Recent Content by sonnet

  1. Why Can't I Trade with the Trend

    Many, i think most the vast majority, who make this complaint of not being able to get on the trend confuse hindsight with what they could have...
    Post by: sonnet, Mar 10, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building

  2. Can money management alone create any edge?

    The notiion random entries can be profitable with Exits is a load of backtesting circle jerk bunk. You are just playing with numbers and the...
    Post by: sonnet, Mar 10, 2005 in forum: Risk Management

  3. Can money management alone create any edge?

    I remember 8 years ago when i first started learning about trading. My god, the trading books are hidious and so filled with detremental...
    Post by: sonnet, Mar 9, 2005 in forum: Risk Management

  4. Can money management alone create any edge?

    Jesus some of you are quite retarded about this. No money management can't make an edge. Sad how brokerages lie and spread these myths for...
    Post by: sonnet, Mar 8, 2005 in forum: Risk Management

  5. American Express fin. advisor good or bad start?

    If you want to get a cfa, that is a totally different track unless you plan on making a career change in the future. "financial advising" is by...
    Post by: sonnet, Feb 23, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Back Testing

    haha, yea, get yahoo data by hand! certainly that would take forever. no no, u can download as much as u want right from the finance page...
    Post by: sonnet, Feb 20, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  7. Consistently Profitable Day Traders

    opinion you can find the best most consistent edges over short durations of time. On the minus side, if u have no edge it is harder to "get...
    Post by: sonnet, Feb 17, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  8. Quadriga Superfund - Managed Futures

    typically, the funds do well with small capital, expand take on much capital, have huge draw down, big investor withdraws, then performance...
    Post by: sonnet, Feb 17, 2005 in forum: Financial Futures

  9. Are there any Jim Rogers' fans here?

    he has had quite a life, i think many of us find inspiring. I even made a bundle off one of his stock picks when he was writing for worth magazine.
    Post by: sonnet, Feb 16, 2005 in forum: Educational Resources

  10. Can you think out of the box: show that Capitalism REQUIRES Socialism :D

    "Bad example. Physician scarcity exists to limit health care expenditures by govt. Once it was supposed that more physicians would mean more...
    Post by: sonnet, Jan 28, 2005 in forum: Politics

  11. I LOVE the HSI futs!

    Trying to pull up a chart on this market using ensign and the ib feed. Have not looked at it before. hsi h5-hkfe Is this the correct...
    Post by: sonnet, Jan 7, 2005 in forum: Index Futures

  12. The $6000 secret

    thread, is it not obvious that a huge horde of the retail trading crowd want to lose money?? THese chat room gurus just take advantage of that...
    Post by: sonnet, Jan 4, 2005 in forum: Educational Resources

  13. Need Help of a trading community.

    this chat room follow the guru sh*t is for LOSERS ONLY. Entirely against the whole ethic of what it takes to be successful. Some people...
    Post by: sonnet, Jan 4, 2005 in forum: Educational Resources

  14. Pyramiding into a trend

    "one should allocate more capital to very good opportunities than to more marginal opportunities." yes this is a nice assumption. Can this...
    Post by: sonnet, Dec 15, 2004 in forum: Strategy Building

  15. Are there any Lady Traders on ET? How do you trade, what are your strategies?

    men or women have any advantage in trading. however perhaps, and this is a guess, testosterone causes men to seek out risk more actively, wich...
    Post by: sonnet, Dec 12, 2004 in forum: Trading