Don't get me wrong, I am not speaking for anyone. ..... His good days are better than my good months. It's his Nasdaq, we just trade in it.
Trader P/L 2006 Questions and Discussion
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Don't get me wrong, I am not speaking for anyone. ..... His good days are better than my good months. It's his Nasdaq, we just trade in it.
traders are always complaning about their days... keep in mind all you get to see is the end result... sometimes we go through hell to get there... so lucky to be out alive could mean I was down 10 grand in the morning and every stock was being a pain in the rear and a mircale rip happened over lunch which made me some decent coin...
cheers!
mnx
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lol...ok...when MNX steps in you know its on the up and up....so just like my trading this month id be out the money on this bet as well
hoping to get out of this hole I dug myself into soon.. still down 29 large...
I think I'll be close by the end of the week...
cheers!
mnx
Under the heading, "Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda", I "knew" this was going to be an uptrend all day long this AM. Could see how it was trading and just feel it. At least I felt strongly it would. But did I trade it that way? No. (Pulls out gun and points at temple - then decides against it) Grrrr!!! After so many crap, trendless, narrow range frustrating days, I miss most of this one too. Damn!!! I had to leave in the middle of the day and decided against going long with a stop. At least I knew enough not to try and short it. Oh, well. We'll probably get the crap, chop back tomorrow. 
For IB traders, is there one futures account value that will show P/L for both open and closed positions + commissions -- basically, net change in account value?
If you're a daytrader in futures exclusively, then you can just use Realized P/L. However, that will not include open positions, and will incorporate P/L for positions open from prior sessions.
Futures P/L will show changes in both open and closed, but will not include commissions.
Just trying to get one box that will show account total net account change from one settlement to next.
If you're a daytrader in futures exclusively, then you can just use Realized P/L. However, that will not include open positions, and will incorporate P/L for positions open from prior sessions.
Futures P/L will show changes in both open and closed, but will not include commissions.
Just trying to get one box that will show account total net account change from one settlement to next.
It's not even the dollar amounts that make me think this is a fake, but the fact that the statement is very antagonizing. If someone said some sh*t around me in an office on a tough day I would have to really hold myself back from knocking their teeth out. At the very least, I would talk some serious sh*t back, praying the person would try to get physical.
$15k a tough day? Some struggling traders would be happy to make that in a year, let alone a month.
And if that's a tough day, this guy must be making close to $50mil a year. This isn't some mystery trader, if he is at Swift, then I figure every Swift trader knows who he is.
Also, why would anyone still be trading with those #s. My ass would be on an island surrounded by exotic booty.
I agree. I already take the thread with a grain of salt, but I have known a great many extremely profitable traders who were far above my level and none of them ever just saved their neck on 15k, nor would they have the hubris to claim that if so.
Anything can be claimed on ET, and apparently there is a supply of people, like Nysekiller (R.I.P.) who have such low self esteem as to seek the praise and awe of anonymous people here. I trust Nasdaqkiller as much as I believe <a href=http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76561>this dude</a> is a legit hiree and not an advertiser/shill.