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<b>Cuts</b>, fair enough... I merely wondered what goes thru someone's mind in such a situation. From what I interpret, it was your version of holding your own feet to the fire. One thing we all learn for an absolute fact with no exceptions: trade results vary widely when there is no money at...

<b>Cuts</b>, I guess the question begs to be asked: why did you (anyone?) post phony trade results? What was the personal payoff for such? I myself would never post phony data and risk the ceaseless humility of being outed. Can you imagine how inwardly painful that would be? I often wonder...

scalpmaster: here is the direct answer to your question... When rolling any futures contract over from front month to back month, the spread in between is either gain or loss. Sometimes there is a premium on the front month (usually in commodities) but mostly there is a deficit from...

If you turn x-amount of intraday trades inside y-amount of sessions, "patterned" day trader status is assigned and the account is locked up unless/until $25k minimum balance exists. That is equally true for NYSE and Nasdaq, along with option exchanges. Not true for CME or CBOT equity index...

Yes... all equity stock markets included in $25k minimum. That's why option markets dried up considerably (since recovered) when these rules went into effect even as emini futures markets swelled.

Off topic: Right now I can think of four different women, all lovely and in their 30s who seem happily married, kids, careers, etc. All four of them recently had or are still having secret affairs that their husbands are blissfully unaware of. Looking in from the outside, it would be impossible...

<b>Eagle</b>, I'm just curious: do you trust women more than men or the same to be truthful? Why/why not?

<i>"I prefer not to post my #'s out of fear that it will effect my trading..."</i> There is great value in holding oneself accountable to a performance board, no question about it. I can see several benefits to outside self-discipline like that. In my case, I agree with the thought JORGE...

Heck Romik, I cannot tell the difference at all. My knowledge of photoshop, etc is zilch. It all looks legit to me, I would never give questioning such images a second thought.

Quote from austinp: Romik, An average profit goal of +20pts weekly spread over six months to a year is not difficult... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <i>Really? Not that hard my ass.... That is 4 ES (not YM!!!) points a day, and even...

I'm not here in ET for the P&L statements at all... <i>"I'm here for the party, yeah..."</i> [Gretchen Wilson] Any profession man endeavors requires some post-work camaraderie to share experiences with. Trading retail from tyhe comfort of our homes is wonderful in part, but lonely &...

Rennick, from the way it looks, I think my Dolphins are going to be a popular pick this year :<( Marino's only 45... he can't be any less mobile than Culpepper

<b>Part Two (...continued)</b> In each case the straight exit produces better results than scaling out. We see results fared even worse than the simpler two-stage exit profiled earlier. This time, the overall expected results went from one-half to roughly one-third of a straight exit at the...

Copyright (c) Technical Analysis Inc. Stocks & Commodities V. 23:2 (60-63): (Reprinted by author with permission) <b>Partial Profits = Fiscal Folly? (Part One)</b> Had I known that my career path would wind its way into professional trader status, I might have studied advanced...

<b>"Optimal-A"</b> Traders of all markets and methods tend to fixate on the entry, exit and management of trades. Obviously that part is critically important… lest there be no further progress from there. Once a trader gets the hang of their chosen approach, attention is usually turned toward...

<b>http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76744&perpage=6&pagenumber=1</b> Our "backyard party" is meant to cover a bunch of different how-to or educational topics that apply to many (if not most) traders. The first topic of discussion concerns efficiency in management of a...

<b>Reardon</b> do people actually bash one another mercilessly inside this forum? That's not very nice :>) <b>Romik</b>, you already made your $one million inside three months' challenge... what more is left to prove? Everyone loves ya! In any event, we all wish you well. BTW... both you...

<b>FutTrd</b>, our profession as successful traders can be complex or simple as any of us desire. MENSA members tend to seek market clarity buried deep within obscurity: others find their solution from the bottom of shallow pools. Highly predictable price action can be very low tech indeed...

<b>Thunder</b>, if Thursday's 09/21 session ES range was 14pts between the bells, did someone actually claim to book +42 ES points intraday? Wow! Austin P

<b>Romik</b>, I'm sure you'll do just fine... wouldn't be surprised if you nail +30pts to +40pts should market conditions favor. Which leads me to concur 100% with <b>London</b>: one week is an anorexic window of performance. An average profit goal of +20pts weekly spread over six months to a...