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Nope. In the book.

traderkay: “all he got was... publicly available indicators suck, i use my own and of course i won't disclose them to you.” I don’t think that “publicly available” indicators suck. I think that, given a context sensitive set of rules, they can be employed effectively. Dustin...

neo_hr: “mind sharing some with us just to get us started?” Publicly? Yes. I saw your post last night and I wanted to respond but it was just too late. I’ve spoken with you via email briefly before so at some point maybe I’ll send you another. What I do is great for me, but to what...

Nicodemus: “There are so many veriables that they can only be computed at the moment of the trade and only the human brain can do that.” Quite the opposite in my view. I could not possibly calculate and compare some data I use quickly enough for it to serve any useful purpose to me...

praetorian2: “Indicators all suck..... They all lag....” I disagree. More concretely, my results disagree. I use and have used “math”, as you put it, quite successfully for many years. Unless you’re privy to the aggregate thoughts of the market participants than every bit of...

I have access to both Patsystems and IB. I prefer Pat as it has a number of features I like and is organized in a fashion that I find useful. IB will get the job done, though. The little I’ve seen of Best Direct appears intriguing.

"In the sixteen months from September 1998 to January 2000, I took a small account of a few thousand dollars and grew it tenfold." - Steve Woods

If you are interested in trading the new mini-sized Dow futures as of 9/30 or the mini-sized bonds, you’ll also want a broker that has access to a/c/e (Alliance/CBOT/Eurex).

The eMini's trade on Globex at the CME.

Interesting and well thought out comments, gh1. Cuts through much of the sloganeering. For Zen devotees, the following comments are not intended to dismiss those beliefs or practices that anyone may find of value. It has been my observation that certain concepts are tossed about like...

:) Almost passed this one by. Brought a smile to my face. I'm sure your all tired of hearing it but for those of you that are thinking about packin' it in, just remember you've got the Minis and Swingtrading for now. Single Stock Futures and the new smaller Dow contract on a/c/e are on the way.

Stevene9: “To the extent that the smaller emini contracts and the larger pit contracts interact, there obviously is still a factor of pit locals playing a significant part.” As far as the present is concerned, the locals are alive and continuing to press the market or chop it up when it...

Gerry875: “what about mm games? does anything similar exist in the futures?” You’ve got the pit and you’d better learn to trade with ‘em for the most part. As Kicking correctly mentioned, the locals are notorious for fake outs in the absence of dealer participation. Having an idea...

tntneo: “CQG rules. but it is pretty expensive imho.” They’ve always seemed virtually uninterested in maintaining your business. I have very little good to say about the general attitude at the company other than the fact that they do provide a superior product in terms of data...

armaniman: “Finally, I look at every trade I made that day, noting all of them in which I felt I traded less than optimally. I attempt to reconstruct every less than optimal trade I make in detail, to see just how I might have improved, and what I can learn from it.” You, sir, are a...

candletrader: “I don't use strict risk:reward rules. I simply allow the movement of the stock to dictate what I should do... it requires minimal prediction” I practice a somewhat similar strategy, as I have found targets to be the most irresolute and illusive aspect of trading. I do...

Nice post, andrasnm. 1, 7, and 8 are so important and so often dismissed at great cost.

Exec26: “100% Sucessful strategy! Is there such a thing?” Absolutely! I haven’t made a bad trade in the last 7 years. You see, from out here on Mars…. :)

Roger2 “I have less than a year of trading experience. Does this make me less worthy as a person than someone who has more experience, whether it is a month, a year, or a decade?” Absolutely not. Your worth as a person has nothing to do with your experience, talent, or performance as a...

Babak: ”This is a catch phrase that has got to go. Some can do both, others only one. ” Gotta go with Babak on this one. Dozu888: ”If he is good at trading, why waste time teaching?” I think there are a number of reasons why someone who trades would also want to teach. For some...