advice etc?

what's a reasonable time frame for a newbie? assume they work a full time job but they have time during work hours to work on trading as well. 2-3 yrs?

lmao i was thinking of that video when i made my post

you guys bring liquidity to the markets /thread

what's your trading plan? have you backtested your trading strategy? if you're at a prop firm, can't you just watch what the bigger, more experienced guys are doing and just piggy back their trades?

not if the price gaps below their stop...

so does that mean 90% of those here are failures?

i can co-sign this.

If the strategies posted on Wealth Lab are in C++ and Tradelink is based on C++, can I just copy and paste the Wealth Lab code into Tradelink accordingly? And then adjust the parameters as necessary?

I'm a newbie and wanted to try out a system for backtesting. I was a little hesitant about signing up for TradeStation since its $100/month if you don't meet their 5000 share minimum (I doubt I'm going to come close to that in the beginning). Any ideas on cheap systems (or free ones) that...

thanks i was going to focus on indicators in the beginning because they seemed easier and simpler, but it seems like most successful people follow price patterns i should make another thread to see if most people are discretionary or mechanical traders i'm guessing most successful ones...