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www.dealbreaker.com I love this site.

These huge hedge fund mofos are a huge threat to the stability of the markets and the world economy because we know they are all in the same trades and they all can't get out at the same time. This whole 9.6% selloff in only 20 days is just the tip of the iceburg. What if the yen carry trade...

If the fed panics, gee i wonder would the market would do?

The morning action is always the greatest 'tell' - why the fuck do the bulls aggressively buy the mornings if the bears engage in fire sales in the afternoon 18 out the last 20 sessions.

Its called flight to quality - people buy the safest assets (T-Bonds) pushing prices up and rates down.

Why should rates plummet, people lose their homes, and people lose their jobs just because some large hedge funds and banks made: some bad trades, over leveraged themselves, didn't understand risk, didn't cut their losses, averaged down, and then ended up doing a clearance sale that brings down...

My take on the choppy intraday movement of this market is that its really not as speculative as the stock market. There seems more global macro players here that make decisions based on economic fundementals - so you only really get big moves when the economic data gets released. Whereas in...

Okay for anyone else that wants to learn more here is a good thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90598

I traded ZN today for the first time - and I kind of like it. Most folks on this board are obsessed with ES. ZN seems so thick, so slow, and very choppy. I use trendlines to trade ES and it seems that using trenlines on ZN is pretty much a losing proposition if trading intraday. I'm...

Spyder, so you pretty much hit the ground running in SCT. What if you're just a natural at this stuff and all of us un-naturals are just wasting our time? Also what do you have to say to guys that haven't gone all into this system? I mean I'm still stuck in January. But if I can just nail...

Yes hypo SCT protocol requires that one always draw the RTL then project the LTL - as the market is always moving right to left so you always want to be on the right side of the market. RTL - right trend line - it is the trendline that supports further movement. LTL - left trend line - it is...

Lots of charts posted here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1555830#post1555830

Trading Measured Moves is pretty simple if S2 (support point 2) is 2 points higher than S1 than you can mentally anticipate R2 (resistance point 2) being 2 points higher than R1. Or you can use a visually tools (TL channels) to help you visually anticipate. You can draw a TL Channel that...

Crickets chirping.

Why is there an injunction on this thread against talking about performance statistics. For example: win%, ave win, ave loss, profit factor, etc. How do you folks measure progress? For me its profit factor. Jack and Spyder would probably say 'skills and experience' are more important and not...

Lets face it the Goal in Trading is not just to win but to win with the larges ratio of gains to losses (iow Profit Factor) possible. I can't seem to get mine past 2.0. Its in the 1.0-1.5 range and I kinda feel embarrassed at what I feel is a razor thin edge. So I ask is a long term...

Diversification is key to good trading or investing. You can diversify by trading many different uncorrelated markets. Trade a portfolio of assets by averaging in or going all in. Or you can diversify by trading one market at many different prices - exploiting panic buying/selling rather...

Let's be honest here - the #1 reason for the failure of market timers is that they don't hold their winners long enough to profit from those monster trends that present themselves every now and then like clockwork. These monster trends are the ones that make your career. And if you're going...

Guys that go All In: Buy when 100% Bullish Sell when 100% Bearish Guys that Average In and Out: Buy when More Bullish or Less Bearish Sell when More Bearish or Less Bullish What you don't know can kill you and I just think its safer to acknowledge you don't know it all...

I see all market movements as opportunities. If I'm trading the trend, I will use every pullback to either reduce cost or add to the position. If the trend breaks out to new highs, I will take some off the table to lock in profits (just in case its the top) and hold some just in case it turns...