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  1. MarkBrown

    What happens when the ES Index futures options are exercised ?

    if your trading futures you would be well server to study the series 3 exam it would help you immensely.
  2. MarkBrown

    Strong buy signal for Bitcoin

    that short is looking good.
  3. MarkBrown

    Do Markets Change?

    example of why markets don't change if you don't allow them to - imagine a pile of sand and shoveling that sand into bags the pile of sand may change "most traders view of market data" but the bags of sand do not "my view of market data". is your pile changing? yes. my bags are not and if i...
  4. MarkBrown

    Do Markets Change?

    It changes only to the human eye which packages the data in the wrong size box every-time.
  5. MarkBrown

    The prettiest chart

    January 1998 issue of TASC, p57, "Smoothing Techniques for More Accurate Signals", by Tim Tillson.
  6. MarkBrown

    Why Traders Lose

    how can one trade probabilistically on just the underlying ^ this is what they are not selling at any store. but hey you did identify the missing piece of the puzzle. that self awareness itself is monumental in finding the answer.
  7. MarkBrown

    Why Traders Lose

    traders can never improve as long as they never discover what they are missing. it's like doctoring in the 1800's all the logs and analyzing will get you nowhere because germs had not been discovered. now put this into the context of trading successfully, where few know about the germs and...
  8. MarkBrown

    Why Traders Lose

    because they are missing some piece of the puzzle.
  9. MarkBrown

    Mac Pro build for trading

    i have a mac pro book running win 7 pro for trading - it's not may main but my backup.
  10. MarkBrown

    The prettiest chart

    mine are mostly multicharts, tradestation or amibroker.
  11. MarkBrown

    Asking the right questions

    i would never have more money in my account than 1.) i could afford to lose and it would not effect my lifestyle. 2.) than i need to trade for margin purposes and maintain my positions etc. 3.) it use to be a common practice to put your money in 90 day t-bills and use that as collateral to...
  12. MarkBrown

    Asking the right questions

    it has happened more than once and the stupid gov regulators have no power at all. in fact many times i think gov regulators are in on it. when you make it you better get it out fast.
  13. MarkBrown

    Ag trade ideas

    i have a fully automated spread trading system that i developed from a floor broker who had a extensive track record. he passed away and i would up with his materials and set out to program it into a mechanical model. it performs exactly as his work was performed by paper and pencil on graph...
  14. MarkBrown

    Why would the President be my Broker?

    They had a algo that would execute trades however they wanted - I remember they had this one Doctor that was hot as crap. The trades would mimic exactly whatever the client did. I would estimate the bulk of the trades were swing length.
  15. MarkBrown

    Attaching profit and stop loss order automatically in IB TWS

    patrick can bracket orders be saved and recalled for latter use? also if that is possible can you save as and rename it so you don't have to start from scratch? m
  16. MarkBrown

    Strong buy signal for Bitcoin

    since the futures launched i just keep my cash parked in a ledger and trade it like mad up and down with a 70 period channel breakout system. shooting ducks in a barrel come to mind.
  17. MarkBrown

    Ensign Software - anything like it out there?

    wow brings back memories, i always thought it was a good platform. i loved me some dos programs also like "livewire" it was so fast - i wish i had bought it. metastock had "the technician" oh man i wish i had that!
  18. MarkBrown

    Looking for capital

    Due diligence below and do you have backup in place for catastrophic events? Avg Gross Overnight Exposure: Total # Trades: Win %: Win / Loss Ratio : AVG% P&L Per Trade: Volatility: Avg > ? Beta: % Winning Months: % Wining Days: Avg Winning Days to Avg Losing Days Ratio: P&L...
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