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This is OLD! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114977

8 months and ~$6000. Never looked back.

In fact it has broken out of its range to the downside (in the daily picture) and is heading for the lows again.

"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another." John Dewey

Is there a way to live/work permanently in Japan as an independent trader? Visa?

This is some important advice here. Why the hell did you continue losing money when a few thousand loss should have made clear already in what situation you are in. There is/was no sound strategy behind this slaughter otherwise you would be MAKING money. I never managed to blow up an account...

The intraday margin requirement for one ES contract would be $4500 now?

Out in 6 months? If every bear market was that simple ...

Yes. It can even load the cached data for offline mode without running IB.

Correct. On top of that you get data for US futures and options. Once you generate $30 in commission everything is free.

If stopped out for a good reason because a new high/low is being taken out then the trade simply failed. Frankly, I don't give a damn for the wiggles in between.

Were you successful picking bottoms yesterday? :D This is an unsustainable strategy.

Amazon is using the same Search Inside scans, that's why. "You are viewing the Paperback edition (1994) from Collins Business Return to the Hardcover edition (2008) from Marketplace Books. Some images in this book are not displayed."

My jokes aside, lilduckling's post is exactly what this business is about. If you adopt other people's strategies, all you pick up are cigar butts. They have a few puffs left in them and that's it. Once the joy is over you go out hunting for a new strategy again, starting at zero because you...

The base currency can be changed anytime in your Account Management. It is merely how your balances are displayed and is independent from your actual cash positions. None of your cash will be converted.

I had asked IB about it before and they told me this feature was never really completed and is due to be removed.

Here is an example trade that I took today. Price broke down 1280 which to me means that support did not hold. Stop was above the recent peak at 1283.75. It fell like a rock in the first few minutes after the open and I was slightly late at covering. But overall 1270 acted as support in this...

Setting stops correctly is one of the simplest strategies in trading. Anything like "3pt stops" is ridiculous. If you are going with the Rule of 10, at least place them to the recent peak high. In yesterday's example it would be slightly above 1291.75. Setting a 3pt stop is entirely subjective...

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