I think you have a great point here. So what exactly is this common denominator? But, seriously, OP seems to make no more than 10 trades in a day. How is HFT, which flips on a dime, affecting his trades in anyway?
Thought I was on elitetrader.com not hobbytrader.com ...My mistake Yah-yah we get it - Some folks like to knit, you like to trade
Trading covers the cost of my mountain biking and climbing hobbies. It's a good hobby, but would drive me crazy full time, but it's there as an option if/when required.
It's a horrible hobby, playing with money. If my life was so un-interesting that playing with money were my most interesting option of activities, I'd probably end it.
Interesting, on a trading forum where I assume you err trade with the aim of doing it for a living, 1 day if ever you get good enough right ?? We could class that until your profitable and full time as also a HOBBY could we not ? I have many hobbies, it's the hobby I spend the least time on, to busy when the trading is good Spending $3000+ on a mountain bike hell no, unless it's trading profits then I view it as well a free bike and what the hell, if I had to work for it, I'd never waste that kinda money on toys.
povstanets, Please explain why or how you made the decision to trade the S&P 500 Emini ES futures versus trading any other trading instrument ?
What Market Data Subscriptions do I need to have such a screen on my PC? I was asking the same question in a new thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index...ount-what-market-data-required-for-es.296389/