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never start out something with "I have a friend who..."

You don't really follow his calls, but "we're still holding now"? Is that called a "slip"?

"I have a friend that has a forex account, and..."

wonder about congress' numbers...

like gold at $600, and the market will never drop to 7777 (or something like that) plus other picks that display these predictions as effectively wild guesses. Nothing against you Surf, but you are not skilled in prognostication.

Didn't take long to confirm the spam aspect. The OP is involved in a trading business, is very clear they "we" are a trading company, and are showing the way to their company http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174156 Note the titles of the interfaces (posted 8/24...

being long/short the same instrument is the same as being flat. There is nothing clever or useful about it (sort of what someone said above). Just be long, short, reduce/increase #positions or be flat when your methods so indicate

whether or not to use leverage has an awful lot to do with an instrument's beta/volatility as well as whether you trade one instrument/diversigy, your trading time frame (minutes? hours? days? weeks?), and should also depend on the historical drawdowns your system takes (with a lot of fudge...

eminiforecaster. I thought I put in a link... http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2560034#post2560034

this guy is definitely a spammer. And I have past knowledge of his offerings. He will spam anywhere, anytime. And not including that his user Id is his website (+.com)

Quote from fullblotter: retail trading out of the gate is a born to lose proposition. you have no experience and very little capital most likely. TRUE for all beginners prop trading is the way to go. you trade with the firm's money so losses and BP are non issues. possibly true, this...

Depends on how much you have to trade Depends on how much leverage you use Depends on whether or not you are consistently profitable. This is what separates the 95-99% from the profitable traders. I would not rely on the P/L thread. You don't know the answers to the above, and there...

+1. We don't need perpetual motion machines disguised as trading methods. We all know it doesn't work. And trading indicators are not going to make newbies that coveted 700% "retire in a year on $1,000" Keep up the good work. Maybe we need a "Doesn't Work, But Keep Trying" forum...

Are you sure that is you, LW? I put TDog on ignore many months ago. it is like arguing with a plant. After decades of cultivating a major reputation, this is just beyond comprehension. Some come here to spam or build a reputation. You are coming here to demolish your rep by sinking to...

What I don't understand is, why does someone with Larry Williams rep come here and slug out with anonymous forum posters, many of whom could not trade a $100 bill for a glass of water You are only going to lose by doing this. I am still having serious doubts that it is you. Boggles the...

unfortunately, this is lost on a lot of people who think making a list or psychology will do anything towards cracking the tiny fraction of lucrative traders...

You mean, "create dozens of aliases and then prove to the world that you are deluded?" wink wink

Any idea of spam?

how about posting your Sharpe/Sortino and Profit Factor? Your other statistics? Results mean nothing. Risk-Adjusted Reward means everything

the "hypothetical scenario" is pretty much happens to almost all small traders. Don't know if you checked, but few traders last long.