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  1. windsurfer
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    Full time trader since 1999

    Full time trader since 1999
    Status Update by windsurfer, Sep 21, 2017

  2. Interactive brokers raising vix margin

    Toonerdy--- I have a similar experience. I am short a number of VXV futures and long 10 VIX 16 calls per future. The maximum loss and therefore...
    Post by: windsurfer, Sep 21, 2017 in forum: Retail Brokers

  3. SPX Credit Spread Trader

    thx. It would be nice if someone would pick it up. I do some credits e.g. I'm currently short CL Dec 105 C, long 110 C but I mostly do...
    Post by: windsurfer, Nov 10, 2011 in forum: Journals

  4. SPX Credit Spread Trader

    what does "strong 1 year bump" mean?
    Post by: windsurfer, Nov 10, 2011 in forum: Journals

  5. Dr. Clayburg

    Thx Robert. You'll see in my message last April that I did a test of the clone beta and got insufficient profits with all products. I can't...
    Post by: windsurfer, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Transaction Costs

    I must misunderstand your question. Assuming trading in normal hours, I would have thought the variables are the product and the number of...
    Post by: windsurfer, Sep 22, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  7. Odds Czar: Simple Biases In the Futures Market: 2009

    I know Art welcomes comments on his Czar system. I have a comment on the calendar bias. My comment is based on the 2009 Stock Traders Almanac:...
    Post by: windsurfer, Aug 14, 2009 in forum: Journals

  8. Automated trading doesn't work

    Regarding Fed announcements, I update my systems once a year with "blocked trade days" that tell the systems not to trade on those days. This...
    Post by: windsurfer, May 24, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  9. Automated trading doesn't work

    pure truth, for some systems, like that one, they don't have actual trades listed. For others, they have just actual trades. I'm not sure why...
    Post by: windsurfer, May 15, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  10. Automated trading doesn't work

    travis, The actual results are listed under Trades. The system you picked trades 1 ES contract- no reinvestment. If there are client...
    Post by: windsurfer, May 15, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  11. Automated trading doesn't work

    there are systems that work. Places like www.attaincapital.com and www.striker.com list the actual trading results of a number of systems...
    Post by: windsurfer, May 15, 2009 in forum: Automated Trading

  12. Odds Czar: Simple Biases In the Futures Market: 2009

    I sympathize with this statement of Art's: "I haven't been able to make money off my gut doesn't mean that i don't sometimes correctly call a...
    Post by: windsurfer, Apr 28, 2009 in forum: Journals

  13. Looking for a profitable SP 500 E-mini system

    see http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=149700 for a profitable system for ES. But it is only 1 trade per day.
    Post by: windsurfer, Apr 27, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  14. List of Popular Trading Systems

    what is the site where you list your books?
    Post by: windsurfer, Apr 6, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building

  15. Dr. Clayburg

    Thank you, Robert. I have been watching the Clayburg daily videos- which on average seem to make about $4k/day. When I asked for a performance...
    Post by: windsurfer, Apr 6, 2009 in forum: Strategy Building