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    Futures platform execution, i.e ES contract

    thanks NetTecture for replying, unfortunately i'm not technically educated enough to understand / appreciate what you've written it's your use of 'dumped down' that's causing me a problem, my understanding of the term means, by design, to control, limit something, so i'm thinking 'why would...
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    Futures platform execution, i.e ES contract

    NetTecture, would you explain in more detail please: " (not the zen-fire one which is in THIS are "dumped down") "
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    To Double Down or Double Up?

    averaging down is rogue trading if you do it once and win, that's the reason to do it again, creating the spiral of reinforcement prior to an ultimate loss that may be catastrophic how many times do you average down expecting a rally to new highs ? - how many winning, losing trades have...
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    What books shaped your trading mind?

    ' Elliott Wave Principle: Key To Market Behavior ' Frost / Prechter the book is not about trading, it's about the analysis of the price-time movement of financial instruments; it motivated my own research and the combination of the two has provided me with the means to trade profitably
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    Forex margin being lowered

    Canadian fx brokers new min trading margin starts at 3% for eurusd UK at present is still 400:1: http://www.100forexbrokers.com/high-leverage-brokers
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    Brokers offering eMini (ES) in Canada

    the only other requirement i've seen from a US fcm is to sign a form stating the company hasn't solicited you to open an account which i think is the main reason for a US/etc company to register in Canada
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    Brokers offering eMini (ES) in Canada

    Sharp2be, what are the new laws ? any site address ? this all originated in Ontario didn't it, dealers group rather than government ? i know FXCM shut down its Canadian arm and the minimum margin to trade forex rose to 3%
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    Best Fibonacci trading book Ever Written

    completing my 'MtU' trading example with attached set of charts i use a 5, 1 and 60 min charts, while entering trades via the tick chart, so in reality i'm trading minutes charts because it's a lot easier to use fibos etc on the larger tfs with tools better than those of NinjaTrader...
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    Best Fibonacci trading book Ever Written

    the attached chart illustrates my 'MtU' methods applied to my last 2 trades on Fri Sep 25/09 <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/editpost.php?s=postid=2587733>
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    Best Fibonacci trading book Ever Written

    the attached is in no way is offered as the 'Best Fibonacci trading book Ever Written' just how i use fibos i wrote and published 'Measuring the Unmeasurable' two years ago and if you want to read the original thread that initiated what i wrote (pdf on last page)...
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    Best Fibonacci trading book Ever Written

    "its a poor grasp of statistics when someone points to some well-chosen examples from their past, expecting to prove anything." who's talking about statistics except the pontificating TraderZones aka rcanfiel aka 'rcanfiel the rancid' aka 'rcanfiel the ranter' aka ''rcanfiel the rancid...
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    Simmons Matress About to Doze off Into Bankruptcy

    'Teachers acquires Simmons' "Two of the world's largest mattress makers are jumping into bed together, with Simmons Co. and its iconic Beautyrest products joining Serta Mattresses in the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan portfolio. By taking the mattress maker out of bankruptcy protection...
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    Forex Daytrading a Losing game?

    ell i'll only intra-daytrade the 6E but fx is better for day-to-days trading since the margin doesn't increase for o/n trading as to trading methods, well there's lots of those since my method's based on EW, the basic pattern repeats continually forming part of the next larger scale so...
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    Best Fibonacci trading book Ever Written

    it's a poor workman that blames his tools fibo levels, ew, ta, charting are only useful to right brainers - visualists while i fu on calling a higher high of $180 for crude, crude's the perfect fibo # example: 'Crude to $89': http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51120...
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    Sheila Bair, In Her Own Words: "FDIC Is Broke, Taxpayers at Risk"

    i only recently realized that the extent of the devastation of the GD was because there was no bank depositors insurance the FDIC has raised the rates charged to banks at least once this year but like the levees surrounding New Orleans that couldn't cope with the high storm surge the FDIC...
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    Brain function and trading

    l/r brain - easy indication, which ear do you place your phone against ? left ear r brain visual, right ear l brain math attached: 'Trading as Mental Warfare' - Steenbarger - - OODA trading have to wonder tho why the most well trained/practiced ? flyers - aerobatic teams are the ones that...
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    Any reason not to trade 6E over EURUSD?

    fx is best for day-to-days/weeks trading regardless of o/n interest since the margin doesn't increase for o/n position trading, however daytrading margin is considerably higher than the 6E - $500 to trade $125,000 which with Canada's new 3% margin requirements means $3750 to trade the same...
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    FHA reserves to fall below required level

    "The Federal Housing Administration is losing so much money on delinquent mortgage loans that its reserves will drop below the required 2% of loans, FHA Commissioner David Stevens told the Washington Post in a story published Friday. Stevens said the agency would announce steps on Friday to...
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    'performance fee' amount to charge clients ?

    thanks for replies
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    'performance fee' amount to charge clients ?

    'Market Folly': April 08/09: Rentec Ratchets Up Positions in Q408 ". . . Medallion charges a 5% management fee and a performance fee > 40%." http://seekingalpha.com/article/130134-rentec-ratchets-up-positions-in-q408 ". . . while Jim Simons' Medallion Fund charged a 45% performance fee."...
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