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I know it's tough to do, but it's best if you don't imagine any hole at all, what's done is done, it's all in your head. If I could say every entry and exit I make from now on would never hinge upon or be influenced by what my p/l was, I'd be 10x the trader I am. But practically...

Yeah if it wasn't for my other feed, I would have sat there for 10 minutes and not realized it wasn't adjusting (cad can be slow sometimes). I can't get the problem to repeat, so might have been just a fluke.

I thought that minimizing fixed the freezing, but only certain tickers kept moving, others did not, despite exchange feed. My euro was moving ok, but my cad wasn't updating -- scary stuff, never seen that before.

I am getting the same thing, has only occurred since the forced upgrade. Quotes just stop moving after a while, minimizing fixes it. No charts or any other extras here either, just a list of quotes. Anyone have an idea if they are already looking into this issue?

Maybe he means a new low for the day?

So taxes are a type of "slippage" that we traders in the states need to overcome with better "edges", while those who don't pay taxes can just trade so long as they don't lose? I'm slow, but I'm learning.

Romik and I were debating the merits and/or faults of adding size only on reversal of losing trades. You've come into the conversation offering these statements: 1) Romik trades a variation of the Turtle Method, in which he adds to his initial position as it goes his way. 2) The Turtle...

Thanks also for Deep Survival (your suggestion from a while back).

You've been reading what romik has been doing, correct? He is increasing size as the market goes in the same direction as the initial trade? I must have misread him for the last few pages. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I had assumed when someone writes "intraday trade/trader", it's...

I did not realize Turtles traded intraday, nor did I know that increasing position size only on flipped losers is a variation of Turtle Trading Method. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

No commissions . . . how wonderful. I think we have similar places here that deal in particular markets: foreign currencies, oscar winners, etc. Did you quote that directly from the brochure? In that case, nevermind me, you are doing things perfectly, keep on truckin'. I'll stop now, I...

A good timing mechanism helps too :) Given how much leverage futures allow, when you think about it, you really don't need to keep much (relatively) in a trading account. Numbers get skewed from percentage returns normally associated with equities traders, the excess is just more rope to...

If only size of one's deposit correlated with trading ability -- I suppose, given your statements about edge, you've shown that's what you desperately need to believe. You're consistent if anything. I've been told you trade the ES at a spread betting firm, I will leave you alone now.

Romik, if you've discovered that no edge is required to succeed in trading, you can save many people on this site a whole lot of time, money, and headache. Take care.

I have no idea, I'm not in the restaurant business -- I'm not trying to be someone I am not. I wouldn't even begin to know how I could tell you. See, not so hard to admit what you don't know, now is it? Learn to know what to learn, how to learn -- that would help you immensely. I feel I've...

You seem determined to change the subject. If it's a relatively poor day I posted on the p/l thread, then you would likely assume I stayed in a trade or two too long -- not the other way around. The difference between you and me is that I can learn from my losses, while you try your utmost to...

The objective of this kind of trading is not to maximize your edge; it is to last as long as you can in a losing game aka roulette for pennies. You can play for a very long time at a casino that would allow you to bet in penny increments, and it will seem at times as if you can consistently...

You really don't understand why the question is being asked, do you? If you really believe in the merits of what you wrote, you might as well put your money into treasuries -- what is the point of trading so small that you can just increase size to get your losses back? If you are in the same...

To close shop means, for the most part, bankruptcy or significant loss -- you are willing to go that far? How about if you just give back to break-even?

Are you absolutely positive that the more wrong decisions you make, the greater the probability that your succeeding decision will be correct? If so, why limit yourself to 2%?