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yes, I was about to warn too. Any advertisement or sollicitation to manage money by an unregistered individual or company can be prosecuted (and you'd lose for sure). EliteTrader certainly disagree with these posts and they do not follow the web site's policy.

check this section http://www.elitetrader.com/br/

what ? you did not see the 'greenspike' ? he sees a upturn, although not that big or significant (I don't remember which). I hate these. I love these. Yes, because they confirm you what the trend is. A trend does not spike up. A reaction does. At these levels, it is very interesting to...

you are actually right. EliteTrader is also a test in realism. there are many skeptics because the facts are terribly against traders. Only 10% making money, that's really not many people. So just being cheerful and accept everything at face value is a recipe for disaster. the markets will...

I agree with the replies here. futures are risky when you start because it is very difficult to minimize your losses when you learn. for instance, it is very easy to trade stocks with 100 shares only until you are profitable. until then, you lose but slowly. with futures, even with a...

brandonf, there you go. that's the way. I also spent countless hours doing what you do before becoming profitable. However, the most important thing I learned was to keep it simple. very simple indeed. The time spent studying the market is crucial to understand how it really works. The...

LOL ddefina.. here's another one.. in a bear market : short them ! I swear it works. :D

the link is fixed now. try it again

thereuare, look for another broker :p

there are so many : esignal, quote.com even some brokers allow you to link to excel.

funny enough, I kind of remember IB is offering routing to x_trader (there was a press release half a year ago). anyway, xtrader is for institutions/brokers/funds which explains the large desk fees involved. tntneo

torontotrader, all brokers have to follow the 25k rule. I am sure, actually they wished this limit was not there since it does limit their business. indeed you may consider futures, however if you were only starting this will likely kill you very quickly. there is no easy solution to the...

well.. pro margin is 10:1 so 100k buys you 1 million, it ain't that small after all :)

As usual, if you want to know more, why don't you contact the broker directly. This forum is not a help desk or marketing tool for the broker. thanks.

OK. now that we are on the same page. I would also say that basket trading is very interesting tool when you build your OWN index. there are very nice strategies based on this principle (I remember stocks & comm. mag, april issue). they are many ways to make money indeed. tntneo

gazmax, that may be so, although I don't fully agree when you take in consideration slippage. but let's say you are right. the commission just does not compare if you use futures. the margin effet let's you buy the index for much less commissions and actual cash (since you buy on margin). tntneo

basket trading will cost you much more in commissions than buying either a tracking stock or futures.

LOL :p

I agree consistent trading and trading which does not require big trends to work. (although they are always big trends somewhere.. you can go there if you can only trade that style). also, difficulty with the poll.. it all depends on so many parameters. your size, your margin, your style...

a new trader in this environment has the same chance to survive than in previous periods. the issue is this : in the previous period everyone was a trader.. well at least they thought so. it was a great time because so many thought that way. we had a nice pyramid scheme going (well mostly from...