Many hedge funds do use automated trading. Lets say everyone switched to automated trading. The top 20% best automated strategies would...
I hope the OP comes back and makes more calls. I would like to take the opposite trade to each of his calls. Even after 20 years he seems to trade...
Dont fight the trend. You should be either long or neutral in this market, not short. The markets are being pushed up by two types, the...
He only ran off because his last trade was so far out of the money. Had it instead been $20,000 in the money he would still be here, although...
Price drivers :D He had his own system, the Leeson Gambit: If the market doest move in your direction after you get in, you make it move...
This is like saying black jack card counters predict the cards.. they dont.. the cards have been dealt in a certain way and the odds are now in...
The OP seems to be doing nearly everything wrong. Very poor timing. No stop loss (or well defined exit strategy). In other words very poor risk...
There is a guy called Marketsufer on another thread he is long 10 CL contracts from around 95. He is currently $20,000 out of the money. If it...
Because after Gekko got done buying his broker (Bud) called the wall street journal and said 'blue horseshoe loves Anacott Steel' and then...
Market action on days in October 2008 were crazier than the movements we saw in the flash crash.
People complain about the market flash crash, 500+ pts down and up in a few minutes. Then others say its strange if the stock market acts orderly...
Im sure if there is a trading coach out there who suckered the OP into paying $$$$ for 'coaching or training fees', they would be more than happy...
Slippage and commission costs tend to get covered up in high volatility high profitability markets. But when the markets aren't so rich for the...
What did you want to do, make money every month?? Trading is feast and famine, like many other businesses. Would be nice to make money every...
Mid 2007 to late 2009 were some of the best trading markets in history. Volatility was fantastic. 2010,2011, and 2012 were also not bad. So the...
How do other traders stay humble and defensive after a long winning period in the markets? Losing periods eventually force humility and a...
People seem to get confused between Covel and Russell Sands.
They all snake oil sellers. Anyone who sells systems, courses, websites, chat rooms, software, books etc. Trading is quite an easy subject...
Albert Einstein once said it is tasteless to prolong life artificially. And Steve Jobs often said death is very likely the single best...
The OP was about six months (and $250) too early :D
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