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Is this month considered "low volatility"? I'm assuming you mean equities.

It helps to have that "breakthrough" day where you start very strong (or just get plain lucky), and barrel forward the rest of the session without a thought to your p/l. It then gets easier afterwards to ignore your numbers and focus instead on staying in "next trade" mode. I'd recommend that...

What a long and strange trip this has been. I cut my teeth in trading a decade ago as a "soes bandit", where luck and a bubble market left me with a big head and no clue in the aftermath. Then spent years in limbo trading futures: currencies, sif's, bonds, metals, cycling extraordinary...

It's kinda obvious from VN's book that he is fond of romanticizing the trader as some sort of mythical greek hero, by turns triumphant and tragic. And I must admit that it's quite easy to fall for that line of thinking (especially having a liberal arts education), I loved EOAS for that very...

Call me small brained, but I really don't see the difference between the VN and JWH blow-up threads. No doubt there is a certain amount of smug satisfaction involved in another's distress in both threads, but I don't see much by way of personal slander either. What goes around comes around.

I'm only 32 but I feel old; trading years should have nothing to do with age but how many 6 or 7 figure years/subsequent blow-up cycles you've gone through lol. I guess that makes Niederhoffer 102 in my book. :D

Dear Neil Jordan, Radiohead and Dixie Chicks are mutually exclusive. Thank you for your time.

Interactive Brokers?

I'm with traderNik on this one, even your thread title reveals alot -- "waiting" won't get you anywhere different from where you are now. I've seen a few of your journal setups and have already warned you that what makes you pull the trigger isn't going to work over the long run. The good...

Shouldn't you TA guys be long (short) something that breaks a multi-decade high (low)? :D

He went from "shoulda quit after I was up $100" in April to "up 15K today, not a bad start to the week" a few months later. Anyone would have to be a bit suspicious, but it could always be the case that he was faking his losing start as opposed to the other way around. I'm not suspicious...

In all seriousness, do you think you deserve to be paid $200 a day to draw straight lines on a chart and notice when they've been broken? :eek:

Agreed, anything that can be "taught" on a blanket scale has a very short lifespan. Common sense, no? I read alot about certain strategies that work "day in and day out" on this site, yet when you read the fine print it all comes down to individual discretion -- or as some put it, to know how...

Well you seem to have an honest assessment of your prospects, which is a good start. It is likely you will lose most or all of what you can afford to lose (somehow it just works out that way) on your way to learning, that is the general rule. So if you want advice about keeping your...

Like alot of other restaurants in the area I don't know the english name, but I believe it's a part of a place called "Corner ## Restaurant" which is upstairs to it. Walk south on Main St. from the subway exit, it's on the west side of the street on the corner before the LIRR overpass...

It's not the traditional pancake, just sliced bun, but what can you expect for a few quarters . . .

Want inexpensive? Take the 7 to the last stop (main st) and I'll treat you all to 75 cent peking duck sandwiches!

All "the tape" actually means is price, size, and pace. The best way to learn is just to sit in front of your screen and watch the market you're trading day in, day out. Learn to watch for when the best moves occur in your time frame and what kind of action took place beforehand. There is...

The tape. Imo, if you are going the discretionary route, general tape reading of multiple markets is far more reliable than market depth at any given moment.

I love burdock (assuming it's the same as in japanese cuisine). Makes me fart like a mofo though.