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bad luck?! if luck has anything to do with your thinking forget trading. as for the OP, trade eCBOT's smaller gold contract. with proper RM you'll be fine if your edge is good.

I don't disagree with that

exactly my point. What I don't understood is someone caring about margin changes when they should be caring more about risk management. whatever...

I don't understand this. Can you explain your risk management showing how you take full advantage of intra-day margin? imo, intra-day margins have been way beyond any reasonable risk management system that seeks long term survival. so any chg should not matter if your risk management is worth...

you beat me to it. He said this when starting over again after losing a fortune. He waited for months for the right trade before getting back in the market. never the less, there is the necessary sitting and waiting for your trade to work itself out, win or lose, once your in. I think that's...

way too much leverage dunno how long you been trading but you'll be gone soon on that

John is a cool guy. He's been helpful to me.

yeah, if that's the best they can do in this day and age, stay clear

an after affect of 90's bubble

i'd like to hear more about that or is this another hit and run post

the answer depends on your time frame

ok, granted, markets can go through your stops. but, one can still quantify a point beyond which one wants out. Let's not split hairs.

I'd have a hell of a time coming back from 10-20% DD. 5-10% is doable for me, but beyond that I'd have to re-evaluate my strategy.

IB is known for its lack of "handholding"

sorry for the duplicate. After posting here I saw some of the thread titles here and thought the other forum was better. But hell, i'll maintain both if peeps are interested. as for your thoughts, early on I thought scaling in/out would suit me me, but it never has. I'm always all in and out...

ok, I can't call myself a poker/craps player but it sounds like y'all are saying it's a matter of probabilities. yes?

woah...wtf...how does that happen?! anyway, after many years of trading I have never had a margin call. even when (early on) I didn't use strict money management rules. I just don't understand how peeps get caught in this situation. forgive me if i'm off base here, but I have to say you...

it would be nice if you expanded on that a bit.

yeah...I guess what i'm wondering is if measuring risk/reward is as much a part of your edge as your system. it's just that people talk about risk/reward as if it really is quantifiable. risk is, but not reward cuz we don't know the future.

yeah, that's my qualm. "experience" is like "gut feeling," something you can't really quantify. risk/reward is supposed to be measured.