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if you find an edge in any market ... you can make a few hundred to a few thousand a day with less than 50 k in a retail acct ... it does not have to be oil or e mini's or even forex however if you have no clue what you are doing or are depressed or have outside issues that have not...

my main trading acct in the past yr did indeed grow in size a few times I made withdrawals of 10-25 % from it to keep it smaller ... however one time I did not do this and "mr market" did it for me :p in all seriousness ... I do find myself uncomfortable with size when losing...

are the lows of friday going to hold next week or is the floor alot lower than 2.50 area ?

bloomberg survey shows most number of bears since last sept in crude for next week ... might lead to a short term bounce esp if speculation continues that OPEC will defend the lower $50 range in crude oil

made close to 8 % on my acct this 1st week in 07 also have made back 1/3 of a bad drawdown I had a few weeks ago ... that reduced my yrly profits somewhat in 06 such is life I guess ... :)

ok ... here is my 2 cents unless you have some defined "edge" backtested on paper or developed "real time" with the smallest possible trades using "real money" you have only the slighted chance to make it with such limited capital ... now if you are found to be a "quant" genius or...

Cramer mentioned this stock this week as being undervalued and the estimates for earnings as being too low maybe some people blindly follow his picks ?

the volatility at the beg or the yr never ceases to amaze me its like everyone is itching to get a "jump" on their competitors

in my opinion ... comex volume has been decent on these since going electronic on globex .. plus their fees are slightly lower than ecbot at this time check with your broker on commissions for ecbot vs comex another idea ... you can scale in using the mini contracts on ecbot ( i.e...

hi jasper ... have you ever considered trading other markets ? have you ever considered trading ETF's ? have you considered scaling down your goals ? good luck and health to you in 07

sorry ... I am getting on in the yrs ... the number announced was a shade over 6M subs ... I thought it read 6.2M subs so although SIRI may go higher it is not the slam dunk I thought it was to hit my $3.80 - $4.00 area though $3.60-$3.65 could be in the cards if people thought the...

any guesses as to the price action ? $3.80 ? $4.00 hit at some point tomm or only $3.60 ? also ... if any of these numbers are hit ... would it be in the early am "gap higher" or late in the day towards the close or both ?

this is either the ultimate DOM "spoofing show" of gold will tick higher from here FEB 07 GC last $642.30 398 X 37 in the DOM :p

the january effect in USD - EUR according to dailyfx's kathy lien the last 10 yrs have shown the following USD performance against the Euro in the first month of the yr http://www.dailyfx.com/story/special_report/special_reports/How_Will_the_US_Dollar_1167413881627.html

through hard work and the willingness to forgo outside issues outside of trading .... I made 4000 % on my main trading acct in 2006 ... but was up over 5000 % until I started to wilt under the pressures outside of trading that I tried to supress in 2006 these issues will need to be...

what markets are open tonight 12/31 ? I know 1/1/07 some markets will open for trading in the evening ( EST ) and some will open or many will open for more than a few hours on 1/2/07 outside of the USA but was wondering if any markets worldwide ( futures , spot forex , etc ) open...

I meant the prop trading desks of the IB's for example ... in forex interbank trading citigroup ubs Deutsche are three banks that actively trade forex in precious metals there are a number of banks around the world dealing as well then we also have IB's making markets in...

hmmm ... ok I guess I could have given this a different name but here goes ... some people claim stats like up to 90 % of retail traders are net losers over time I am curious ... even if this is the case ... is it only true for day traders or are there loads of losers even those...

ok ... here is a different spin on these numbers of those of you who like me HAD a profitable yr : what is the worst day or days , week or weeks and percentage of losing weeks you had in 2006 more important ... if you work in a group or prop did your risk manager or software ever...

there will be limited US stock index futures monday night and tues early am ... but with a real early close tuesday 9:15 am EST this is what I am seeing from the CME and CBOT websites