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This is 12 months of data pulled from my IB account. How was my Sharpe Calculated? I returned about 64% in 1 year time frame, it's saying my Standard Deviation is 0.98%. not sure how it was derived:

Nice, Looks like we have some experienced crude traders on here. I'm wrong half the time, my risk management keeps me profitable though. Looking forward to discuss crude on this chain.

I shorted it the other, day... My position was stopped out though for a Break Even trade. I've been trading crude for many years. Whenever there is a large move in one direction ie 63.40... It almost always gets retested. That was my play.

I think a simple retest of 63.40 is obvious.

Equities, and Equity Indexes are MUCH easier to trade from the long side. Bottoms in most markets are easier to pick than tops. Not saying money can't be made from the short side, just a bit harder because Equities go up more often than they go down. If I were new, I would focus on the long...

Now I'm at a point were I can move my stop to 65.41 (Break even + 1) and let this short crude trade ride hopefully much lower. I would argue that yesterdays UP move, was a very much exaggerated short squeeze/panic. The "Squeezers" did a hell of a good job taking the crude market much higher...

I'm still in it, I use wide stops. This is a tuff short, quite a bit of a squeeze. I'm still in it...

I don't know. I sold the August Crude - 65.42, I use a wide stop. I don't read technicals on market volume. How would you know if those guys are net sellers?

Just faded Crude 65.42, looking to take this down to 63.70. Nice looking charts, Ninja Trader?

Deaddog, thanks for the feedback. Your right, your strategy is alot less stress. My goal is to annihilate the SPX though. Everyone has different strategies and goals. My goals are 75% per year. I guess If I was looking to do what you do, I would just put 60% of my money in the SPY's... sell...

If Anyone Cares... I'm curious what some of the other traders do on a daily basis as a routine. I'm trying to improve constantly and I've been reading what some top athletes do. Just curious if I can get some more ideas on how I can train and grow from other traders. Here are my ideas: 1)...

I have a friend with Aspergers. I feel like that condition allows the person to become experts in whatever topics they are interested in.

Who needs 6 monitors. I've got redundant Iphones, one with sprint and one with verizon. I Velcro them to the dash of my taxi cab...never miss a trade.

SteveH, Thanks for the book recommendations. Most of my friends don't even have brokerage accounts. Most people simply don't get trading, it's a very abstract philosophical existence. A continuous fight, struggle. I equate myself to a boxer that get's punched often, my brain is like a...

ideas ideas ideas. the left lost because they had none. some of trumps stuff wont result or pan out, some will. he is able to put forth ideas and execute, that is why he was elected. if you dislike trump, thats fine no worries. but at least strive to champion ideas instead of lighting cars...

Sun Trader and I are friends Trumpy and I are friends

Can we talk Assault Rifles? This is always an interesting argument.

Nasdaq did not grind higher, I'm actually surprised. Perhaps Trump is insulting Kim's hair behind closed doors and the QQQ's are selling off. I'm not out of the woods yet, but certainly green. Only 17 handles to my favor from 2707, looking to cover around 2113 or so.

Hopefully Trump intimidates Kim in the meeting, and tells him he knows a good Weight Watchers rep and my Sept NQ contract drops 100 points on the news. Other than that, this North Korea thing should squeeze the shorts out pretty good, and I lose money... All in a days work. If that happens, we...

Love the Trump collusion story. 70 Year old Trump, risking the rest of his life in prison for colluding with his KGB Comrades. It's out of a crime series novel. It's as stupid as my Nasdaq Short at 2707 right now. This is about to turn into a serious short squeeze in the next hour and stop...