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I too thought for a long time that institutions were trading against each other. But these days, I'm more of the opinion that they're in collusion with one another than merely taking the other side. They do it for the exact reason you outlined above. They know that once they reach a certain...

Training AI models require a huge set of data. We've had IBM Watson beat the Chess master and Google's AlphaGo beat the Go Master. They were first trained using thousands of games that were available (eg. previous games played by humans). Likewise, to come up with a moneymaking AI in the...

Speaking of your old self, think of it this way. Suppose you had to start all over from scratch with a limited capital (say, $5,000). Now, do you think you can trade like you do today with only that amount, especially when you have family of 4 or more? Think of your loved ones. They depend on you.

Here's the quick way to treat your FOMO urges: Flip the chart upside down. :) Seriously, there's no such thing as FOMO or YOLO trades. Opportunities show themselves everyday. I used to be like you, always in need to be in a trade at all times. But today's just one more day among many days to...

But if most of the retail orders were HIDDEN from view, how would they ever know that's where liquidity is?

Well, we fell 35 points last night after META reported its earnings. Did ya gasp back then as well? Frankly, this is what normally happens in a bear market, although this ain't exactly a bear market. We all become pussies in a bear market and overreact to everything, negative or positive. :sneaky:

What, you thought this market was ever rational?

Google's paying out dividends and buying back stocks. Smart move.

This is why AI will not be able to conquer the financial market. Unlike Chess or Go, where AI can be trained on past games, it has no winning strategies to train when it comes to trading--unless RenTech is willing to share its cash cow (yeah, right, keep dreaming).

These "hidden orders" that OP mentioned protect you from others seeing your order. And hopefully it will save your ass from those who make their hobby hunting down stops. BTW whether you use stop trigger or not, once you place your order, it becomes visible to everyone and you're just one more...

You mean coding is easy. Having a profitable strategy before you even think about coding is the hard part. Sadly, many traders (especially those that come from the programming world) thinks simply coding and backtesting will give them a profitable strategy. LOL Yeah, whatever.

It's not. :) And I bet this damn thing tanks hard now that I'm all out. You and I are like hopeless drunks. Knowing is one thing. Following it is another. :banghead:

Nah. They never really worked. You were just too naive to mistake herd mentality for magic.

This is from Amp futures. Here, you need $2,400 (per lot) in your account to open a trade. Anytime your account falls below this amount, your position will be automatically liquidated. As for depositing additional funds after receiving a margin call, those days are long gone. Most brokers, if...

Technically, stop loss and profit target are merely exit orders (aka OCO orders) and should not be counted towards the margin. Who is your broker?

Yeah, I kinda found about that the hard way. Shorting here, shorting there, shorting everywhere. I swear I'm never eating another chocolate, ever! Oh gawd, won't you save this lost soul???

While Cash's cover is good, I like this one better. Don't ask why. :)

Still, she comes short of Leonard Cohen. Not even close. :sneaky: Speaking of Joplin, anyone seen this one? Whoa, this gal knows how to sing (and she was only 13 at the time I think).

Dude, what's up with these pussy bootlegs? Be a man and go for the real thang. :thumbsup: Sounds so much better!

Why does that sound so familiar? Ah, yes, it sounds just like all your other excuses. Well, I must say you're never shy about explaining everything in hindsight. But whenever I ask you for a real time analysis, you're always dodging the bullet. What's up? Beyond my comprehension, did ya say...