wrong wrong wrong on several counts. -random data certainly could show a leptokurtic distribution. why would you think it couldn't???? you...
I decided to start a new thread since I don't agree with "the sad truth about trading" and that's not why i'm posting here. Index Piker, sorry...
Every few years I post a bit on some of these boards. I don't usually find it very productive and it can be very frustrating, but I'm hoping...
Thanks for finding this. Keep in mind that these are excess returns (excess of the market) which is why you have to hedge with SPY if there's no...
A guy called "mindtrade" pm'd me and asked where you could get addition and deletion information in advance. I told him I would answer here since...
Don't be an idiot. I post a system I have used profitably in pretty complete detail. The basis of the system is a well documented and researched...
searched the files??? no look a few pages back in this thread. it's not a file just text. simple.
Several years and the return was very impressive. My exact numbers won't really matter to you because financing/margin requirements will...
I am assuming you mean an ES daytrading system. I have done that profitably (in fact, it's how I really learned to trade)... look at things like...
Ok I'm cutting myself off after this post... I won't spend the day posting on ET lol... but here's what I think your problem(s) are: -Youre...
Ok... as promised... here is a system that has an edge. I know this because 1) I backtested it rigorously and 2) i have used it for quite a while...
There is FAR less no trader involved trading that you would think. (This is not speculation on my part, I know this for a fact.) A lot of the...
When I was a struggling trader, I used to believe what you wrote here, but the fact is you're wrong. The pyschological demands of trading are...
I'm not sure I agree with you on this one. I would say the skills required for effective model building differ from the skills required for...
Come back a year from now and let us know how that's working out for you lol.
Well said. And you can't overemphasize that this is a performance discipline like being a top notch professional athlete... it's possible to...
actually... to a trader a "piker" is a trader who has no clue what they're doing. as in "did you see that piker sell up there? what a moron!"...
I'm sorry you have had bad experiences trading, but your conclusions aren't consistent with my experiences. I do find that it is possible to...
Yes I agree with what you're saying. It certainly has become harder but I know many traders who are still consistently profitable. Maybe you...
AIG, LVS? MFE today? I'm assuming you daytrade stocks and there's plenty of opportunity. I know a lot of prop desks are struggling but they...
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