Not just long-term. A trend follower tends to relies on a few high r:r winning trades for profitability that pay for all the losers and then some,...
Damn. Any links to this info?
Is there a performance tracking site for fx traders that interfaces with IB's platform? ForexFactory trade explorer and myfxbook.com seem to only...
Then grab yourself an account over at http://myfxbook.com/ fire up that bad boy and show us the pips. :D If you can replicate in a live...
I have been looking for a performance chart for Galtere's hedge fund performance http://www.galtere.com/ Anybody have a source?
Because he ultimately blew up.
Why does one say that a liquidity provider (placer of the limit order) "earns the spread" while the liquidity taker "pays the spread"? Other...
Boosting your returns with insider trading or blowing up when when a bear market nullifies your "value" method is a pretty big flaw considering...
Adding to the list of traders who have been charged with insider trading or who simply blew up is now Steven Cohen, who was featured in the Stock...
It seems to me that without having used a lot of leverage their ROI would have been in the single digits. One of the managers even commented that...
Could somebody please explain the following sentence from the zerohedge article? Why would a sliding EUR mean redenomination risk and how did...
I am trying to understand this from a more theoretical possibility. It is clear that a trader cannot hold onto volatility without the position...
So, why not become a CTA instead?
Does anybody have a good list of trading classes like the ones offered at tradingacademy.com ?
Yes, whenever you pool money, that's where the regulation kicks in and it's going to be expensive as well. A CTA structure is much simpler! Are...
My point is that you don't need the amount that is being raised (let it be 2 mill) to get the tech infrastructure going. Look at 37signals-- no...
It seems to me that the entire point in creating an online software solution is that it can scale and starup costs (programming, network admin,...
Even assuming that vol is overpriced, with naked vol selling you are still exposing yourself to a huge DD if a shock event takes the indexes down...
Most noobs would buy the high, because they see price go up and it makes them feel comfortable as it gives them confirmation. This gives you a...
LJM Partners is hedge fund that sells options. Are they gambling or do they have an edge? Over time they seem to win in all their strategies and...
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