Recent Content by gurucandidate

  1. 4 alternative assets that ultra-rich people are making money on

    I can report first hand that getting involved in collectibles can be very profitable over the medium to long term. Literally everything I touched...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Mar 16, 2019 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. 5 or 10 minute candles for intraday trends?

    The 15 second charts of ES with a couple of studies on the IB platform offer VG setups for intraday trading. It helps getting in early and to use...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Mar 16, 2019 in forum: Technical Analysis

  3. Planning for death or incapacitation and your trading account

    I have suffered a massive heart attack two years ago and my heart even stopped working at one point. When they revived me and I regained...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Feb 16, 2019 in forum: Risk Management

  4. go from 30k to 1 mln in 6 months

    I am late starting to read this thread. Yes, higher frequency of a well thought out system does lower risk of ruin. Think of tennis. A top...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jan 20, 2019 in forum: Journals

  5. Swingtrading is better than intraday.

    This thread could be titled: For some traders Swing trading is better then intraday. Clearly, one's skill set, personality and time schedules and...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jan 20, 2019 in forum: Index Futures

  6. Miners ETFs i.e.: $NUGT

    The OP wants to trade vehicles that are moving more or less in tandem with futures so XLE or OIH would not qualify.
    Post by: gurucandidate, Apr 2, 2015 in forum: ETFs

  7. Any smart way to detect trend is going to happen soon?

    Most trading platforms have a toolbox of widely used indicators that measure various aspects of price behavior. If one followed any set of two...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Mar 27, 2015 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Miners ETFs i.e.: $NUGT

    If you want to trade an ETF that mirrors the Gold futures then use the GLD or it's variations because they were constructed to reflect the price...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Mar 27, 2015 in forum: ETFs

  9. Unacceptable TradeStation Bugs ???

    Is it possible that some of you are running it on XP? With Windows7 TS runs smoothly. One can encounter issues when the symbol count reaches or...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Oct 9, 2013 in forum: Trading Software

  10. Do you consider money management an edge?

    I concur with an earlier poster that money management is not an edge. Money management is a useful tool and if it is properly applied leads to...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Sep 28, 2010 in forum: Risk Management

  11. Does anyone offer intraday options charts?

    TS, NeoTicker and even IB have capabilities of plotting multiple symbols thus underlying and option price combinations. GC
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jul 28, 2010 in forum: Options

  12. Sitting for more then 6 hours leads to death...even if you exercise...

    He was a robust young 30 something. He was an embedded journalist squatting in a cramped armored vehicle, unable to move much, during the invasion...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jul 26, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  13. The Taxes Are Coming, The Taxes Are Coming

    In the late sixties early seventies the maximum incremental personal federal tax rate was up to >>>>>>>75%. Not a misprint. That was just the...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jul 22, 2010 in forum: Economics

  14. Every Week Is Expiry Week With New Weekly Options!

    Often I sell OM options against swing tops and bottoms before a turn and when I have a certain amount of profit choosing between staying into...
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jul 21, 2010 in forum: Options

  15. Does anyone offer intraday options charts?

    Tradestation charts options NeoTicker charts options. GC
    Post by: gurucandidate, Jul 18, 2010 in forum: Options