An interesting discussion and brainstorming⦠OK., based on your statement that ââ¦Because if you REDUCE risk on a position that means...
You place a naked trade...what else could you do that would reduce your risk while it could increase or decrease by variable amounts your...
when you say hedge with a short... what do you exactly mean? that it would translate to "..bailing out.."? This statement could only be true if...
sorry..., I'm at a disadvantage here for having to protect the details of my strategies. But take the roulette example and try to find the trading...
Not a true statement! Again as in the case of the Roulette, you hedge to reduce your risk exposure and it could reduce your gains but depending on...
not only a long and a short in the same instrument doesn't make sense, it is also illegal. How do you play roulette? Just place your money on a...
Here's a perfect example: 6:30 AM ET. The low has been ES 1309.50 which needs to be revisited and I have a signal saying that 1335 must also be...
The latter part of your post best explains the situation but on your other comments, think of it this way for simplicity: 1- We can never time...
very well put... +1
Exactly, that is what my plan is about too. Since I am not compounding and neither abusing leverage, even if originally stay well below objective...
Andris, Thanks for taking the time to share with us your valuable experience and in fact it is absolutely so as you have mentioned it and very...
I use my own methods, learnt by experience but, I have read in other threads about traders utilizing pairing instead of stops. You can search for...
sandyGâ¦, I do have a daily loss limit with my broker which is set at $2500(rather on the high side, I know!) and recently when down 2700 in 1...
Thanks MandelbrotSet for the support. The worrying thing is, to learn that one still needs to go through the school of hard knocks after having...
Actually I did have quite a few problems! First and foremost, got a little careless when reached a high of $22.5k and took my eyes off the ball...
Day 7, (Mon. 03/17/08) 13:00 ET. Done for the day.. details here:...
Day 7, (Mon. 03/17/08) 13:00 ET. Done for the day.. 51 Trades +$849 Net. = % 4.72
Would a small firm, future's broker doing own clearing be in danger of insolvency? Do broker's also have the equivalent of the FDIC guarantee?...
I've looked at Ninja briefly and liked it a lot Vs. all the other platforms I've examined. Also take a look at the Sierra Charts, which I'd...
Do not flatter yourself, the tax liability must be due tax evasion, although I doubt if a mentally handicapped, Surdo individual has ever reached,...
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