What happened to the old traders

i960 · Apr 15, 2017

Also curious what Redneck's been up to, haven't seen him in a while.

Dustin · Apr 15, 2017

marketsurfer said:
I think Maverick74 and I are the only ones left from the first generation.

Been here since '99. Like someone mentioned, Lescor is still around too. About half the guys I knew 10 years ago are still trading today, but most of them aren't on ET anymore.

Frederick Foresight · Apr 15, 2017

Dustin said:
About half the guys I knew 10 years ago are still trading today, but most of them aren't on ET anymore.

Too much of a good thing?

Quiet1 · Apr 15, 2017

I'd like to know what happened to 40yotrader.
His system-related posts were very informative and detailed. I did wonder if I'd come across him a while back when looking at CTA profiles (http://www.autumngold.com/Advisor/cta_profile.php?id=113290).

marketsurfer · Apr 15, 2017

Quiet1 said:
I'd like to know what happened to 40yotrader.
His system-related posts were very informative and detailed. I did wonder if I'd come across him a while back when looking at CTA profiles (http://www.autumngold.com/Advisor/cta_profile.php?id=113290).

I hope that's a part time gig for him.

jk90029 · Apr 15, 2017

JPB said:
I've been away for a long time, almost 15 years. It's good to see the site still active. It looks like a few of the main old names disappeared around 2013-2014, including Don Bright and Oldtrader, for example. Anyone know what happened? Retired on a beach somewhere hopefully?
-J

Most traders, I guess, keep his trading until die or broke.

Also there are more broke rate, like in the 2009 crisis, who enjoyed high loan.

bigspeculate · Apr 16, 2017

Can you detail how, exactly, did HFT destroy daytrading? Did they make classic TA like fib's, support/resistance useless?

Clubber Lang · Apr 16, 2017

bigspeculate said:
Can you detail how, exactly, did HFT destroy daytrading? Did they make classic TA like fib's, support/resistance useless?

For the umpteenth time-
HFT does not matter if you are trading small lots. But try buying size and you will see the answer to your question.

Dustin · Apr 16, 2017

bigspeculate said:
Can you detail how, exactly, did HFT destroy daytrading? Did they make classic TA like fib's, support/resistance useless?

You answered your own question. Profitable day trading has very little to do with the things you mentioned.

samiotis · Apr 17, 2017

recession2016 said:
I assume HFT was a typo and you meant to write FED in its place

FED- Definition?