Monday May 19th ES range: 1869.25 low to 1883.00 high | 13.25 pts = $687.50 range TF range: 1094.0 low to 1115.6 high | 21.6 pts = $2,160 range...
The max daily drawdowns get hit while combine traders are struggling to make pace towards the minimum profit mandates to get funded. If there was...
The challenge with strategy you propose is this: TF intraday ranges are 300% to 400+% greater than ES ranges on a dollar-per-contract basis. So an...
What I do personally, like a lot of other traders in all markets, is follow price direction long while rising or short while declining. I don't do...
one firm hired ten (10) people and the other firm hired four (4)? that's not a spree... the local ice-cream stand other side of town here just...
No question this is an adjustment to the present uber-low volatility markets environment with one notable symbol exception... Russell 2000 eminis,...
well, I think it's important to note that other than intraday trading, the opportunity potential has not changed much. When talking about lack of...
the difference then versus today? Those SOES bandits were a tiny minority while the same HFT-bandits concept are THE MARKET. what a few...
I traded thru the years of Vol bottom 2004 - 2006 with VIX at 10-12 and stock market ranges contracted as they are today. But... intraday crude...
that is definitely true, but equally true is the fact that this nation could be 100% self-sustainable if the borders were closed, all...
I used to enjoy trading wide ranges in CL, I used to enjoy trading methodical price movement in the Russell 2000. Adaptation includes grinding for...
Survive is fine. Prisoners of war survive, too. Markets used to employ more real people, distribute wealth thru a wider network of the economy via...
We live in this world, you and me: ten years ago, all financial markets were broader, deeper, more liquid, more opportunity for more people to...
#1: the only benefit HFTs serve the general market is their own parasitic self-serving. They create no open interest, they take no positions...
For some odd reason, there are people who cling to the stance that all markets are status quo, nothing has changed, everything is groovy as it was...
mav, I'm talking about intraday trading and intraday price action specifically. You're a highly intelligent man, and experienced veteran in this...
You are lecturing me about stock markets, and you apparently struggle to post profitable results in your spot FX journal? Now the rest of us...
that's all true... and exactly where did all of this peak "efficiency" come from? HFTs and the free reign to front-run orders, manipulate price...
while I sit here and watch the emini stock index markets chop & drift in tiny ranges, I have a question for all. Why in your opinions is...
TCR: Many defenders of HFT claim that it is a net-positive force in the market because it provides much-needed liquidity and tightens the spread...
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