Hiring a day trader

tt.texantrader said:
Just to see if I'm understand this correctly, you went long for 419 contracts (based on a quick count) across these 3 price levels between 2051.75 and 2052.25? I have never seen how a big order (20+ contracts) would get filled and this is the first example that I've even come across that shows is took about 2 seconds.
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Hell no, even if I had that amount of money I would not risk that much trading against the pros, as they can turn it on a dime if they want!

I am but a humble gardener, who comes in on a fine day when it starts raining, and if I have done my work the night before, will sit down and make a few $$ to buy some nice plants for my garden, and, go to McDonalds for a big mac with the left overs:)

BTW, I don't tell lies, as it gets you nowhere in life!

The trade time stamp with IB is one hour out with the chart, don't know why, but that's the way it is showing up right now?

It might be due to me having my chart set for regular hours trading?

Actually, I do know, just not thinking right, the ES chart is one hour behind NY time, problem solved!

J_S

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J_Smith said:
Hell no, even if I had that amount of money I would not risk that much trading against the pros, as they can turn it on a dime if they want!

I am but a humble gardener, who comes in on a fine day when it starts raining, and if I have done my work the night before, will sit down and make a few $$ to buy some nice plants for my garden, and, go to McDonalds for a big mac with the left overs:)

BTW, I don't tell lies, as it gets you nowhere in life!

The trade time stamp with IB is one hour out with the chart, don't know why, but that's the way it is showing up right now?

It might be due to me having my chart set for regular hours trading?

J_S

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LOL... thanks for clearing that up. I see how I totally misunderstood now. What you showed was the T&S of all transactions. For some reason, I initially thought this was a list of your fills. I was clearly distracted by the conversation with "I am nobody" over limited liquidity in the ES and hence had big numbers on my mind.

Nothing wrong with those trades... good time! Time to scale up! ;)
 
tt.texantrader said:
LOL... thanks for clearing that up. I see how I totally misunderstood now. What you showed was the T&S of all transactions. For some reason, I initially thought this was a list of your fills. I was clearly distracted by the conversation with "I am nobody" over limited liquidity in the ES and hence had big numbers on my mind.

Nothing wrong with those trades... good time! Time to scale up! ;)
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The last one pissed me off, literally:D

Had my finger on the "up one tick" button in booktrader, as the breakout was imminent, which was confirmed by my second screen (my edge..lol), and I missed the nice little 4 point bust up as I had to piss!

Lost interest then, as my mojo had gone, so called it a day and kept my profits.

Nothing wrong with $450 for under 1.5 hrs work, beats being a solicitor anytime, the robbing bastards:D

J_S
 
Here are a few more ES trades I done earlier, with some options, but I am considering dropping the options as the deltas screw you up, especially if trading current week near expiry.

I much prefer good old blue chip stock daytrading, but not quite ready to sit down for the open yet, so will continue to hone my ES skills, and who knows, maybe one day I will do a few hundred contracts per trade, but if I do, I can assure you I will not be using my own money:rolleyes:

The 5 contract put trade went wrong, was down about $600, so had to do a bit of looking and average down, something I really don't like doing, but will do occasionally with options, but never with futures, as it can cost you some real money if they decide to move it against you quickly, which can easily happen, and I have seen it so many times!

J_S

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JTX1 said:
Day traders, I have recently been doing some research on day trading and wanted to try it out. However, quick question; how do one go about hiring a good day trader, in the hopes of splitting the returns?
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I can't imagine a good trader would want to team up with you, or anyone else for that matter.:confused::finger:

Maybe an average trader would be intrigued by this proposition.;
he figures...sure, ok...I'll take your money to play at the casino. We're partners now...High-Five :fistbump::vomit:
 
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J_Smith said:
Should probably buy one of these, as the size is no problem:D

J_S

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...Talk about having 'a pot to piss in'.
"Sir Larry Wildman. Like all Brits, he thinks he was born with a better pot to piss in"
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You should be ok with taking a minute or two to piss. -- if you are moved or shaken by that timeframe...then you should have a greater picture viewpoint.:)
Think about trading like mountains and the earth...the earth is 4.5 billion years old...all that developing and morphing...everything becomes much more clearer and minuscule...if you take a greater viewpoint view of things. -- and i'm not talking about long term investing either...still referring to day trading.
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