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You guys don't get it... Basketball has boundaries and rules... trading doesn't except that the game is over when a security goes to zero... It's actually worse than a coin flip because of the fact that coin flips have set payouts... Trading doesn't... If you get a trade right it...

OK... I'm back... Disregard previous example... We're looking at mutually exclusive events by the law of union of probabilities... so that's... Let's do -.1 from 5/10 or 1/2 to get... 4.9/10 to account for the loss due to commission... So the probability of getting a winning trade...

You're close... Your total loss gets worse but your probability remains the same. Nevermind I'm reviewing my probabilities right now...:D

I could probably argue with you about this all day... I'll just say that negative sum, means negative sum regardless of how many trades you do once you do more than one trade. Your example with one trade/one bet only applies to 50/50 games like roulette where you're betting red or black and...

The point of the Combine is to pass so you get funded... Anybody not going for the prize is wasing their time and money... If you don't get funded or make it to a roll you fail at the game and you lose your deposit. You're playing a negative sum game as well... You're trading 10...

Maverick is a local...? Never heard about that... They're not a scam and they're not doing anything illegal... But they have the toughest rules out there... at least in their field. I doubt that you can beat the Combine with skill. You have to catch some big moves in daytrading to...

They're a proprietary firm with different rules... Michael made it clear to me on the phone that rates make a differene... so I can't complain. I payed about 20-30 % of my profits and losses to commissions... That's a damn hard negative edge against you to overcome...! Sure I was on to...

Quit knocking me on that... I already told everyone... I'm a high frequency equity scalper...! First time scalping futures... Let me explain something to everyone about the Combine... In gambling there's a "POINT OF NO RETURN"... This means that you either make it or you don't. That's...

I can't comment on things that I haven't experienced further on in live trading with them... That being said, I think that they're as legitimate as any of their competitors in their field. To be fair, they didn't hide anything from the public. You know the deal going in and they honor it...

nazzdack beat out smallstops by 3 minutes with a PM at 7:20 yesterday... Like I said... First come, first serve... So nazzdack gets the remainder of my Combine... Anything posted or shown from there won't be done by me... Regards, CTD

I'd like to thank Michael Patak and Top Step Trader for putting on this exhibition... It's been fun...!:p I'd like to pass on my remaining 5 days to someone who wants to try their simulator and Combine... It won't count for anything but it might get you some experience before trying it...

Hey thanks guys... But that's just the way it goes... Negative sum game means negative sum game... You would have an edge at this game if the market payed you commissions to trade...!:D I still have 5 days but it doesn't matter now... Sweep to the downside got out of hand... Too...

All I can do now is watch it... :p

And the spectacular blow out... 5 wins, 4 losses... -$1287.50

Anyway... It's all over now... -$1287.50... Broke one of the Combine rules... Oh well... Kept looking for the bottom on that market and stopped out spectacularly.

:) Hi Don... The Combine is a simulator as well... All of this trading is done on a simulator that mimicks live trading.

UPDATE: Had another winner ... Now up to $162.50...

Just being realistic and humble.

UPDATE: 4 winners, 1 loser in Combine NET: +$62.50 Couldn't get any real luck... I couldn't get long on my big money trade because there was no liquidity, spread actually widened...! What to do...? Continue trading or stay now...? Tough call... Thinking about it...!

Looking to trade in the Combine today and hopefully I don't suck... Nothing would be worse than to make money in practice but to lose in Combine... However, sometimes that's the nature of the game...