Any traders that live within a 2 to 3 hour drive of DC willing to meet and take trading seriously?

nonpln said:
Thankfully opinions and talk don't matter. We'll let the results speak for themselves. Guess my hand has been forced to create a journal now.
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there is already a es journal thread, hang out there for few months to see how everyone else is doing.

i assume you already knew futures trading is really a highly leveraged game, 2.5k is barely enough to carry just 2 micro lots overnight with zero mistakes allowed, bull or bear. you must either have a bigger account to withstand the drawdown or close out positions before the bell rings. i can also tell you that in 2021 all system go year, i turned 15k to nearly 250k in es trading alone for a porsche 911 amount in less than 2 months, a 5-figure day green day was repeatable when you lobbied 20-25 contracts per round trip. but in 2022 i gave back near as much in the first three months until i realized it was a bear market.

there is nothing to brag about because there are bigger and smarter players out there every day looking at what you are looking at. cme is a casino, no one would miss you.
 
wrbtrader said:
There is a university in your area (Washington D.C.) that has a decent capital markets trading room.

George Washington University School of Business

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You could put up advertisements on nearby bulletin boards at GWU School of Business. The other option if you're college-bound, in college...you could transfer to GWU and then apply to the school of business there.

You will then meet in person lots of diversified student traders in capital markets, network with fellow college students, and so on who will be making a "professional career" in investing or trading for a financial institution.

Just in case you're curious, GWU had several trading groups on campus before the Pandemic. You'll need to call their school of business to find out if those trading groups are still around considering the Pandemic killed a lot of university trading groups (+100 of them) around the United States...many of these university trading rooms have re-opened again now that the Pandemic is over but some still have not.

I know someone (the son of a good friend) that was a finance student at DePaul University but spent one summer (internship) in Washington D.C. area before the Pandemic and he had access to GWU school of business trading room...

He met a few student traders who today are trading for financial institutions.

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Interesting gender ratio there.
 
nonpln said:
What is the point of putting things in quotes as if I didn't already agree with you? I literally agreed and said you are correct, that's a fine suggestion. Than you come with this response as if I missed your point, when I didn't. It just seems odd to me.
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You may be difficult to collaborate with.
 
nonpln said:
Thankfully I don't need those advantages. Also, it's way more valid than the ad nauseam 2:1 3:1 R/R. You really think a set 2:1 or 3:1 is better than a highly skilled and experience trader? You do realize that's all that I mean correct? Dynamic EV in the hands of a skilled trader will ALWAYS trump a set 2:1 3:1 R/R that's my only point.

But ok we get your point. Already stated am going to make a journal. No need for anymore talk. I'd like to let the results speak for themselves, if that's ok with you.
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My pattern recognition skills tell me this will be a 0-5 entry journal.
 
semperfrosty said:
You may be difficult to collaborate with.
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Because I don't like trolling and prefer voice and in person communication over typing messages on the computer?

If you guys in general are so good with collaborating why is almost every thread in hook up a complete disaster and troll fest? I could see your point more if the other threads weren't like that, but the data says you're making shit up.
 
mervyn said:
there is already a es journal thread, hang out there for few months to see how everyone else is doing.

i assume you already knew futures trading is really a highly leveraged game, 2.5k is barely enough to carry just 2 micro lots overnight with zero mistakes allowed, bull or bear. you must either have a bigger account to withstand the drawdown or close out positions before the bell rings. i can also tell you that in 2021 all system go year, i turned 15k to nearly 250k in es trading alone for a porsche 911 amount in less than 2 months, a 5-figure day green day was repeatable when you lobbied 20-25 contracts per round trip. but in 2022 i gave back near as much in the first three months until i realized it was a bear market.

there is nothing to brag about because there are bigger and smarter players out there every day looking at what you are looking at. cme is a casino, no one would miss you.
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That's the entire point of my post. If you don't believe it that's fine, but what you're saying is irrelevant. I am day trading, not holding overnight. What I do works regardless of market direction. No, it isn't rocket science or some holy grail.

Who cares if someone is bigger or smarter? I am not like you, I don't care about the bravado and pride. Looking to improve my life. What I am doing works consistently and if can make the income I want for my life, then I can be content with that.

Can't even imagine mention bragging to be frank. That's good that you're at the point though that you consider pride more important than money, means you must have made a lot.
 
nonpln said:
Because I don't like trolling and prefer voice and in person communication over typing messages on the computer?

If you guys in general are so good with collaborating why is almost every thread in hook up a complete disaster and troll fest? I could see your point more if the other threads weren't like that, but the data says you're making shit up.
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Note my gentle wording as I posed a query re your interpersonal skills.

Then note your response which largely validates the query.
 
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