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I thought about this too...a TST combine or similar like to get funded (although you can not successfully do this from work) or a prop firm (requires quitting your real job...the safety net). Yet, due to his current job and obligations with a child...a combine or prop firm is not suitable. Its...

Several people here at ET have used this option because going back to some school to learn how to be a programmer is not an option for most. Trading is not like it was 20 - 30 years ago where those with small accounts can get started "out of the gate" with little or no sacrifices. Back...

I agree. I'm a single father of two kids and I can easily understand your situation. Looks like multiple years to scale it to a decent size with 1 contract via the current job...most have done such. The other alternative is to fully automate your trading system...that in itself may still take...

What's your personal situation that prevents getting a 2nd job? Seriously, you can share that info...nobody knows who you are and where you live. For example, someone I know in the same situation via the info you've already provided...they couldn't do it too due to their spouse being...

Just get a 2nd job and save your money until you've reached the capital amount you need. Yeah, sure you won't have much of a social life but you will learn one thing that whatever friends you have now...they'll still be there after you quit your 2nd job...after earning your capitalization. I...

I'm not being sarcastic but don't all indicators have a mathematical model ? It seems to me that the basic mathematical models are stuff like stochastics, MACD, moving averages and so on. In contrast, the more advance mathematical models are those used in HFT, algorithms and such. You can...

Don't look at hindsight charts of the overnight trading session. Instead, monitor it real-time as its occurring including bid/ask/Time and Sales information. If you like what you see...backtest your trade method properly (a few weeks of looking at charts is not backtesting). Usually those...

Europe, Asia and U.S have the most popular index futures.

He was probably paid 50k to hold up the sign including bail money if arrested. I say that jokingly because I knew a guy that streaked naked at a football game but he only did it after a signed agreement that he would be paid 3x any fines levied against him. :sneaky: Anyways, I heard it was not...

Averaging Down is bad in my opinion but doing such in combo with "poor risk management" is just suicide. I've seen people get away with averaging down until they have that "poor risk management". That's when the big blowup happens...resulting in blowing out the account.

You'll be surprise by how many traders used the work "back tested" when in reality it was not properly backtested. Also, real money trading involves some elements that can not be duplicated in a back test. This forum ET is litter with trade journals that have poor real money trading results in...

Post it on Youtube and then link to it. I see other posting lots of Youtube videos here...some actually embed the Youtube video in the message post.

Looks like a difference of opinion @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-12/bitcoin-acceptance-among-retailers-is-low-and-getting-lower

Yes, it is low volume and the month of July is still not over...it still hasn't reached mid-month. Also, your research should have also shown you that its typical for the volume in the S&P 500 to "decline" from June to July. Yet, you probably noticed that at the current volume pace for this...

If you're still interested... I think I found the last thread called Trader P/L 2014 @ https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/trader-p-l-2014.280940/ Yet, if you want to look at the prior years...start with 2013 because the first post lists the links of all the prior years @...

I think when the stock traders left the thread...it died of natural causes.

Why did Baron bump start this thread ? I'm going to write this message post because your thread was "bumped started" by Baron himself and not one single person addressed your issue "after" your last post and nothing from Baron about your issue even when you have been discussing openly your...

Thanks for the clarification and apology not needed. Now that I know this is really a partial journal (the losing side) involving an automated trading system. Yet, I still don't understand how discussing specific losing trades will or can possibly reveal your automated trading system or your...

Could it be due to the "risk management" department at their firm or maybe its in combo with the fact that the fund manager knows he/she is still getting paid via a salary from their firm. Thus, they will still get pay even when they call in sick for the day or get pay when they go on vacation...

Ok...so January, March, April and June are your profitable trading months even though you're only discussing your losing days and losing months. The issue that's a little confusing (maybe not for you) is that you're only discussing your losing days even though the month itself may be...