Steve, Barry, Dimitri -
Great to see all of you in-person. Sorry I was under-the-weather...but at least I had a chance to tell my stories of how much money I left on the table and how I avoided a tremendous disaster.
Steve- let us know about the potential new trading spot and hope you get it !
Good luck.
Dimitri - sorry we are in different worlds: Linux vs. Windows. However, it's good to see another IT comrad doing the trading game. As soon as I get my corporate IB account established, I'll contact you about my war stories with their horrid tech support.
Barry - Your IC story was typical. Many hedge funds that are short premium show these really nice equity curves that are marred by violent spikes down. It's the nature of that game.
Glad you were aware your bet size was way too large.
My plans are to stick with TOS for longer-term options plays (4-8 weeks), go with IB for autotrading of Euro FX futures, and some discretionary 1-2 days plays of equities / etfs / options thru IB or TOS.
In the meantime, good ole JP Morgan is paying the bills and building up my trading equity.
Good luck to all.
Wiz
Great to see all of you in-person. Sorry I was under-the-weather...but at least I had a chance to tell my stories of how much money I left on the table and how I avoided a tremendous disaster.
Steve- let us know about the potential new trading spot and hope you get it !
Good luck.
Dimitri - sorry we are in different worlds: Linux vs. Windows. However, it's good to see another IT comrad doing the trading game. As soon as I get my corporate IB account established, I'll contact you about my war stories with their horrid tech support.
Barry - Your IC story was typical. Many hedge funds that are short premium show these really nice equity curves that are marred by violent spikes down. It's the nature of that game.
Glad you were aware your bet size was way too large.
My plans are to stick with TOS for longer-term options plays (4-8 weeks), go with IB for autotrading of Euro FX futures, and some discretionary 1-2 days plays of equities / etfs / options thru IB or TOS.
In the meantime, good ole JP Morgan is paying the bills and building up my trading equity.
Good luck to all.
Wiz