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I don't know what moved you to short, nor what moved you to buy out, but when I read your post, I thought, "This was written by someone who's not solidly clear about an Entry signal not being the inverse of an Exit signal" and vice versa. Another thought was that the market which [you've]...

I'd try to answer you here, but it'd be more complete if you just sign up for my new Trading Course -- it's usually $1259 :confused:, but if you call before now :wtf:, I'll send you a discount code for $599. Sweet, huh?? :cool:

Much wider than 1x1.3 -- more like 1x10. You can observe bid-ask spreads of 33%-50% or more, in S&P options, in the middle of the day. (And that's regardless of SPX, ES, SPY, etc.) This is for the vehicle that sets the standard for liquidity. In lesser traded underlying, in the middle of the...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitterbug_Perfume Right after you've read Brett Steenbarger.

...A great back & forth, you two. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

You should be doing that right now. *Every* trader should -- whatever "edge" gets us into the black right now, could disappear over the next quarter -- what are you going to do about it? What are you doing right now? Are you investigating other "indicators" than the ones you use now? Other time...

What you really want is a single "master" account that funnels trades to however-many subaccounts, in whatever proportions desired. I only know of IB for sure, but at this point, my impression is that many more have figured out how to do that.

That cracked me up..... :D:D:D

The question misread by 2/3rds of the respondents to this thread is Does the disciplined trader smoke weed (?) NOT Does the disciplined trader smoke weed and then trade while high (?) What a bunch of ninnies. Unclench your cheeks boys. Pull your panties back into place. It'll all be...

Okay, well, a lesson about Life for you then: realize that the book has its own message, and does not care why you picked it up. The book was about habits of 'your next-door neighbor' that will make them millionaires while you languish trying to make up for bad spending habits by taking more...

"Or something like that..." I'm very curious as to what issue you have with this statement. Even with broad alterations (given that you can't remember it precisely), it remains "do not burn capital on a depreciating fashion statement of mostly sheet metal and paint". You have an issue with...

So, "lack of dumb money in the market" means you trade in Lake Wobegon? Where all the traders are above average? Yeah. That'd be a tough one, alright... :rolleyes:

Why for, "worst"?? That looked like a template that would have my Functional Programming friends all tingly with joy!

Given the behavior of some respondents on this list -- or some occupants of the U.S. Executive Mansion --- we'd all be better off burning a fat one. :wtf: I know. I know: "small sample size!" :rolleyes: (Still. Striking trend.....) :D

Very much disagree. If active trading is 'value arbitrage' and acts as the grease between buyers and sellers to join value assessments 'sooner' (with your capital in play than without), the process of injecting *more* arbitrage capital into that market will quickly dilute the usefulness AND the...

A lot of generalities flying by here -- in terms of data size, frequency of mass input, definition of "storage" (in size and in duration).... but: For a lower-level, general purpose ap., I store, and then tap for one input, a single .csv file. The output grows to about 10x the input size, but...

I "liked" the post -- but truth be told, for no particular reason, than to thank ajacobson for posting it. (Which I don't think I/we do enough of...) So, I'm around 11,000 on the wait list for something that sounds very much like Robinhood. "Eeeek!" I'm actually quite doubtful, but I always...

There is absolutely no way that this (moving from WI to NY to trade prop) is a good idea. If things go to shit, you have an established social network, plus vastly reduced living expenses. In NY? You's screwed in no time. You trade alone now: your successes and your failures are your own. In a...

Why was I in Stock A in the first place? As a general rule, capital mobility demands that capital seek its greatest return. If stock A has no promise, then I have the risk of A's going down, while having no promise of return. Second, "generate any buy or sell signals" suggests a problematic...

Actually, the other way 'round: "luck" only works in a subjective world -- there's no room for it in an objective reality. That said, I always remember Arnold Palmer's (alleged) response to "Lucky shot!" on hitting a hole-in-one: "Funny, but the more I practice, the luckier I get."...