Interactive Brokers (IB) Trader Work Station (TWS) is one of the largest brokers in the industry, go look it up. If you download the TWS sim you will see that what I done is from a live account, not a sim account, as they are not the same. The minimum account opening balance with IB is $10K. This is the screenshot that shows I am connected to live data, with my account number removed.
...If you download the TWS sim you will see that what I done is from a live account, not a sim account, as they are not the same. The minimum account opening balance with IB is $10K. This is the screenshot that shows I am connected to live data, with my account number removed.
You really are inexperienced, but at least you are asking and not like the others who think they know everything. Making money with sim is not the same as making money with live. Once you get profitable with your comfort level, you stay profitable. Once you change your comfort level things change, and it is very easy to start losing quickly as you are taking on more risk. Forget about the textbook rubbish and listening to idiots who do not trade. Larger size trading does not equate to larger size gains, as you have now introduced a major mental component that can easily tilt the balance against you. If you think I am dreaming, then try and get talking with those who have tried it, as I have done, and which is why I am trying to find a few more of those Elite Traders here, which is looking very unlikely at the moment.
Thanks, I had a quick look at the trades report and his stats are not good. The first thing that jumps out is that his losers are far higher than his winners. This is not the sign of a good trader. A good trader will have his winners far greater than his losers. This guy will not last, believe me, as he does not know what he is doing. He also had over 48% drawdown, which shows he really hasn't a clue what he is doing. It is very hard to find someone who actually knows what they are doing in this game. As I mentioned, most confuse time opportunity with skill, and think they are smart, when in reality they just happened to be in the right place at the right time, but unknown to themselves. I am looking for the best of the best, which will not be very easy, as very few are good at daytrading the ES. Even the big players are not that good, but as they use OPM on a large scale they don't really care. However, if I do not try then I will not know. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Who knows, maybe I will find a real @Handle123 or a real @profitlocker , but the more this thread goes on the more I am thinking it will just not happen.
Ok. I just posted that as an example. They have something called a Grid that can be used to find systems by all sorts of criteria:
Thank you again, but I have checked out C2 in the past and found it to be nothing more than an advertising site for traders who can not trade. For example, if you look up the profile for the ES trader you posted about, it is saying he is an ex HFT trader. Now, you must ask yourself why is an ex HFT trader on C2 trying to get people to follow him with numerous strategies. The facts are, there are very few in this game that can actually trade. Those who do trade a lot, usually work for some big organization and trade OPM, but let them at their own account and they wouldn't last a week. I am looking for someone who has done it him/her self, and is now trading large size with ES, of say 10 contracts per trade. Contrary to what most think, trading 1-2 contracts is not the same as trading 10 contracts, just try it and see, but be very careful, as if you pick the wrong day to try it you could lose a nice bit of money if you are not paying attention.Ok. I just posted that as an example. They have something called a Grid that can be used to find systems by all sorts of criteria:
https://collective2.com/grid
You can use an optional C# based language for more advanced queries. I'm just pointing you in a possible direction for your possible investigation; not necessarily leading you to water.
