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xtrhvydty
 

Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 310

 

04-25-09 07:45 AM

First I started with stocks. Breakouts, pullbacks, mean reversion. Then I got into complex option spreads for a couple years. Calendars, verts, BWBs etc. Last two mainly daytraded ZG & TF futures. Now I just feel the daily screen-staring is just too boring for me. Maybe twice a week I could do it. But it's reallly got to the point where 10min is an eternity. I'm wondering if it's one of those times where it's time for a change. I'm wondering what path some of the long-term traders have taken, for example:
-calendar futures spreads
-intercommodity spreads
-hybrid options/daytrading strategies
-pure volatility spreads
-daytrading only afternoons
etc.

Just curious of the many twists and turns your trading career has taken.

cheers

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slapshot
 

Registered: Jul 2002
Posts: 1026

 

04-25-09 07:57 AM


Quote from xtrhvydty:

First I started with stocks. Breakouts, pullbacks, mean reversion. Then I got into complex option spreads for a couple years. Calendars, verts, BWBs etc. Last two mainly daytraded ZG & TF futures. Now I just feel the daily screen-staring is just too boring for me. Maybe twice a week I could do it. But it's reallly got to the point where 10min is an eternity. I'm wondering if it's one of those times where it's time for a change. I'm wondering what path some of the long-term traders have taken, for example:
-calendar futures spreads
-intercommodity spreads
-hybrid options/daytrading strategies
-pure volatility spreads
-daytrading only afternoons
etc.

Just curious of the many twists and turns your trading career has taken.

cheers



Have you thought about just taking a vacation? A couple weeks off really helps.

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MandelbrotSet
 

Registered: Dec 2007
Posts: 7246

 

04-25-09 10:16 AM

If you're staying in the light, someone like George Soros, Paul Tudo Jones or Warren Buffett.

If you're going to the darkside, Bernie Madoff.

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MohdSalleh
 

Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 2706

 

04-26-09 02:33 PM

Bankruptcy

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Cutten
 

Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 5481

 

04-26-09 03:53 PM

Global macro, long/short equity, deep value, spreads/relative value, and fading extremes.

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tredar
 

Registered: Apr 2009
Posts: 26

 

04-26-09 03:59 PM


Quote from MohdSalleh:

Bankruptcy



lol

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