I'm going to let you finish, but this may be one of the most informative threads on hedge funds of ALL time. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
Getting there but it's taking a lot of hardwork
I don't have the same option prices: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=XLF&m=2009-12 You paid 58 cents for 10$ puts on the XLF. I hope you mean...
How do you guys deal with a bad week from trading?
Judging by the amount of posts on this thread.. a lot of traders feel this way.... hmm.. interesting.
Don't get too cocky cause you flipped $300 into $5k. Returns are not scaleable in trading... Can you do that with $300,000? I doubt it. So...
Quote from slapshot: ..... Whether or not 252 days are really tradeable is open for debate. Technically the market may be open, but at...
Perhaps it's just me.. You sound like a 'trader' ready to blow out their account. Futures? How about get good at the non-leveraged game.....
You have to take into account MM & Specialists exists.. I guess that's the lesson to be learned.
Good post. What you described sounds ridicioulous. You think it was a MM? Or the specialist?
You should consider pair trading on mergers!
One thing I was a bit confused about is this "Look up the DU list on TN. Print VIT on a 30 minute chart. Notice it came off DU and had an IAS...
jack hershey: I completely agree that traders will discuss their profitable strategies.. but not with random people. Professional traders...
You are completely right.On the other hand, I have seen some people who have posted some really good stuff too.. Can't discount them either....
1 time out of 10 your plan will fail, and you'll blow up. Keep the stops in & good luck.
I read 16 pages of this.. and I could say is WTF?
The emotions of this thread is amazing. The bulls were saying NOO were going to 2000, and no one listened to the author SAYING THE TOP WAS IN....
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