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You have to remember, that insider selling often is exercise of incentive stock options. In reality that doesn't mean a whole lot, since there are all sorts of rules for when options can be exercised (such as by a certain date), and the owner has no money at risk. Insider buying, however...

I have to say, I'm awestruck with your daily performance. I'm delighted when I have a 2k day, and you make that sounds like a failure :) If there are many more like you, I can see why most of us don't make it.

Will it continue to work? Without any details, who knows. Here's my answer: if you have more than 3 parameters, probably not. With 2 or 3 params, maybe. Less than 2 would be promising.

I'm probably overly sensitive, but this thread smells like BeingProfitable is setting up to sell something. I'll close the thread. BeingProfitable: If you want to discuss specific strategies, please start another thread.

Out of curiosity: have anyone actually filed a tax return with forex trades and have the IRS accept it? I still trade Futures only, primarily due to the tax concerns/complications, but would like to switch to forex, due to the better flexibility with lot size. Any comments or advice on how...

That mirrors my experience. I never trade AMEX for that reason. I suspect, this why why NASD moved QQQ to the NASDAQ market. My test involved buy and selling 100 shares of SPY and QQQ at the market. In 10 out of 10 cases I got the worst possible fill over the next minute. stay away.

A suggestion might be to try and get someone at the wall street jounal interested.

The markets always feel "insane" and "it's different this time" to me. Just the last few years there were the meltdown in the summer of 98 [ltcm], something in the fall of 99, the bursting of the bubble in 2000, the bear market in 2001 through 2003, loss of volatility this year, etc. etc...

Hi Thunderdog, Sorry if it appeared I was referring to you. I was simply posting my general observations on what I consider acceptable behavior. I don't think I've ever edited any of your posts [could be mistaken, obviously]. You were asking for moderator comments, I believe.

My two cents on the issue is that foul language, references to anatomy etc, only diminishes the posters credibility. I simply don't see any reason to express any opinion that way. When I get complaints I investigate and if the "offense" falls in the above categories, I generally simply delete...

That's funny. The Euro didn't even exist until the mid 90s.

First, do a search on IB and Stops. This has been discussed extensively recently. You have to do two things to fix your problem: 1. allow stops to trigger outside RTH 2. set the contract definition to allow trading outside RTH Both of these are configuration settings for the orders...

I replaced my two 21" Sony Trinitrons with two 21" LCDs. What a difference - the LCDs are so much crisper and brighter.

kooltrader, if you're significantly profitable and don't have lots of expenses relative to your net profits, it's often the best to treat your trading as schedule D. What I mean, just forget about the relative small deductions you might have gotten as a MTM trader. Especially, if you trade...

Coolweb, Think about it thsi way: You may get filled on trades going in your favor, but you will ALWAYS get filled on trades that immediately go against you.

For me, at least, the issue with ES,NQ, EUR etc is that they don't scale well. For the MM algorithms to work, you basically have to have the ability to buy fractional positions, or for stock e.g. 53 shares of something. With futures that only work with extremly large accounts. So in practice...

I suggest the following: Ask to join the hedge fund for a minimum of one year and ask for a sizable bonus up front. The bonus is in essence payment for the systems, and the year is to make sure they get implemented correctly and ensure them that you won't bail after receiving payment. Both...

Do a little search on ECBOT - this has been discussed previously: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48257&highlight=ECBOT There are two places to configure this: 1. Allow triggering of stops outside RTH 2. Default Order setting for Futures (in this case)

I have two different suggestions: 1. I have found that the best trades are the ones that are most difficult to take. So if a trade is "easy" to put on, you should be cautious. I realize that this is somewhat of a recursive statement, but anyway ... 2. you should test your ideas to see if...

There is also IB. Not sure I would rely on IB quotes, though.