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Sloppy day. All intraday trades so the realized is accurate. Mentally, I'm swearing off overnights forever, just not worth the hassle.

For IB traders, is there one futures account value that will show P/L for both open and closed positions + commissions -- basically, net change in account value? If you're a daytrader in futures exclusively, then you can just use Realized P/L. However, that will not include open positions...

It seems the Futures PnL column does not include commissions; realized Pnl does but also counts gains opened multiple sessions ago. Anyways, a big "donut" on the nose after 13 round trips (commissions -77). Spooky . . .

For the first time in about a month, my TWS quote feed has not slowed at all this morning. Note: I had the same issue of quotes slowing down in 2 separate computers connecting on 2 different isp's, so I am still at a loss to what it could be.

Maybe this analogy works and maybe it doesn't, but in poker parlance I think one can approach trading as either as a "low-limit" or "no-limit" game. The "low-limit" game would be analagous to trading individual equities and having the ability to scan a large number of markets, waiting for...

I guess no time for stop hunting tonight. . .

That's what I get for staying up til 4am. :(

Maybe he saw an ad for the Tesla Roadster and got the cold willies? :D

I took off the unrealized column because it might be misleading.

I thought I smelled coinzy in here lol.

I gotta stop trading the european sessions . . . I was just implying that although the dollar wants higher, euro trades like a crowded short, not long as cot would imply. They are not giving away anything easily.

sell sell sell

Will someone friggin dropkick this thing already so we can leave the weakhand shorts behind? Sick of this bogus tape.

Another sleepy US session for currencies.

That didn't last very long, did it? Did someone just plow a chunk of change into the crb and then walk away? Very synchronous moves.

The question wasn't why you want to trade. Very specifically, you must be able to answer why you believe your activities in the market will result in profits; how you will facilitate this transfer of capital; and from whom you will be profiting off of. Or work backwards -- take any one of...

I am guessing you will get another chance at that quite soon. Those long physical, short paper are as usual the biggest winners in the end.

Try answering this question of yourself, before you go any further: Why do you believe you deserve to make money from the market AKA out of the pockets of all other traders who are also looking to make a profit? Don't take it the wrong way -- it's an honest and serious question. Why...

Vale (RIO) has an all-cash offer outstanding for Inco.

People resort to "TA" when they have no better alternative. It's not so much a question of whether it's right or wrong, but just making do with what you have. Perhaps it's because so many retail traders have nothing actual to rely on, that alot of TA gets manufactured and "sold" to them...