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Wasde once a month. Grain Stocks/acreage once a quarter. Both found here: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=AGENCY_REPORTS For Soybeans also The Crush Report. Once a month: http://financial.thomsonreuters.com/en/resources/articles/nopa-crush-report.html For 2015, the...

You're welcome. Wheat= -.50 is a loss of a half cent is or -$25. Written as -0'4 So if the market closed at 9.75 yesterday and is down a half cent today then you could write it as 9.745. Personally I haven't seen it quoted like that, but doesn't mean you can't. (Most places would quote it...

I agree with you 100%. Personally I don't do a ton of trades each week, but when the set up is there I am aggressive at times with size (especially during good trading periods). I also have very strict risk parameters and use stops so I know where I'm wrong and get out. So for me being able to...

Yeah, they had to wait a LONG time to get their cash back. I'm sure a lot of Hedge Funds went under or had huge redemptions because of this. Please don't try and paint a picture that The MF Global thing ended up being ok, because it wasn't. Was a disaster. Seems like you are making an...

The 500 is for day trading only. Do I think it's smart to trade ES with only 500 in the account? No. But if someone wants to give it a try it's a nice option for real small traders to give live trading a shot instead of a simulator. In my opinion trading on a simulator is a waste of time. It's...

It was a huge Swiss Franc Rally. It moved something like 30% in a few minutes. Was the day the Swiss gov't lifted the cap on their currency. Some FX firms got obliterated (FXCM), and some while not getting finished off, took a large hit. IB came out of it with losses, but nothing catastrophic...

Everything you stated above is correct. Like you said, some sites show grain prices a bit different. 970.75 is the same as 9.7075 or 9.70 3/4 Each 1 cent move or 1.00 move is $50 in the futures market. A lot of charting software/execution platforms do show the change as: -7'4 which...

You're welcome man. Figured I'd pass the info on. I have tried some of the other platforms out there over the years, but TT is so much better than the ones I tried. I keep things pretty straightforwards...I trade futures outright. I've been using TT's OCO Trader Plug In for a while now. Some of...

I moved my PA there (and so have a few of my friends who also have been trading for a long time). For me one of the huge factors was the ability to execute on TT (I've been trading on TT since 2000 as all of the firms/Hedge Funds I was at used only TT). Besides being the best execution software...

IB is very limited when it comes to execution software. You basically have to use their software, which when I traded with them was nothing special. When it comes to futures a lot of guys like myself have been using TT (which is in my opinion the best execution software out there.....others are...

I'll try and make it to your next meeting down here. I think I know half of those in attendance last time. Don't worry, I only said nice things about you to them.....I am taking a wild guess that you are much different in person then the clown on here. We can square away then....

Don't bother arguing with this clown. He's a failed trader. One of those "if I can't do it ....nobody can types". So sad that he's such a hater. Has to come on a trading site and go around trolling telling people day trading can't be done. I know plenty of day traders doing very well. If he...

Managed Futures Nov Performance (cue the Happy Dance!) DECEMBER 4, 2014 BY ATTAIN CAPITAL LEAVE A COMMENT 4businesswritingthatcountsblog) Alright, the cat is out of the bag. We tried to keep it under wraps… We tried not to be too excited about it… but with November’s performance the average...

Great post Baron. Altucher comes off like a lot of the guys who started in the late 90's who got used to the easy times. Then when things got tough and one had to actually put in the time they folded. Except he is whining like a little bitch. Back in the early 90's it was the specialists they...

What street are you talking about........Sesame Street ?

MONSTER month for trend followers. Since this thread was started they have crushed the market. Some of the bigger ones up 10-15% just in Sept !!!!!! I would imagine they are crushing it in October as well. Nice timing with this thread ......

I'll throw in my 2 cents....you seem like a good guy and seem to be taking the correct path. Learn the markets on your own. Absolutely do not sign up for any BS vendors selling the greatest trading system of all time. If it was that good they would be trading it and raking in the bucks, not...

Gotta love that the OP started this thread right after most Trend Following Funds had huge Augusts. Some of them had double digit winning months that erased 6 months of small losses and put them in the positive for 2014. Nice timing Surf.........

Don't cry... Buy some GRPN at 6.75 and Sell it at PCLN price of 1243. Plenty of liquidity Friday at 6:35 pm on a holiday weekend. You'll feel better. Stocks a tricky though, you can't change tick value. Trades in actual dollar amounts. Bastards don't make it easy.

Yeah. Another advantage of trading like this is you can trade 24/7. Even when exchanges are closed. Want to trade Christmas day? Can easily be done. Plenty of liquidity. Let's say you are having a rough Saturday betting college football. You want to make back your losses. Why risk betting...