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    How about QuantDeveloper ?

    its been a week and their sales dept hasnt replied to a query. Cant imagine how long a tech support issue would take. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth
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    Disgruntled

    Exceptional Trading- the mind game 12 habitudes of highly successful traders
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    substitute for gm in a short stock basket

    Cant you sell a single stock future? Dont see how that would be impossible to borrow. Or sell a Contract for Difference.
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    Position Size 4 DAY TRADERS

    When you backtest your strategy increase your position size until you reach a point where you find your drawdown becomes excessive. You can have an equity system earning 40% a year with a 4% dd or you can have a daytrading system earning 200% a yr with a 30% dd. The position sizing rules control...
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    How do I get my ego out of my trading?

    Just started reading 12 habitudes of highly successful traders, and Exceptional Trading the mind game. Very good and she goes beyond just the ego and addresses all aspects individually that need to be addressed. She is also a successful trader.
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    Hahaha! Canadian hedge fund 1.4 Billion in the red!

    This fund changed their name 3x before people caught on. they were charging 15% management fees using a strategy that would earn 6%. It also provided upfront fees of 4% to advisors. This shows the extend of the greed in the industry. It turned a mediocre strategy into a marketing machine / money...
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    How to get out ?

    John, what is the timeframe for your prop trades? Almost 2 years ago I tried swifttrade here in Canada, and they were pushing traders to do about 200 trades in a day. Now I do EOD trading with a backtested system and I have maybe 100 trades a year. Blows away by several orders of magnitude...
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    Hahaha! Canadian hedge fund 1.4 Billion in the red!

    The bigger assholes are the people who paid 15% management fees to get 4% returns
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    Contracts for Difference

    Open up a canadian account Take the Canadian Securities Course and you get around the need to be an accredited investor. Not sure what laws (if any ) are in place to keep out foreigners in the trading of CFDs.
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    Contracts for Difference

    But wait a second here. Isn't the real issue the fact that from what I have been told, more FTSE CFD's trade each day then FTSE Contracts? The other thing neglected to be mentioned is the downside risk. One can't trade leverage with the same kind of stops unless your very well capitalized...
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    Contracts for Difference

    https://www.csi.ca/student/en_ca/courses/financial/csc.xhtml Shorcan Index is here http://www.shorcanindex.com/ You can enquire and then set yourself up with a demo account. This should give you a better idea as to whether CFDs are good for you. And Chagi, you don't have to tell your data...
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    Contracts for Difference

    I spoke with the Toronto Shorcan Rep a few weeks ago, who was a great help, and the short way in ( CFDs being great for shorts, with the lack of a margin issue which is the problem in typical brokerage accounts) is that in Canada you take the CSA course, to become a certified investment advisor...
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    Trading For Those With a Diagnosed Mental Illness

    Any Traders in ET that have Bipolar or depression? Do you have any strategies that you use to keep your Trading impersonal ? Does mental illness make Trading impossible thru depressions or mania due to the subjective activities that it involves? Any thoughts about Trading with and around...
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    looking forward to more enlightening posts. This applies to my own, as yours. Enjoy!
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    tradeDawg, very bling bling username. Yo Dawg perhaps ya'll wanna tell me why I never get filled unless I be on the wrong side of the ghetto. Ya my momma's like dat bitch in baby boy ya hear me?
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    Stock777 that sounds like something from the trading tribe.
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    Like I said, If it works for you, great. Working at a Slaughterhouse would be more fun than Swifttrade's pathetic model. As for patience and time, I have plenty of that. I simply cut my losses short and left. And I think its important for the vast majority of people who go there to realize their...
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    Mr. Success, I thank you for your most godly reply. That is why as of 10.23 am EST I went flat at Swifttrade and said to the other trainees ( all of whom were not profitable ) in the room that I can't make money trading like this, congratulations if you can, and left the building. I will be...
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    Thanks, Yes my post was basically for reporting back my experience. I have read people post the exact same thing as GSCO ( your right :). I've been skeptical from the start about this type of "trading". I've read about the subtleties of this type of trading. And exactly, it's high stakes...
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    Penny Scalping/Liquidity/Rebate Traders - What Now?

    I'm also questioning what these traders will do now Marc To Market. I'm new to trading and the "technique, approach, or style of "trading" " that they use is exactly this. High volume, low cost stocks of which there are few or none left. My first thought was skepticism, pessimism, and now...
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