Quote from giles117:
ROFL Laughing. The only dif between cable trader and myself is the length I hold a trade....
I saw small losses and reasonable gains.. Keep it up.....
And notice how as his account balance increased so did his trade size and gain size.. Isnt that just how this business works????
Last I checked... YES....
I started with $300 and traded stocks up to $3100 then switched to futures. Took small measure trades, with careful mental stops. and watched it fly past 20K in 3 months. Then I heard about Tradestation and IB... I Picked IB and the rest has been gravy.....
If anything trading futures changed how I saw the stock trading business. I love IB's SSF's.
I traded in a vacuum. I just woke up one day while out on the road touring and said it's time to start trading again. I bought one book and that book taught me the one thing I didnt know before. Money Management. and that is exclusively how I look at my trading. Strictly from a money management perspective.
Then I found ET... I heard about Tradestation, did a google search and found ET.
You guys have been fun. LOL. I find this a nice place to blow off steam and pass the quiet boring trading days away. LOL. It also helps me keep focused on the screen.
You say you look at trading from the money management perspective yet you claim that 10 pips a day is a feasble model.
again 3,000 going to 20,000 in 3 months?
you also must have all the banks knocking at your door. Some of the worlds best investors manage to make returns of 20% in a year.
Yet you guys claim to make over 600% in 3 months?
you are turely the worlds best traders.