Recent Content by liujs

  1. I bet the best traders on ET do this...

    I am not sure about the statistics, but I sure agree with TraderZone that many people never get the technical part done up. Partially depends on...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  2. Advice for new trader

    You should first consider what broker do you want to use in live trading. Then see if u can get a trial account from them. As such, you will get...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. I bet the best traders on ET do this...

    If there is a voting system here, I would definitely give travis ten votes. All my pain over the years has been well articulated by him. I dont...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  4. traders who have second jobs, what is it?

    Your story makes me curious about ur P&L i wonder if u r net up or net down after all these years. Seen a lot of engineers and other...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 26, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Advice for new trader

    You should really consider dividing your capital into five small parts or whatever portion and see what u can trade with that less money. When i...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 26, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Hard core frugal livin' traders

    Have to agree on this one. An advanced degree keeps the mind open. But studying is painful and puts you away from the job market. Each year back...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 26, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. What kind of specific education background would lead to a career as a quant trader?

    Like some one said earlier, study hard core CS, physics or math at the Phd level just to get a quant job is risky. I know of pple with a...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 23, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  8. How to teach yourself proper technique

    I have great respect for academics because when I look at the most successful people in the trading business, such as Jim Simmons of...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  9. How to teach yourself proper technique

    I think a good suggestion would be to read extensively and incorporate new techniques that you know other people are not using that much yet. The...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  10. traders who have second jobs, what is it?

    Actually, I think that it is ok to trade part time. I once tried trading full time before. It is very demanding and doesnt make much money, cos u...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  11. Best Programming Language

    Apologies. Missed out the part on DLL creation etc that u mentioned earlier. You should be using C# or C++ i guess. Some habits that I...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  12. Does anyone use yahoo to import data into ninja trader?

    Just before you close this thread... what is your solution? Mind sharing? Can PM me as well.
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  13. Does anyone use yahoo to import data into ninja trader?

    Allen, I asked what you asked at the NinjaTrader forum. According to the staff supporting that forum, automated importing of data and...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  14. Best Programming Language

    Like you I have no formal background as well. Actually, I recommend VBA. I dont think I see VBA being recommended any where. There are problems...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  15. I bet the best traders on ET do this...

    I cant help but agree with this guy more. If psychology is the most impt part, all the algo traders, stat arb people would be dead. I personally...
    Post by: liujs, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Psychology