Recent Content by rcreal

  1. Pit traders

    They know and can see who's on the other side of the trade ... a fellow local or broker.
    Post by: rcreal, Jun 3, 2004 in forum: Trading

  2. Do Not Buy Gas May 19, 2004!!

    "You have a business that is in the hands of a few men, and they see that the price is kept up. It's not regulated by supply and demand, it's...
    Post by: rcreal, May 19, 2004 in forum: Politics

  3. Visiting Chicago - CME or CBOT floor tour?

    If you have a futures broker, ask a rep from the firm to give you a tour (contact them several days out). A CBOT member (generally) can get you...
    Post by: rcreal, Feb 5, 2004 in forum: Hook Up

  4. Two mice on one computer...Y-Mouse?

    http://www.cyberwalker.net/columns/jul97/070797.html
    Post by: rcreal, Jan 30, 2004 in forum: Hardware

  5. Better trading system available?

    IMHO the system isn't bad start, but you should at least factor commission/slippage. With $25/turn you are looking at $55 avg.profit/trade. That...
    Post by: rcreal, Jan 11, 2004 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Using a trading system to daytrade

    2003 was a tough year for systems. Why? Low volatility is probably the main reason. If you follow real-time results published by several...
    Post by: rcreal, Dec 28, 2003 in forum: Trading

  7. System longengevity? How long can a decent system last on average?

    In theory yes, in reality no. While self-adjusting parameters will allow a system to compensate for normal variations of the underlying, if a...
    Post by: rcreal, Nov 21, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Buying Trading Systems ?

    If someone is paying $50/rt, they are being legally raped. I have a broker trade two systems for me and I pay less than $14/rt per emini (ES)....
    Post by: rcreal, Nov 13, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  9. Pit Traded "realtime" charts?

    The statements about the CME clerks typing in the orders, the off-floor traders arbing the emini/full contract spread and the emini leading the...
    Post by: rcreal, Nov 2, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  10. Handling Skepticism from Loved Ones

    I went through something like this when I left the "corporate" world ... I took a buyout offer and most of my "friends" from work thought I was...
    Post by: rcreal, Aug 29, 2003 in forum: Psychology

  11. Attack Of The Pop-ups

    #1 - Download and run SpyBot - http://www.safer-networking.org/ #2 - Download and run AdAware - http://www.adaware.com This will solve...
    Post by: rcreal, Aug 17, 2003 in forum: Trading Software

  12. Snake Oil Sucker: George Angell

    A 5 minute search on google shows ... A website: http://www.georgeangell.com A few published books:...
    Post by: rcreal, Aug 16, 2003 in forum: Commodity Futures

  13. What are "Players" thinking?

    I'll be taking a tour of the CME floor next friday. I'll stop by the S&P pit and let you know what I find out :) rich
    Post by: rcreal, Jul 31, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  14. Dell Coupon

    If Dell is running any specials, it will be listed on this site: http://www.techbargains.com/ cheers, Rich
    Post by: rcreal, Jun 14, 2003 in forum: Hardware

  15. background check ?

    You can also get a variety of opinions at: #1 - groups.google.com under the misc.invest.* newsgroups #2 - The eskimo omega list archive at...
    Post by: rcreal, May 23, 2003 in forum: Trading