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Paul Rotter "owned" the eurex order book for a couple of years and killed off a lot of locals. He was big enough to bully the market for a few ticks either way when every local was a scalper and looked to take 1 or 2 ticks out the market continuously throughout the day. But with the...

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Cheers, Do you mind explaining what you mean by swing month? To be honest im more interested in how the calendar curve acts (in terms of volume/interest) rather than the crush. thanks

Hi all, Was wondering if anyone could assist in letting me know which months attract the most interest in the ags (soy wheat corn etc) im sure the seasons play a major role so around harvest time (jul aug) most active. Are there any sort of seasonal plays i.e summer 09 vs summer 10. Or a...

i find losing money is the biggest deterrent. But try and get in the mindset of your job as a trader is just follow the rules. Set a predetermined account value where if breached you will stop and reasses things but until that point you shouldnt even look at your account, or your system...

"IMO, fixed ratio is NOT a risk management method but an attempt to maximize equity growth GIVEN that profit accumulates" What are your views on fixed fractional as an effective means to maximize equity growth?

Hi all, Could someone please explain the difference between these to MM strategies? I like fixed fractional risking a predefined % of your account on everytrade because its simple and you are compounding when things go well and scaling back when you arent. From what i understand fixed...

Hi all, I am new to Tradestation and am a bit stuck with coding a stop. I think the code should be pretty simple but havent been able to get anyone to help me thus far. Basically, i know how to code a stop at the high of one bar ago, but this always turns in to a trailing stop. What i want...

scaling out will probably increase the number of wins you have. But it will redduce the size of your wins. There is no, "best" way to do it. You can have a trend follower that only has trailing stops and a range trader that uses scaling exits. Both can have exactly the same expectancy over the...

Hi, It seems everyone wants to be a systematic trading these days. The majority of trading jobs you see advertised these days ask for C# prgramming skills or quant background. I trade as a local and as many scalpers find life harder and harder i see more people turning to backtesting systems...

these are great returns but it depends what you are trading because you might not be able to use your current strategy with a huge increase in size. It has to be scalable. If you have turned $100,000 into $200,000 scalping 5 lots in the mini dow then thats fantastic, but try doing it with a 500...

It depends how you define random. To me random is something that changes form in a vacuum, there is no force acting on it but still moves in an entierly abritrary fashion. Price, on the other hand, does move for a reason. It relates to economic forces pushing it. I dont mean to sound...

you call it funny bit it genuinely concerns me that people that have no idea of responsibility or economics have the power to vote and shape our countries!

the more time i spend in the markets the less and less efficient they seem to be. Random Walk theory implies prices are efficient and all news and fundamental factors are priced in therefore there is no edge in anticipating where price may move. Firstly someone that thinks prices reflect...

For what its worth my view is that people which support random walk dont look at the market as a whole they just look at price. Price is the end result of millions of decisions being made by market participants. If you see a leaf falling down through the air and you chart its movements it...

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Go on then tell us some strategies. Many thanks to all the people that made an effort to help me out made things a lot clearer. Cheers

Hi, Firstly please excuse this very basic economic/investing question. It is my understanding that aside from speculation (purely gambling on the future price of a product) the markets serve a more fundamental purpose particularly in the sense of giving investors a yield. For example...

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Hi, Compared to the notoriously high volatility of most energy markets i am surprised by how little gasoil spreads move on an intraday basis and also the relatively high volumes traded there compared to other energy markets such as crude, heating oil, gasoline etc. I was hoping someone...