Ouch. Yeah, he's a billionaire and a smart guy and his fund should pull out of the slump. Heck, I believe in and use "reversion" strategies,...
Another point is the severe survivorship bias infecting longterm hedgefund returns. Sure, some of those funds that survived 40-50% or worse...
This will be the fate of 90% of today's hedgefunds, IMHO. These traders are no better than you or I at trading. They are just better at...
Phil, thanks for your posts here. It's nice to see a real trader tying to help, and demonstrating actual trades. I used to go to the YHOO...
Nice. Looks like you got the word. I guess I don't need to go to law school... :p
Somethin ain't right here. The wife and I are just wage slaves, but we pull down prettty good bux and we would NEVER "leave $20,000" in...
I think IB is a great broker for stocks, futures and options. The only other brokers, IMHO, that might be better for options are OptionsXpress...
I think the busting "process" and rules should be the next thing the SEC looks into. Trade busting sure seemes rigged against the small guy....
Why the attacks on proflogic? Well for one thing, he answers serious questions about his methods in an arrogant and offensive way. He also...
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Patent Pending If a "patented" short term trading method is unsuccessful and loses money over time (for reference pls read "Fooled By...
There is a ton of evidence that having a high IQ is not necessary for trading...just look at the average ET member!!! :D
IMHO the statistical inference of "95% of all new traders fail to make money after 3 years..." or the like remains constant as time extends. So...
Okay, your experience is bad (Although it doesn't sound like a big deal to me. Are you from Russia or other former Soviet country? I'd say IB...
So, MAESTRO, how do you REALLY feel about the strategy? :D This can be a good strategy, but like every other option strategy you MUST define...
mschey, thanks for sharing your results. I'm sure we all can learn from your results and methods. Your numbers show an account size about...
You can do it with an IB account and a bit of programming effort. C
Oops. I forgot about that chunky quarterly div. But hell, even if the trade doesn't work at least we all learned something! Good trading to...
Interesting trade, lescor. Did you leg into this box, or did you put it on with one order? If it was a leg-in, then I can see how you are doing...
Sorry, man... We luv IB here. The answer is simple - If U R unhappy then use another freakin broker. Oh, there isn't another one with...
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