Funny thread.. 1) Insider info. Dig up some insider info that gives you 100% probability of success. 2) Find a 80-90% high probability trade...
Volatility is the daily range from high to low, it's both something good and bad, it creates opportunites but also create risk as wild price moves...
Double up your position everytime you win? that is stupid. double position = double risk! If your Risk/Reward is 3/6% and you double the...
It's the ultimate intellectual challenge. like a gigantic piece of multi dimensional chess with infinite amount of variables to consider. Thats a...
I believe it's a question of fixed vs dynamic exit/stop levels, if you trade fixed you know in advance what the risk is and what the expected...
Here comes the first swing trade that was closed yesterday (third trade for the year) Long TNA @ 75.85 (entry at close Feb 23) Stop loss @...
Follow my rocky road to ruin.. or "how I zeroed my account in 2011" ;-) Thought I will document my trading of small caps just for...
I wonder if Jim Simons dare to head to head with me.. :) My 18 months trailing performance is +450%
If I'd make a big hit, something like +50k on a single trade I guess I would feel some exitment and happness about it. In 2008 during the...
Dont worry, you get detached as your account grow and you get more of an "air bag". Your confidence in your abilities and trading method grows....
Trade longer timeframes, in the range of swing trading to position trading. Majority of the smart and successfull people seams to employ this...
Break it up in smaller payments, something like milestones and one for final delivery and one after review. Thats a setup that both parties should...
Why not borrow $50k from the bank. If the "2% to 5% Return on Investment (ROI) on Daily basis" is true you will be able to pay it back in a month...
Been expecting a market correction between may and sep/oct, a decline to SP 1000-1050. But I never thought it will go there this quickly in just...
This is what it all boils down to. The investment banks make a heavy commission on the OTC derivatives business, it is a big cash cow for them so...
Why does one have to make $2k-$3k a day to make a living. You know that that accounts for $50,000 a month and close to 1 million a year? 20 times...
Backtest of all trades since the start in April last year. 361% return in 11 months on 10 trades, 9 wins and 1 loss. 90% win ratio.
Journal and performance tracking thread for Infinite Alpha Style: Swing Trading, unidirectional (trades in the direction of the main trend)...
If I where about to start trading options again I would look into a strategy to exploit volatility dislocations in various stocks and instruments....
Yes historical options data generaly is very expensive. I know CME Globex publishes FOP data for free in their daily bullentins available at...
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