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you gotta read that article on mark bolling if you think that's a big loss that guy is insane can u imagine being up 2 million? on the DAY

oh. and in regards to conservatism, i gotta give props to hayek and burke with a healthy dose of friedman

im far from a hyoooge stones fan (and i loved U2 and saw them at brown univ. spring weekend about 20 years ago, and several times since but... stones have some INCREDIBLE songs... heartbreaker paint it black angie ruby tuesday etc.

it is a loser meme, and it is also factually incorrect there have always been edges in the markets, and there always will be it just amazes me that some people can't simply admit their faults and move on, and instead insist on blaming genius market makers and their lovely ability to take...

np saxon. mebbe i was a little harsh but getting a harsh response in ET is better than looking at your PL and see you are down 10k for the day.

i agree that you need to do a LOT more research before trading futures. with that in mind... futures are not the same as stocks. stocks are a thing, a piece of a company. futures contracts are agreements when you buy a stock, you pay the value (current price) of the stock. you can use...

those are ok, but i want BIG buttons i'm all about big buttons :)

futures trade for a lot longer than 15 minutes after cash close. depends on the contract ES closes earlier than YM also note they trade (almost) 24 hours around the clock, reopening in the evening and going all night

"chop zone?" you have got to be kidding me. this is a phenomenally tradeable market, if you adapt your methodology to the current environment

this sounds like a VERY good idea for a game really. i have not heard an idea this good in a very long time.

man, i would love if somebody made a special trading keyboard. like one with several big buttons that i could program with IB's hotkeys for Buy at bid, close position, sell @ ask, buy @ market, sell @ market, etc. i have buttons programmed into my dom (booktrader) but a little external...

i am using the classic definition of lagging indicator. tick is not a lagging indicator by that definition - which is an indicator that gives a current value, based on past data an RSI, a MACD, etc. are lagging because they apply a formula to a series of datapoints (which are necessarily...

i totally agree about dollar goals concentrate on the setups, not the money always but never enter a trade unless the risk (based on stoploss distance * contracts) is commensurate with your account size/risk parameters. the more leveraged (overleveraged) a trader gets, the less...

generally speaking, what i do is similar to what you described that guy as doing. i set my limit orders early quite often - if conditions are right, and let the price come to me. if you are using limit orders, you are GENERALLY buying weakness and selling strength, at least on the lowest...

yes, it does IB portfolio balance allows you to more easily see the breakdown of your portfolio, which helps you to optimize it hth

"I personally prefer market orders. You miss too many good moves entering on limit orders. Plus, other people can see your orders." no. you don't at least, I don't there are many ways to skin the market cap. if you are a "breakout trader" then you need market orders. less than 10%...

i don't think either always leads the other the ES more frequently leads the YM because the majority of the volume is in the spooz pit, and the demand spills over into equities in general when heavy buying comes into the spooz what is more important is paying attention to divergences...

i think it depends on one's trading style, and the market one trades i trade mostly YM and almost all of my entries are limit orders. there are a few breakout type setups i use where i will use a buy stop to enter long, or a sell stop to enter short (thus, at market) but 90% of trade...

YES, I use IB to trade YM no, you don't pay the CBOE jack. note that YM trades on CBOT not CBOE and IB gives the datafeed free (no additional charge)

YM is my primary trade vehicle. it's how i make my living, and i mostly scalp it - so i think you know my answer 1) much better spread (two times better) 2) respects pivots better 3) better gapfill dynamics 4) easier to get a grip on (30 stocks vs. 500) 5) price weighted vs. cap...