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Right, now you can gamma scalp ... when price moves up, short the underlying. As price moves back down, cover. You are never under risk of large adverse move. So can this structure be set up synthetically? You have both long and short positions - that is your box. Now bid and offer inside...

It's kind of like gamma scalping, no?

I think this maybe what digitalnomad means by stacking, but I was thinking in terms of scalping ranges. Let's say you start getting long near the bottom of the range. You keep buying some at every level expecting a snap back. This technique requires many contracts - the more the better. Most...

In below podcast (around minute 22), the guy describes how he has two separate accounts to be able to be both long and short at the same time. Is this something that you are not supposed to do but individual FCMs don't have responsibility to check? What's the rationale for this kind of set...

Probably $500 minimum, but you can open IRA maybe with less.

ThinkOrSwim provided you open account.

Oh good ... finally we have someone openly from T3 ... Need to remember your handle.

Maybe there's none because they are more lenient than the IRS?

SL == Stop Loss? No one can force you to have it. Yes, it's an expensive alternative to stops.

Sure, I understand. This is not about your system vs. my system ... it's about general principles ... most styles/systems are affected by volatility one way or another.

Don't take it as argument against what you said(I agree with most), but bull markets are usually low(er) volatility which makes day trading a lot different as well.

I remember reading some article where a trader said that unless you have two or three strategies that are proven to work, don't even think of quitting your job. I thought it was crazy, but now I think it's very true. Or at least have some other source of income. I was thinking to trade at the...

And for every system for which 2 year sample is enough, there are 10 which turn to crap trading live, don't you think? I wouldn't be surprised if you had some of those during your research years. In any case, what do you think is relevant sample size for swing trading?

It's like 2 trades a day, no? So yes, would need more time than two months, imho. Didn't you change it to two decades?

One of the positives for day trading is the time needed to see if you got edge. Assuming you are active and use proper money management, maybe a month or two. For swing and higher, you need years. We have had ten years where buying the dip and HODL worked ... was that an edge?

Maybe these guys would be interested in collaboration of some sort. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/iexcloud-io.328989/#post-4792664

I am also curious how you allocate money given that you trade multiple strategies. I would assume it will mess up the backtests as you may miss trades or take them with smaller size.

I am wandering at what % draw down will you shut it down? Hopefully it doesn't come to it, but I think it's important to draw the line in the sand prior.

Congrads ... How exciting it must be to go live after all this work! What is MaxDD and will it be per strategy or combined?

May I ask why your profile is seeing up like this? I understand privacy and I can understand "free advertising," but selective targeting?