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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    All that work in attacking me and so little effort to get the facts. Sounds more and more like your are trying to get out of backing up your attacks. And you didn't answer my question. My oh my. P.S. Shall I put my money in escrow first?
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    A reading of my posts will answer your question. But why should it matter? Your attacks were based on what I reported. The account contains what I reported on. Sounds like you are fishing for an excuse to back out.
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    Not accurate. If I do decide to sell something, I will be an advertiser as required by forum rules. The audit will be for the entire life of the account and every trade (winners and losers) in it. Redundant You are getting my hopes up. When can I expect notification of your escrow deposit?
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    Should I take the leap and quit my job to trade full-time?

    It's not a club we volunteered to join. I could have done without the ego kill. But life goes on and success is the best revenge. Good luck with your future.
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    So apparently you don't have the courage of your convictions. You are willing to engage in ad hominem attacks with nothing to back it up. When offered an avenue of proof, you duck and respond with more attack. Wow! What a strategy. Let's do a simple thought experiment. You operate under a...
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    HowardCohodas Index Options Credit Spread Trading Journal

    2010 Trading Summary The account I report on is exclusively devoted to trading Index Options Credit Spreads. The first trade was made 2 AUG 2010. A breakdown by index and series type (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly). Format - Total(Losses) W M Q | Tot SPX...
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    Trading from a laptop + multi monitors

    I just took delivery of a DELL M6500 laptop workstation with two additional screens via a docking station. It is somewhat expensive, but powerful enough for the analysis work I do. Works great as a general workstation and as a trading workstation, is heavy for travel, and I love it. I got...
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    what was your Profit/Loss this year?

    I would be pleased if you do. Let's hope it happens with both of us doing better than last year. It's 2011 now. Happy New Year.
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    Why! And how do I get into that kind of deal. :cool:
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    HowardCohodas Index Options Credit Spread Trading Journal

    31 DEC 2010 Trading Summary When coming up with my trading plan for today day, I forgot that new weeklies would become available. There were no trades from my plan, but I opened the following credit spread: SPX 1225/1200 PUT spread for $1.10.
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    New to Iron condors

    My concern about the RUT is that many of its components are so lightly traded some may not even open the day after trading ceases so settlement is not till Saturday. That exposes the trader to one additional day of market gap risk that must be taken into account when making the expire vs. close...
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    New to Iron condors

    I currently make my living trading Index Options Credit Spreads and forming Iron Condors when market conditions permit. The credit spread is the cake. Forming the Iron Condor is the icing because the second spread does not require any additional quarantined funds to enter. If the market...
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    what was your Profit/Loss this year?

    Good on you. My warmest congratulations.
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    what was your Profit/Loss this year?

    I root for all players, whether they beat me or not. Spectators are irrelevant. Had you earned that in your account I would say, good on you, my warmest congratulations. However, I doubt you are talking from any point of knowledge or accomplishment as cotton rose in the time frame I spoke...
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    what was your Profit/Loss this year?

    First trade in account I report on placed 2 Aug. Close of today, up 64.6%. I wont disclose dollars, but suffice it to say that these days I make my living trading. Wishing everyone here to... Live long and prosper.
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    reasonable datafeed over the internet

    I house my trading Dashboard within Excel and use the DDE connection to the ThinkOrSwim application to populate it live and to do the calculations I use for decision support. Real time data at no cost. I don't have a good solution for the online version of my Dashboard which I access from the...
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    Should I take the leap and quit my job to trade full-time?

    If you have a passion and your responsibilities are few, or covered, you will regret it for the rest of your life if you did not take a chance. I am semi-retired engineer who has had an intense passion for the projects I participated in or led. Then I was downsized. I found new passions that...
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    Backtesting Metrics

    IIRC he not only lists the metrics, but discusses their benefits and limitations. This permits the strategy designer to make informed decisions on which metrics to use. I'm not one for a completely automated system. I'm a retired software engineer and I know my limitations. I always want my...
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    In spite of some evidence on my part to the contrary, I think we are soul mates. :)
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    Why do people believe day trading will get them rich quick?

    Participation is optional. :)
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