Yes IG give margin to stops, so you could trade 100 eur/point with a 1.5K account if you attach a 10 point stop with your entry order. Ofcourse if...
Account Balance is currently 2291. Daily results so far: Day 1: -215.2 Day 2: 527 Day 3: 539.5 Day 4: 249 Day 5: 0 (FOMC Day) Day 6:...
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A nice recovery after Fridays disaster. +582 today. Equity is currently 1861. Daily results so far: Day 1: -215.2 Day 2: 527 Day...
Van Tharp's business model was to train/coach other traders and give them his money to manage. Rather than trade himself. He was doing ok with...
You have a 61% win rate, but are still losing money. You might have scope to take some losses quicker and still win >50% of the time.
He could try paying using fake t bonds. Seem to be trillions of those floating around.
Week #2 ======= Opening balance: 811.8 Closing plance: 1279.1 P/L: +467.3 Target closing balance: 1300.0 Status: Behind target...
Marketsurfer spouts this shit because he worships Niederhoffer who doesnt believe in Trend Following.
I think you need to wait until Friday, if he doesnt post then...
The 'Wall Street Daily Future' is a bucket shop instrument that tracks the front month YM contract pretty much tick for tick, just with a wider...
I am not using an auto system for this journal. My auto system has win rate of 40%. And only makes 100% a year, with big drawdowns. With...
Just +250 today, so account stands at 1600 at present. Only two trades taken, one in the USD/JPY and one in EUR/USD. Will post a blotter on...
I would have thought an expert day trader could make 25K a month with a 50K account. That would be about 2.5% per day.
You need to state what size of account. $1000, then averaging 10% would be really good. $1,000,000 1% would be really good....
I am not yet a good discretionary trader, i have no profitable track record at all. I am still learning it. But I would say i am very good at...
Yeah, i presume he means that sort of thing. I only recommend that kind of stuff in the early days, if a firm is new or they introduce a new...
I dont like to recommend anyone, but i use IG. I used to trade fixed odds (binaries), and i made a lot of money at it. However spreads are now...
Yes i am using a spread bet company (aka Bucket Shop). When it says 11 lots, that means 11GBP a point ($18 a point). Or in the case of FX that...
I will use graphical screen grab blotters going forward. Saves having to convert tabs to spaces in the textual blotters i have been posting....
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