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It's bad on the QM, real bad. I don't trade thru them, just use them for charting and this unreliable data is very frustrating. There's nothing even going on today in the QM - no inventory reports, big news, etc. Just a 'normal' day and we are way behind.

Ben, You guys still out there? Haven't seen anything in awhile, I can only assume what that means... :eek:

Steve - much appreciated, thank you!

Make sure you take a look at euro's room! It's free and according to his past posts, seems to be pretty good trading the euro! Good luck Euro and keep us updated in this thread as well as to how it goes!

Rearden Metal - very good post. I can just imagine the amount of pm's you are getting from people to lazy to study the markets on their own. If I was you, I wouldn't share with anyone if that is going to take away from your profits. Or, there'd have to be some sort of deal struck - perhaps a...

Or use SnagIt. Even easier in my opinion. http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp

Comp - you say that now - it's very easy to say 'he doesn't care about this $$$' but when it's down 50% (see above post from another guy that did this) the 'situation' changes. VERY few people can laugh off pissing $ away. Very few. And with friends and family, be carefull. As the above...

Coming Undone by Korn.

My suggestion is to NOT charge your good friend. It's all fun and games now, but as soon as you have a drawdown, I hope you both can keep laughing!

Viruses connected to Microsoft Outlook? Never heard of any here. Emails that get sent to you and then into Outlook could have viruses, but not Outlook. I was hesitant on using Outlook, now I love it - the calendar, contacts and my email all in 1 place. Makes life very easy. Oh yeah, and I...

Euro - well, looks like you are on your way!! At first, you may want to just keep it simple and use a PalTalk or something like that. Just an idea. Good luck and keep us posted!

Pretty sure Outlook allows this as well.

Chirag - what I like about the books I gave you is that they are NOT about technicals or analysis, they are about what goes on in your mind when you trade. Personally, I would get ready to start a trading library and just start buying these. Good luck!

I agree - adding to a winning position has not been advantageous in my trading either. I found it best to go your normal amount (in my case contracts in the E-Mini's) all at the onset. Adding to a winning position sounds great and looks great in hindsight, the problem is when do you add and why...

Chirag, Make sure to check the CME and CBOT's websites as they have some very useful FREE things there - recorded seminars, PDF's, etc. Some of the things they cover on those sites are being promoted by trading educators for thousands of dollars. As for books, you will have many to choose...

It was just an idea euro - if you provide real-time trading ideas to people in the room and make $, MANY others will follow.

Personally I think a 2-3 tick stop is a little tight at first. As the trade moves you can move the stop closer but the ES definitely has noise some days and you could easily see a 2 tick stop taken out prematurely.

I was 14 or 15 and had saved up some money and I told my dad I wanted to invest it. We went to his broker and bought 2 mutual funds. They did ok over the years, but cashed them out around 22 so I could buy stocks. Now, I mainly trade e-mini's and other futures.

If you are serious, then yes you could easily find an intern with a simple ad in the paper, contact local colleges, etc. I will say that just offering a 1 or 2 week internship is not going to be that appealing though. When I was in college and was considering being a stock broker, I find...

Moss - I recommend finding a method and trade it inside and out. Don't bounce around and don't lose focus on that one method - whether that's divergences, candles, elliot, etc. etc... The CME and CBOT websites have some very good webinars that are recorded. I personally think the key is to...