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    TA works or not?

    From all the people that I have met, many of them (esp the academic) always suspect the value of TA. But they don't ask the value of FA. It seems they all believe FA works.
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    TA works or not?

    This topic seems to be controversial as the topic whether god exists or not. Some guys at Cambridge doing research on this topic. It is funny to see they said TA didn't work in one paper and then later they said it had values! But it is strange that few people aruge FA works or not. Does...
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    What to do w/ conflicting 1m,3m,5m signals.

    Sometime when all of the line up, the trade only gave you a small profit. Sometime only 2 of them line up and if you took the trade it gave very good profits. It would give you a feeling that you don't need to wait for them to line up and you could still win. But some time later, it would teach...
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    first few minutes

    Recently, I experienced a strange problem with Eurex futures. Everyday when the market opens, my chart program doesn't display the bars. The IB TWS also doesn't display any quotes. But everything will back to normal after 3 or 4 minutes. Quotes from other markets (CBOT,CME) are OK at the same...
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    IB Launches Japanese, Dutch and Belgium Futures

    Would you consider adding the bonds in Australia and Canada, indices futures in Taiwan and South Korea? How do you know the demand before you add them?
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    daytrade or swing trade?

    Which way did you go?
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    The Truth about Daytrading Futures..

    How much capital are you talking about? If you got 10M, to make 100k a year is very easy. :D
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    Is the power OK now?

    It may cause some people cannot trade today. Would it make the market less liquid?
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    Is the power OK now?

    Is the power now back to the normal in US and Canada?
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    transitioning into an institutional career from prop

    If you can make it, why don't do it yourself?:D
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    Is TA self fulfilling prophecy?

    Some claim TA is a self fulfilling prophecy, the more people using the same method, the more 'accurate' it will be. But other say the more people do the same thing will make the method becomes useless. Which one is true?
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    eliminate the financial market?

    No matter it is left or right wingers, the best thing we can do is not to jealous other, we should find a way to break into the market and learn how to make a fortune. The financial market is so open that everyone can get into. I know a guy at the age of 19 already made near $1M and a housewife...
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    eliminate the financial market?

    I read the web sites of some far right groups, they want to eliminate the financial market completely! They all claim the people that speculate in the market are parasites to the society! I remember there were some guys here also claimed trading is immoral. Perhaps they are members of such...
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    Women on the wall street

    It seems every famous name is overrated, Larry Williams, Victor Niederhoffer even Soros, the guys in LTCM... Who is underrated?
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    Women on the wall street

    Does anyone know the famous women e.g. Linda Bradford Raschke, peformance?
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    expectancy

    Thank. Is 0.2% expectancy good for a day trader?
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    expectancy

    Is the following correct? Win percentage 1% Win rate 60% Loss percentage 1% Loss rate 40%. expectancy = (1% x 60%) - (1% x 40%) The expectancy is 0.2% per trade.
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    bonds easier than index?

    spreadem: Are you trading ZB, ZN or ZF? 4 ticks for ZB is very tight, isn't it? Is holding a position overnight quite risky? They could suddently gap up or down.
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    bonds easier than index?

    Are the currencies trend well? I mean the intraday trends. They seem to be very choppy.
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    bonds easier than index?

    Yes. Among the bonds futures, the ZF is the slowest and the ZB can be quite volatile. Do you think it is better to start with ZF first?
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