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I was in it. Although I make some money, I don't like it... Are those the bots? I just imagine some big guys muscle and push things around before dumping orders??

Recently they are geared toward "your only chance to learn about this pattern works 87% over twenty years BEFORE COMMISSIONS for $5000 then it will be released to the hedge funds at a much higher price." I guess the hedge funds are not stupid enough to pay the $5000 now but very willing to pay...

Thanks. Do I need to pay the $40 a month CBOT fee just to get this symbol? Is there a proxy I can watch during the day without additional fee? Thank you for your help.

I used to get ZB symbol (electronic bond) from Interactive Brokers but now I am just using Tradestation. Tradestation support people said CBOT stop broadcasting the electronic 30-yr bond?? I swear I saw the live data a few weeks ago with Interactive Brokers. How do I get ZB from Tradestation...

I am not sure about emotionless trading is realistic or even helpful (maybe). I use visualization to practice in order to achieve high number of instances of good trading. Notice "good" trades do not necessarily mean profitable trades. I see myself accepting risk and losses in my mind's eye...

Didn't you advise me to take a break some time ago? I think the key problem is that human beings always revert to our most practiced "simple" behaviors when under stress. That is why people lose money because they keep going back to their old pattern under stress. Proper diet, excercise and...

I really suspect this whole thing IS a dream... If things are real, they shouldn't unfold like this. If one works at it hard enough, reality shifts. Impossible becomes possible. It gives me the goose bumps but I am still scared as hell sometimes... now I just need to remove my old belief.

Agree completely. I took the statement out of context... It's about being too shy to make a play because they see themselves as mediocre players and don't want to risk their ego. As you said, one has to accept the risks (losses) and move on.

Didn't Vince Lombardi say "Winning is a habit"... something like that? You can't win thinking mediocrity... Still working on it myself.

I can use this. Thanks. :)

giannos, When you SUSPECT that you might be getting into "a deer in the headlights," BREATHE! Starting taking longer breath slowly but try to keep the breathing natural... I don't know what took me so long to figure this out. When the head is out of control... grab hold of the body. I...

I heard the analogy of waves hitting dry beach a few times: The water stops when there is no more water to carry on the wave. Price stops when no more warm body to carry the emotions? Probably lousy trading when the people leave early for the long weekend? :confused: P.S. then there...

Old Zen Riddle: If a tree falls in a forest with no one to hear it, then does it make a sound?

For options on futures, F is the current price of the futures contract, is that correct??? Thanks.

How far off in percentage is this approximation? Thanks. Sorry can you explain exactly what is F?

This is the best thread I have read. Thanks Kiwi, Brett, and Joe. Joe, your mentioning of observing the system signals instead of the random market actions keyed in one of my recent problems. I also tried to layer my trades on top of a mechanical system but as I come to recognize pullback...

Thanks Moreagr and gummy. Hi Peter, I found your site while researching on Bollinger Band... a great great site. Thank you for the spreadsheet! Too bad my math brain took the worse turn after high school or college... I plan to reverse the process as my son grows up... hope it's...

Hi All, I got a dumb question (not exactly a math person). I know I can get the in-the-money call and put implied volatility on the IVolatility.com website. My question is how do I calculate it by hand to get the same numbers? Thank you for all your help. Regards, William

Hi Joe and Brett, Your posts on discretionary trading have been really interesting to me. But there is a false impression that there is a very loose strucuture to this and that often cause trouble for me and I assume other traders when tried to shoot from the hip. So I doubt that is what...

This is more of a reminder for myself, I have one trader friend (mentor?) who helped me out for free and taught me his pullback setup... fair enough but I want more... I want to make money all the time. I have seen charts from other people making a killing doing other trades. I tried them for...