Attempting to PREDICT which direction a market will move is NOT the way to make money trading. Instead, construct a set of buy & sell rules that...
For example, I am aware of an extremely busy medical doctor who learned to autotrade at night after work. His fund grew to over 10 million dollars...
I'm sure you are right in many cases. But I think there are successful hedge funds that do use Tradestation to autotrade, especially if their...
I'm sure it is!
Yawn.
Your reply is very typical.
I agree. If you don't have quality data you will have less confidence in your system and be more prone to to turning it off at the worst time....
My personal (untested opinion) is that many successful algo-systems are actually quite simple and can be modeled in Excel or Tradestation with...
Yes, this is true. There is even a resource called 'Tradestation Institutional Resources' that assists multimillion dollar and billion dollar+...
Your brain needs exercise. You tried to tell me what to do with my life and what to think and say. I'd call that personal. Hypocrite.
Don't twist my words. What they are doing is wrong of course. I am only trying to look on the bright side.
I never said I condone the tax or the 'stated benefits' are their real goals. (Highly doubtful.) I'm just looking at it from the perspective of...
Don't twist my words. I was simply looking at the potential benefits.
After thinking about this 1/4% tax controversy my guess is that it will happen and it will eventually be worldwide. Half of Europe is set to adopt...
"Mutual firms and hedge funds have a huge advantage that you, the individual investor, do not. They are a business. As such, they pay taxes on...
Thanks. I see now. Horrible.
Thanks for the useless comment. For the record, I have had plenty of my own losses. Most traders don't make money.
This 1/4 thing really blows but the sad reality is that most traders are not even profitable so it will only apply to the rare trader who is...
In 2010 a buddy of mine lost some money trading that he did not realize he could claim as a loss. I believe that after 4 years you can no longer...
Note that the 'wash sale' rule no longer applies if you eventually sell the stock or option that you rebought and another 30 days passes before...
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