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$ 2 955 000? Not worth your time. That wont be your grocery bill 200 trading days from now.

You should sell that system when you write it. Youll be rich!

absolutely killin it with some swing trades that took off. left about 500 ticks on the table putting in a TP on one overnight, DOH!

Im kind of heavy on commodity names, planning for more on a fiat currency crash. I liked the commodity story before the credit crisis, and I like it even more after since in the long run I believe we are stuck playing the inflation card. I cant imagine any currency being THAT much safer...

are you getting at some kind of "most traders lose, so do the opposite" or am I feeding a troll? this to me would seem obvious, but not a specific rule to execute. hell, I was a forex dealer once upon a time, that was how we made money...

I self studied for 10 days and knocked it out pretty handily, but I wouldn't say it was easy. regulations was such a bitch. I don't know what study materials my employer furnished but they seemed to be very official, like the test maker put it out. they were pretty brutal, but the subject...

I thought the growing consensus was that the bull market was fake?

wow you really like that dollar yen.

remember when they floated that idea of putting social security into the market? forgot about that. holy shit. taxes are taxes whatever you call them I guess.

If I bumped into Jennifer Aniston, I wouldnt really expect success but I would have my game on 10. You know, show her the goods or something.

not gonna lie, I was avging down for a bit. it didn't work for me intraday, it was better to wait for a better entry. swing trades, not too bad a strategy with an eye on risk and puke levels. and in my retirement account its been pretty much a given. I'm gettimg my long term convictions on...

haha, funny you guys mention, I was working on a trading desk. Long story. I wouldnt go back, Id rather trade for myself for so many reasons. Im thinking Id rather be a carpenter or something in my spare time and take the MSF for shits and giggles later on. Any trades pay well? I met an...

Ultra like how Im going to have to leverage the shit out of it if I do it?

Yeah I have been doing the MBA rounds and cannot believe how ridiculous academia is. And the right-out-of-undergrad kids on the tour that buy it are just sad. Its like they dont know business is about making money, they think if they learn to say please in japanese the consulate will mail them...

Dont forget carry trades move with equity markets, till they dont. Then, they dont.

I do know that a brokerage I worked at froze up like mad with microlot stuff, and they used a version of the fxcm software. It could be legit tech errors. Ive traded a lot with their standard and mini accounts without problems, FWIW, but never micro.

I would like to get an MBA, I find the material interesting. Id like even more to get a MSF (Masters of science in Finance), cause it cuts out some of the MBA crap I wouldnt really enjoy, and its just 1 year. I trade profitably but I dont come near supporting myself from it just yet. But...

anybody know where I can find this data? I'm thinking of mixing my discretionary gunslinger take profit levels with some quant jockage.

I figure it would help him feel more professional at the expense of his risk management ability, but otherwise I couldnt understand why it would matter.

Its swap (interest) arbitrage, not spot price arbitrage or catching a lagging price feed arbitrage or anything like that.