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Well I've been there before (if only for a brief time), and what I am getting at with this question is that I can see the possibility that I will get there again and still be quite clueless as to exactly why these ticks go green or red on my screen day in and day out. Wouldn't a glimpse behind...

So it's just about the money for you guys? As a corollary, if you've just won the lottery, you'd all quit this game in an instant, correct?

As a complement for the other question in the career forum: Would you rather make 3 million a year in your living room in complete isolation and anonymity, executing some sort of technically-oriented algorithm that just somehow keeps going year after year? Or take half that amount and trade...

Does it make any difference in removing features you do not use in Global configuration?

Profitable traders take capital from the hands of unprofitable traders, thereby increasing efficiency of overall allocation. You want to feel like a cog, there you go.

Shhhh . . . it might take someone several years to figure that out -- you wouldn't want to rob him of that experience now, would you? :D

ES is right, you need to be less historically dependent and more proactive to have any lasting success.

I'd stay away from futures if you can't spend alot of time minding your positions. Why not just stick with stocks?

I think what alot of people miss here is how different the two games are (trading for oneself vs trading for institution/opm), with separate skills that don't necessarily translate. That being said, for me 100k just doesn't seem worth the pain/suffering/work involved for figuring out and...

Don't you think the returns on forex should be a bit higher to justify the added headache? I know this above is somewhat nonsensical sounding, but personally I don't know if currencies are worth doing for the typical returns that other markets offer, especially on smaller accounts.

There are always bulls and bears in any market, and both use stops. They are meant to get hit.

Watch the markets for 3 or 4 years and you might figure out something along those lines.

Who's to say the dow won't do the same thing in a few years?

What was the nasdaq at the end of the 99, chopped liver? :)

Yes, and with just 50k you should be one of them. Learn how to be a weak hand and love it. Good luck!

What time did globex close today for currencies? IB removed quotes at 4:15 est for some reason (veteran's day?), but I see more trades until 5pm on Realtick charts (with prices breaking new lows). 5pm spot prices seem to correspond with the 4:15 futures price however. What do you all have...

During the "leaner" years, can of tuna + can of cream corn + can kidney beans, plenty of pepper w/ toasted baguette went a long way :) Soy sauce, olive oil, sugar, mashed garlic -- marinate any meat in this (esp chicken wings) for a while and put it in the toaster broiler. Make big pots of...

If I'm getting delayed quote refreshing on news releases or any kind of fast move with TWS, is the likely culprit memory? Or a java issue?

If you want to couch it like that, it's all relative. I get mad when I take an 80-pip move in 6 hours in the pound, and in the next 6 hours it moves another 70 pips (this happened yesterday). Now tell me, which attitude did I suffer from in this trade? What happens if the 80 pips went...

I think that would definitely depend on time frame, market, trade methodology, too many specifics to generalize imo. Maybe more interesting would be if the net numbers came out the same either way -- which side would you prefer to expose yourself to psychologically? Personally, of the...