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  1. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    I don't think it is off-topic, because I think this is one of the connotations and associations of what constitutes "gambling" in most people's...
    Post by: flat5, May 23, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    Agree. However, I don't think you can reasonably call trading a "business" because there is no product or service being rendered.
    Post by: flat5, May 23, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    Because it isn't productive. It's a way to take money from somebody else's pocket and put it in yours, but accomplish nothing in the process,...
    Post by: flat5, May 23, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    And professional gambling is not an occupation? This board is hilarious. Folks, trading is gambling. The level of denial you folks show over...
    Post by: flat5, May 23, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Do you tell people you're a trader?

    That's because trading IS gambling, silly.
    Post by: flat5, May 23, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Building a bankroll, poker style

    Exactly. I'm actually a semi-pro poker player who's here because trading looks attractive in that it's not self-limiting as poker is. As you...
    Post by: flat5, May 20, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. Beginner wants to run some open-loop simulations

    Start what over from scratch and why?
    Post by: flat5, May 20, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Consistently Profitable Day Traders

    Pretty simple, I think. Because there are so many "respected" sources which claim it is impossible, and that anybody who tells you different is a...
    Post by: flat5, May 19, 2005 in forum: Professional Trading

  9. max liability for futures trading

    I live in the US. I don't know if it is enforceable or not. My guess would be that it isn't, but I don't like signing agreements on the...
    Post by: flat5, May 18, 2005 in forum: Index Futures

  10. max liability for futures trading

    Thanks for the answers to my questions. My next concern here is the terms and conditions in the account signup that I am currently looking at...
    Post by: flat5, May 18, 2005 in forum: Index Futures

  11. max liability for futures trading

    I have never traded futures but I am interested in learning. In trying to open an account I am getting confused by the warning disclosures about...
    Thread by: flat5, May 18, 2005, 22 replies, in forum: Index Futures

  12. Automated trading system outcomes and real trading results

    Clearly that's the goal. However, you have to get from point A (a non-existent or system under test) to point B ("so fucking stable"). This is...
    Post by: flat5, May 17, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  13. Automated trading system outcomes and real trading results

    Nothing like putting a person in the loop as a sanity check. I think this approach makes a lot of sense.
    Post by: flat5, May 17, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  14. Automated trading system outcomes and real trading results

    I'm watching this with great interest, vlad. I have been thinking about building/deploying an automated system as well. I am in the infancy...
    Post by: flat5, May 17, 2005 in forum: Automated Trading

  15. Beginner wants to run some open-loop simulations

    By open-loop simulations I mean set up a fully automated strategy with real-time input and paper trade on it for awhile. I am a trading novice...
    Thread by: flat5, May 16, 2005, 5 replies, in forum: Strategy Building

  16. Simple System for Beginners

    And those solid reasons are? I am trying my first "back testing" runs on this using e-mini S&P 500. It appears to turn a very small profit....
    Post by: flat5, May 16, 2005 in forum: Strategy Building
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