But you had to get good in the first place to have the capital to trade that size, no?
Regarding scaling, you should read Gary Smith's, "How I Trade For A Living," page 220 to 221. "Over ten years I've become acquainted with many...
Let's hear nominations for 2011 Elite Trader Top 100 earning traders. Who are the Real Elite Traders? :) :p :D
Too late.
I'll get a dog when I'm a helpless old fart.
Anybody who has ever been a broker will tell you 95% of retail traders of futures or forex will eventually blow up. A broker matter of factly...
Way too stressful to watch tick by tick ES movements. Lots of temptation to use your full margin with the side effects of blowing up on an...
Victor Niederhoffer is a good example. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/15/071015fa_fact_cassidy
The HFT I used to know made average >$30,000 per day. His ROI was in the thousands of percent per year. Then, other automated trading systems...
There are some nice people here, but in general professional traders here are not looking to mentor anyone. Then the newbies are not interested...
This is a question directed at professional traders. What's your average % drawdown and how much time did it take to recover peak equity? I...
Yeah, AAPL is still undervalued relative to its PE and growth, but should consolidate/stall out as market goes down ~8% or so next few weeks.
Read Gary Smith on "indicatoritis."
Are most people here intraday traders?
Yes, makes sense, but you really have to have your trading down to a science regarding the probability of your trades and be able to gauge the...
Maybe you should worry first about having gains from trading futures.
Bernanke cannot hinder Gold without simultaneously destroying the stock market. When stocks decline enough, QE3 will be back and Gold will again rise.
NG in constant oversupply. Export market is years away, so NG will remain depressed. Contango will eliminate your net worth before prices rise.
OMG, shorting AAPL calls? Can you say wipe out net worth?
Maybe a certain group of investors feel their growth is unsustainable in the long-term. The history of cell phone companies is replete with...
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