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I always looked up at the monitor and listened whenever he was on. A voice of reason in a troubled world. He will be missed…

Ran across your journal this morning and have thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The dialog between you, Trackstar and some of the other contributors contains useful insights that I hope to incorporate into my own trading. Thank you... Best regards

lol, as I said, "Longtime serious but recreational trader." What does this post have do with my day job as a troll. :-P Actually, the troll post was an ET inspired intro but since I said it, I own it. I will post this account’s progress (+ or -) from time to time. If I do blow this...

Background – Longtime serious but recreational trader doing mostly swing but some day trading when the market permits. Last blow-up was back in the tech bubble. Since then I have never had a losing year but I have never had a killer year either. The rule I live by is that I have to beat the...

sandygray66, That makes sense. I will double check with the broker on their margin requirements. Again, thanks!!!

sandygray66, Good info. I was trying after the regular session so I guess that might fall under the overnight margin requirements. I will give it a try during the day and see what happens. Thanks!!!

I opened an account with thinkorswim depositing 5,000 to get a taste of futures trading. I thought that I had read that their initial margin requirement for ES was 3,7?? with maintanance around 2,8??. Anyhow, orders for 1 contract with only 5,000 in an account gets rejected due to not...

Just wanted to take a moment and introduce myself. I am a professional troll. Many of my troll friends said that ET was a target rich environment sure to please so I thought I would give it a whirl. I look forward to many happy hours of catch and release with you guys!

OP, What is your take on BIG?