Making of a method

green.green said:
Off topic - sorry - but I'm trying to move over to Sierra Chart. The learning curve isn't bad but do you know of a good tutorial for charting basics? Their built in support files don't line up with Windows 8.
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Their Support is all web based. Nothing needs to be downloaded.
 
How have you done since you started? I ask because I wrote a book with interviews with traders and it was pretty hard to find futures traders. Most folks trade the trades occasionally and specially they trade a variety of different futures. If there is no good setup in corn, maybe there is in NQ, etc
You also can trade many different opening hours (the best hour) and closing hours (the 2nd best). trading is just one future seem like a very difficult job
 
Daal said:
How have you done since you started? I ask because I wrote a book with interviews with traders and it was pretty hard to find futures traders. Most folks trade the trades occasionally and specially they trade a variety of different futures. If there is no good setup in corn, maybe there is in NQ, etc
You also can trade many different opening hours (the best hour) and closing hours (the 2nd best). trading is just one future seem like a very difficult job
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Well I have learnt how to boil milk, although the porridge isn't quite right yet.

There is a lot to be said about getting intimate with one market, especially one which allows the trader to scale up. Regarding lack of setups - that hasn't been a problem because the Ranges are wide enough to trade within, without getting chopped.

Congrats on the book. There are some excellent intra day Futures traders on this site. Perhaps you should contact Nodoji for your next book. Also, how did you go about identifying traders to interview? What was the basis for establishing credibility?

I ask because this issue of credibility often comes up on these boards. It is interesting that people claim to understand concepts of probability and context when it comes to trading, but often act irrationally when it comes to using the very same tools in judging people. But then again, ego creates so much distortion.
 
game said:
Well I have learnt how to boil milk, although the porridge isn't quite right yet.

There is a lot to be said about getting intimate with one market, especially one which allows the trader to scale up. Regarding lack of setups - that hasn't been a problem because the Ranges are wide enough to trade within, without getting chopped.

Congrats on the book. There are some excellent intra day Futures traders on this site. Perhaps you should contact Nodoji for your next book. Also, how did you go about identifying traders to interview? What was the basis for establishing credibility?

I ask because this issue of credibility often comes up on these boards. It is interesting that people claim to understand concepts of probability and context when it comes to trading, but often act irrationally when it comes to using the very same tools in judging people. But then again, ego creates so much distortion.
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I contacted Nodoji, he/she suggest someone else. That someone else wasn't interested and then he/she wasn't into either. Futures traders are either broke or paranoid about sharing anything these days. At least that was my impression

As far as traders credibility is concerned, I relied in people whom I felt confident weren't full of it. One of the traders was indicated by Don Bright, I see no reason why Don wouldn't be able to pick a winning trader out of his firm. Regardless of what people think of him, one must admit that some prop traders win. The other traders I went through a similar process, asked for recommendations, etc

I played poker for a long-time and I also trade full time (I wrote the book on Sundays), I usually can tell if a trader is for real or not
 
Daal said:
I contacted Nodoji, he/she suggest someone else. That someone else wasn't interested and then he/she wasn't into either. Futures traders are either broke or paranoid about sharing anything these days. At least that was my impression
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It may also be the case that successful traders tend to be egoless. Being egoless, they are less likely than others to want to be interviewed.

ND has shared her plan and her results and all are available to anyone who is willing to take just a little trouble to look it all up. To conclude that she is either broke or paranoid is unwarranted.
 
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