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<i>well master Brandon...it would be nice if you actually offered some reasoning as to why you believe SSFs won't be that liquid for a few years. </i> Because they won't be, period. No futures contract in the history of futures contracts has been liquid the first few years it was traded (even...

<i>Does anyone know how the margin on these securities will work?</i> They won't for awhile. I know that most of the futures brokers are trying to get everyone rilled up for these, but there is no reason to trade them for a few years. They will not be that liquid, the spreads will be wide...

If you catch the brokers in an honest moment most will admit that more than 90% of the accounts are not profitable, the success rate is higher on the floor, and probably at professional firms where you are surrounded by others who know the ropes etc. Most people though don't even have the...

The stats say that 90% of traders will lose money (the honest number is closer to 95%), so that means the top 10% earn anything from nothing ($0.01 per year +) Brandon

Is there any way to get Tradestation6 without having a Trading account open w/ Tradestation?

The Indexes. The average gap on the Nasdaq is just under 1.2% and it has a 71% chance of filling in, but if you go to a gap that is 3 times larger it only fills in 20% of the time on the day it occurs and 65% of them go up more than down. Brandon

It really depends on the gap. The bigger the gap, the more likely it is to be one you should buy. Brandon

I have a gap study that breaks down everything for me at the open. My best days are when Im able to get a trade off in the first 30 to 50 seconds of the day and have it closed with in the first 25 minutes. Brandon

It sounds like you might be trading at an office with other guys trading Nasdaq stocks, mostly scalping with tired old methods. I have a lot of friends that are trading at some of those places, and they are turning into tired old traders. I dont know many of them who are doing well, but most are...

Its gotta hurt.

Put ona Kevlar Vest (my spelling might be off, it wouldnt be the first time) I hear they are lighter :) Anyway, I will be there too, looking forward to meeting some folks and having a few drinks. We leave early in the morning, so if anyone has some idea's for something to do tomorrow nite...

Excel is very good, probably the most flexible way to backtest anything. Brandon

Discipline is something that, unfortunatly, no one can tell you how to get. It comes from pain and a serious resolve to end that pain. Brandon

I just wanted to start a poll coz I never have before, so here is the question..is the bottom in. A few things to consider before voting. Bottoms don't form just because the barber is selling short, though its a good sign that some sort of bottom may be in, at least enough to take the...

I dunno what tomorrow will bring, but what I do know is that the nature of volatility is to revert to its mean. Over the course of the summer we have had a tremendous number of wide range days. Nine out of the last twelve days would be defined as wide range. This means some damn boring times...

Eric, Welcome to SI. Hope your trading is going well, you certainly have a good teacher. Brandon

It really depends on your timeframes and what you did. I don't know very many Nasdaq scalpers who are having a jolly old time, but there are many NYSE ones who are. I think that since decimals came in their edge pretty much dried up, and everyone thinks they want to be an Indian. B

You stated it more eloquently than I did Thug :-) B

The point I'm trying to make is that most traders spend the time they SHOULD be spending learning how to actually trade bitching and whining about conspircy theories. Traders who are successful, rather than try to make money in the courts, actually figure out a system that gives them an edge...

stop bitching and whining about how unfair the system is. If you want to have his edge, pay $1million for a seat and assume the responsibility of making a market when the world is dumping on you. If cant or wont do that, shut the f up, deal with it and trade. Bitching and whining never made...