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<i>"It is better to wait one hundred years for the right master, than to learn (pay) under the wrong one."</i> Yes, that is true. I myself am grateful for things I've learned that were given free, things that cost low to high USD $$ and things I learned on my own, thru trial and error. It's...

<i>"For what is worth I would be caught dead before I profit from people in exchange of trading tips or calls running a business. Why in the world would I want to go through the hassles of a business, for what purpose, I see no purpose. I left that world a long time ago and have absolutely no...

<i>"What a bunch of holy horse crap that statement below in bold is......you can show many the way and they'll find a way to screw it up....A select few will make these concepts "their own" and give it meaning TO THEM. I think sharing ideas with others freely is fantastic....it's when people...

<i>"Again, WHAT you learned isn't nearly as important as HOW you learned."</i> I learned the bulk of what I know thru trial and error, honestly several thousand manhours spent breaking down charts outside of market hours, and several years of daily trading = observation of live market action...

<i>"*probably an oxymoron like "happily married" or "jumbo shrimp""</i> You forgot "informational message board" and "free education" as the biggest oxymorons of all :D

<i>"Good day even though I continue to suck big time on ES."</i> It's not you... ES is much tougher to trade than ER2. You are doing just fine. The only reason anyone trades ES is for size. NQ and ER are much easier to profit within, but limited in size to retail trader only. ES is by far...

<i>"Pabst must be away or he would have commented. Anyone else ? GME ? Anybody ? There is no one on this board that can go 5 for 6 (83.3%) on blue ribbon calls like I did. The last 2 calls (enr & gme) being +10% winners overnight. This is a trading message board right?"</i> Post the...

Apologize for no blotter: NT dome is cleared already +$3,800 on 18-lot ES contracts Started out short in the premarket at 1448.50 = stop 51.50 around 6am est. Had to handle an issue with my mother, gone from then until around 10am est. Sat down at the screens just in time to watch this...

<i>"now as far as a broker/clearing/execution platform goes - since i only do futures and no overnights, i'm looking for..."</i> My broker Mirus (and clearing house Dorman) are visible on my dome. Here's the last trade (attached) from 6pm est long = closed out moments ago. Been with Mirus...

Part II I quit waaaaaayyyy too soon today, missed a ton of short-side profits on crystal-clear sell signals past 3pm. But... we never catch them all. Good news is, we bought 1438.00 at 6pm est globex open on a buy signal, 1/2 position to cap risk. Closed out and done for the night...

<i>"i'm finally willing to drop IB like a bad habit.....so lets consider the alternatives:"</i> If you trade futures only, Zenfire = Ninja platform cannot be surpassed imo. Very stable, extremely fast, unfiltered tick data, tick chart and volume chart bars are built to the mark instead of...

<i>http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1676037</i> Sorry for the omission: for those who asked, 18 ES contracts turned, twice. Initial capital: $90k / one ES contract per $5,000 balance at inception.

Missed that upside pop... had just closed out a short and stepped away from the screens. Shorted again at the first failure, been a few sell signals from morning highs to current lows near 53 Done for the day... moving Holly's horses (and two boer goats) to the farmette here this afternoon...

<i>"a) 1 ES contract per 5k margin translates into a leverage of around 13-14x versus the value of the underlying. Usually equity (day)traders wouldn't leverage up to these amounts so it's kind of comparing apples to oranges. Just as an example, my mechanical EOD (overnight) L/S equity...

<i>"Why do successful daytraders & trader start selling newsletters, advice", products etc..."</i> When you or anyone who asks this eternal question becomes successful at trading first, then you can answer it for yourself. Here are some question for y'all: why is Dan Marino working an...

<i>"My discretionary trading account is up 3.6% for the month of November. My automated accounts are beating my discretionary accounts so far this month as usual."</i> <i>"Going for 100% a month you're also risking to blow up any month. For the sake of your trading account I hope you have a...

<i>"First, Trend Following by definition is buying/selling new highs/lows, the high/low tick if you will, expecting additional moves in the same direction. "</i> Whose definition is that? Surf, sounds like you've immersed yourself in turtle soup too long. That stuff is rancid, aged and...

<i>"Damn I hope these fast market conditions continue but I think we'll go into some type of congestion for a bit now."</i> I would guess the next transition past wild swings will be directional sessions. I've also hit some exhaustion fades for gains, but we can't make a career on that...

<i>"I'm with you Austin. Had some gold positions over the last two days that just kept churning until I threw in the towel and then the HUUUUUGE move came."</i> The damndest part is, had I taken the exact-same trades in ER2 it would have been a 100+ point week. Same trades in NQ would have...

<i>"If you didnt make money this week you are, how you say, not good."</i> Well, we hear a lot of talk about all the money made in this board. Only thing is, we don't see many blotters in P&L thread ($RM excepted) to walk the talk. Volatility is nice, I'll take that over dead markets any...