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More 20's because: 1. you can easily switch the charts in each individual monitor, if needed 2. it will cost you less up front probably 3. if one goes down, you have others to back it up with and they don't cost so much to replace

It seems like when the trade gets slow, these types of threads pop up all over the place. I'm wondering why this matters? Are you seeking to measure yourself against others? If so, this way of measuring is deceptive. It might be better to measure yourself now versus last year or x-months ago...

Good advice. Don't trade to make money or, worse, get money back. Trade to execute well and have decent entries and exits. I have always found, for myself and my traders, that when money becomes a focus (gotta make $$ back, gotta beat my weekly record, etc), there is more trading, more losing...

What volume filters do you use?

Was going to suggest the same, but it is focused on equities only (at least the edition that I have does). This was a great starter book.

Freddie, Visit the CBOT website. Browse around and look at some of the basics in there. There is more information there that is more relevant than in many books. Good luck.

Jason, It depends on what you are recording. If you have 2 or more screens and you are recording the entire desktop space, then you are going to have some intense resource usage. I have CQG running on a separate machine and I only record the actual windo of the market I'm trading. This takes...

Ripley, You have several options: You can either stop scalping and trade for bigger swings You can buy an IDEM seat and get member rates and professional commission (an off the shelf rate would be about $0.60 per turn all in). At your current volume, this may not be a feasible way to go...

:) I can only take what the market will offer. Today was mostly one of those take your tick and be happy days in the DAX. I don't mind it at all. While one person waits for prices to go from 51.5 to 58.0 in the next 3 hours. Another person might get 5 times the points out of it by scalping...

Guys 990 is a clearing firm designation. That code goes for EVERYONE who clears through Gelber. This could be 500 traders or just one. If they are all getting the same signals or coordinating their efforts, then that is legal as long as they don't exceed the block trading and max position size...

I use camtasia. I get no delay and I scalp volume in futures. It is a function of your processing power and the number of things u have on the screen along with the resolution u r recording. For example, if you have one window up and you size the recording window to that single window, then...

Most people can be both. Each setting has its own perspective. I think it is much like cussing while with buddies, but you are a Ned Flanders while at home. It is doable without being a psycho or losing your family/business.

Good post. Thanks for the input. I try to see things for what they are. I try not to judge, so I do keep an open mind and ear. I will continue to try to understand Grob and everyone else. I just think that it would be just as effective to state things the way you do or possibly to start a thread...

You don't want to hear my advice, but stop trading. Give yourself a pat on the back and take a break. The statistics and your fear is getting to you and it might distort your judgement. You really shouldn't be worried about the eventuallity of losing. It may not happen for a while or it may...

You are right about that.... I'm an engineer and I sure as sh$t don't understand all of it (said with a Texan accent while spitting some chew). :D The point was that he does put a lot of effort (and I truly do appreciate it despite my probing into the style) and I have to assume that he wants...

Grob, I'm an engineer by education so I am no stranger to fractals and Gaussian (not gausian) distributions and curves. I know these scientific terms and have studied the mathematics of them briefly while getting my degree. You still might lose me in the conversation by using these extremely...

Are you short? It would be nice if those who are making predictions or comments on a market to tell use what their position is.

My thoughts exactly. Thanks Slim.

Interesting response and much appreciated. I would think that since Grob has nothing to sell and you are familiar with the x, y, z, A, B, C "stuff", it would be extremely helpful to the viewers here to learn what that formulation is. I would think that, since these guys seeking help here are so...

It was added last week to the Dines Letter. That helped pushed it into the stratosphere. Solid company. Had a limit bid out and it never looked back. :(