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    When you get back to even - quit?

    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...
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    why doe IB's TWS eat up an extra 200 meg during the day

    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.
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    why doe IB's TWS eat up an extra 200 meg during the day

    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.
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    why doe IB's TWS eat up an extra 200 meg during the day

    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?
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    Holy grail to daytrading

    Maybe he means a new low for the day?
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    Will they please stop publishing great books!

    Thanks also for Deep Survival (your suggestion from a while back).
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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.
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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...
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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?
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    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    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%?
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