Recent Content by the1

  1. The CL/NQ experiment

    The difference between trading sim and real is as clear as black and white but it's not even remotely close to the difference between trading your...
    Post by: the1, Feb 15, 2014 in forum: Journals

  2. Just Wanting to Say Thanks

    Good thing you didn't find this site a few years ago. There were some real characters here that made this place feel like a Yahoo message board....
    Post by: the1, Feb 15, 2014 in forum: Events

  3. Biggest day ever

    Biggest Down: 440k. Enjoyed it so much I did it again, almost to the dollar. Next in line was 130k. Biggest win: 235k. Biggest win vs...
    Post by: the1, Feb 15, 2014 in forum: Trading

  4. New to trading ag futures. I need some advice regarding fundamentals.

    Would have to agree. I trade similar to the OP and I quickly learned that fundamental data gets priced into the market before you can act on it....
    Post by: the1, Dec 9, 2013 in forum: Commodity Futures

  5. Einstein and The Great Fed Robbery

    At present day, it's widely accepted that the sharing of information is limited to the speed of light but I don't think it will be long before...
    Post by: the1, Sep 23, 2013 in forum: Wall St. News

  6. C# Code to get Cointegration of stocks

    I was joking. It was likely the exception that shut the machine down, along with it being an old machine
    Post by: the1, Sep 13, 2013 in forum: App Development

  7. C# Code to get Cointegration of stocks

    Ummm....you may wanna take a pass on downloading this App. Possibly has malicious code in it. Glad I opened it on an old PC because it shut my...
    Post by: the1, Sep 13, 2013 in forum: App Development

  8. C# Code to get Cointegration of stocks

    Do you have Visual Studio? I just opened and ran it and so far it is throwing exceptions. I don't have the time to look into the trouble but...
    Post by: the1, Sep 13, 2013 in forum: App Development

  9. How Goldman Sachs Made Money Mid-Crisis

    Very interesting article. Thanks for posting it. I've been a long time critic of GS, and probably always will be, but if I put myself on the...
    Post by: the1, Sep 13, 2013 in forum: Wall St. News

  10. The longest timeframe you use..

    It depends on what time frame you are trading. For day trading I use the 1-min chart so my analysis is on the next highest time frame -- the 5...
    Post by: the1, Sep 1, 2013 in forum: Forex

  11. How good of a trader do you need to be to make a living?

    Depends on the setting. If you're trading your own account then yes, you do have to be concerned about your rate of return but it should be noted...
    Post by: the1, Jul 19, 2013 in forum: Trading

  12. Good prop firm interview

    This is a pretty good article. I've been through the interview process and the biggest thing a prop firm looks for is critical, split second,...
    Post by: the1, Jul 14, 2013 in forum: Prop Firms

  13. Using a hedge instead of a stop

    In my opinion, and experience, hedging is a far superior strategy to manage risk than using a stop but to be successful at it you have to have a...
    Post by: the1, Jul 13, 2013 in forum: Risk Management

  14. Did Ben Say Anything Different?

    What Greenspan did to the markets is going pale in comparison to what Bernanke is doing now. If the current move continues, and it probably will,...
    Post by: the1, Jul 11, 2013 in forum: Economics

  15. The Broker Who Saved America

    Very interesting article here. Took a class on Middle Eastern History in college. Forgot 90% of what I learned but boy! What an interesting...
    Post by: the1, Jul 5, 2013 in forum: Economics