Recent Content by TallTrader

  1. Margin do you really need it?

    If you are trading on margin and are losing money, you would probably also be losing money not trading on margin. So you need to look at how you...
    Post by: TallTrader, May 16, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  2. What do u do to stick to your rules?

    Only trade during a limited period each day. Less opportunity to screw up..
    Post by: TallTrader, May 16, 2009 in forum: Risk Management

  3. Statistical edge with option spreads -none?

    Statistical edge is only applicable if one is assuming an underlying pricing model, like Black Scholes. But even that is recently being...
    Post by: TallTrader, May 16, 2009 in forum: Options

  4. Consecutive losing trades…How many can you take?

    Reducing your investment size after each loss is one way to deal with consecutive losses. It helps psychologically as well as mathematically.
    Post by: TallTrader, May 16, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  5. How to end the search for the holy grail?

    I think it's ok to jump from strategy to strategy as long as you play with a limited amount of risk capital. After all, actually doing is the...
    Post by: TallTrader, Jan 9, 2004 in forum: Trading

  6. Backtesting: Wealthlab, tradestation or Investor RT

    In defense of Metastock: I actually find Metastock being somewhat limited as an advantage. If you system test over a long (as in 15 years or...
    Post by: TallTrader, Jan 8, 2004 in forum: Trading Software

  7. CME vs Forex

    I can see Forex for intraday trading when you will not hold your position overnight. However, For longer trend trading you also need to...
    Post by: TallTrader, Jan 8, 2004 in forum: Forex