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'Fortune brings in some ships that are not steered' Cymbeline 4:3 Billy Shakespeare Me thinks a simple VAMI chart would explain much. Fund A starts with $500,000 makes $500,000 so its 100%, next period $5mm comes in, fund goes down 10%. So no net money has been made and we're at $5.5mm...

Time to toss a shoe at this practice, if two individuals partner to trade, its deemed a professional, if you licensed, professional is the only option. Problem begins when you start trading multiple accounts, brokers, third party software, the dude that's been there 27 years in Billing will...

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Anyone familiar with Interactive Brokers order parameters that will ensure that the order gets routed to the specialist at the open with a LOO. For example will SMART routing with NYSE as the exchange do the job. Any other values needed? Thanks!

Dimension left PHLX last year and shut down on 12/31/08. The current Dimension is a new firm that began on 01/01/09 with the CBSX. Chaos ensued Dec 2008-Mar2009 with getting traders under old entity registered under new entity, several months in many cases. Mass confusion. Traders that...

Yes, ladies and gentleman its official, the term High Frequency Trading has jumped the shark. It can now take its rightful place in the wanker lexicon hall of fame with such overused, abused, and played out terms such as: DAYTRADER SCALPER SWING TRADER EDGE VIX BackTest Quant ALGO...

Yes, it has. Mainly a few serial posters who have an uncontrollable urge to post all day, every day, on every topic. Who feel that an increasing post count somehow makes what they spew worthwhile. You find an example in this thread, the dude cant seem to just STFU.

Yes, you can, in a retail trade its called 'short against the box'. Although OP's example many not seem to make sense at first glance. Margin transactions are Type 2, short against the box is a Type 6 transaction if memory serves me right. Back when all transactions involved physical...

Thanks Hubert... perfect.

Anyone know how I might be able to make a video of what I see on my screens during the day. For example a shot of my charts, then pan to my trading platform and capture a typical trade along with the outcome. I'd like to be able to annotate, to use for training. Many thanks. PS I have no...

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Is it possible to reconfigure X_Study charts using volume rather than time intervals? I've checked the User Manual and spoken to someone in Support at TT and my broker, couldnt get an answer. Seems they were confusing some of their volume technical indicators. I realize NinjaTrader does...

For some time I have been reading various posts that have taken this gentleman to task, accusing him of photoshoping his P&L, attacking him for violating the sanctity of this or that indicator. Man I really dont get what motivates individuals to take that route. I dont know him, he doesnt...

Messiah complex is a state in which the individual believes themselves to be, or destined to become, the saviour of the particular field, a group, an event, a time period, or in an extreme scenario, the world....People with a messiah complex tend to see themselves as saviors to a specific group...

The moment you formed the LLC and began trading in it, you are subject to the 15% self employment tax, period. The LLC is a tax conduit, pays zero tax, allocates to members based on the partnership democracy, commonly known as a partnership agreement. Incubator hedge fund? Your trading an...

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Let me take a whack at this: First, series 7 licenses cannot be grandfathered. More importantly, if your licenses has expired, you can affiliate with both a FINRA regulated firm, or a PHLX regulated firm provided you can show you have been actively engaged in the investment business during...

Here is how I handle it, my stop/exit auto app allows me to designate how many ticks that must occur before it will execute. For example, I went long JNJ during the opening range this morning, I set my stop using a 3min, LCL (lower closing low bar) set to 5 periods. I also set my Tick...

Thanks in advance...read through Search...still unclear. I am running into high CPU usage at active periods during the trading day since I began running two automated order execution applications, in addition to eSignal and my squawk. I'd like to run Traders Audio and eSignal on one box...