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You wouldn't need to make 20 points a day in order to get ahead really quickly. You could simply average "2" points a day for each contract and double your position size every 3 months. Within 2 years, you would be set. Also, return on capital is different than return on leveraged capital...

It is all relative. At that rate, it would take me five years just to watch an episode of Seinfeld. :cool:

I am running Windows 2000. It is rock-solid. Unfortunately this is probably my fault as I tried overclocking my computer 1mhz faster the other day (BUS SPEED). That was purely stupid -- I've gone back to the default setting now. I need a new system. Ps: I've reprogrammed what I lost...

Here I am, sitting here in the wee hours of the morning (late night) programming away. After being stumped for awhile, I suddenly get a revelation and start hacking away. Within Visual Basic, I type out code like it is going out of style. I run the program -- "EUREKA," I shout, because it...

Then you can get into landscaping and trim bushes.

A lot of clothing manufacturers are already biting the bullet and air-freighting the most important stuff. Sears, along with many other big name stores, often put out ads weeks ahead of time for sales they are having on their clothes. This is wrecking havoc with their inventory. The Fall...

20+ points a month after commission would be, in my opinion, very impressive. I've asked people to produce account statements who have said they average 10 points a day or more. Again, nobody ever produces one. I would think that half of the daily range between high and low would be...

All the bulls are now dressing up as bears for halloween. Ps: As of 2:05am, futures sitting at 798.50. Looks like Monday may get ugly!

Are you kidding me?! Insiders alone that are made pervious to macro-financial government data could put in a trade for 500 contracts each time numbers are released and easily pull in a few extra million a year. And don't think it doesn't happen because it does.

I am excited to see what happens when Germany opens. I wonder how those Krauts will handle Friday's action in the US.

... and Monday night, and Tuesday night ... and Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ...

Today we're finishing up -- Rally in the afternoon.

Train your mind to think in probabilities and not instances -- that is hard to do. We want to punish ourselves and get upset when we do something wrong, but in the game of probabilities, wrong is sometimes right.

High number tick charts are, in my opinion, much better than time charts. Why? Because the tick charts will always reflect volume and momentum movements better than time charts. A typical 5 minute candle on a chart doesn't tell us anything about momentum -- we have to figure that out based on...

I will find out if I can give you sources, but I believe one went broke and then also got in trouble for tax evasion by the IRS. Also, everyone is a "Market Wizard" when you have an amazingly powerful bull market. Anyone who realizes the extent of this bear market can also become a...

For me, the montary loss wasn't nearly as important as the simple fact that I felt violated and wanted to find the asshole who did it and beat him with a bat. I know it isn't the right thing to do and it is a bit of an over-reaction, but it just really gets to you. I've never had a car...

"Aphex" from "Aphex Twin" and "Coil" from the music group "Coil." Aphex Twin is ambient, techno and electronica while Coil is really hard to describe.

Some people just don't have the same values we do. I've had my tire knifed and my radio stolen once, too. It's not fun at all. Sorry Gordon :mad:

Just for clarity, when people say "points" they should mean "points per contracts." 20 points per contract over a long time-period would, in my opinion, be very difficult to do. I have enough trouble PAPER-TRADING an average of 2-3 points per day.

Technically, the futures market is a zero-sum game. So, yeah, for every loser their is a winner. However, it isn't that simple. Many people will hedge other investments with futures. Someone who hedges is offsetting some risk in other investments. So, even if they lose money in their...