it's a mirage if your win rate is over 55% while RR is close to 1. that just does not happen, even for Renaissance. most likely you have too...
he should have made a lot more money with the size he was trading.
i'm talking about his actual trade size. still very large
nope. tiered pricing is all you get.
Buy futures if it's down aftermarket. you'll most likely make money in the long run. the results are much better during a quiet market than a...
The size of trades mentioned in the book is ridiculous. Is he a good trader, or just someone without any risk management?
just do both swing and day trading...why not? both should be profitable if you believe in your system. maximize the usage of your margins...if...
This strategy doesn't work. It may seem like it worked recently because the market is trending upward in the short-term, so you can get out...
why don't you try to scalp on one instrument first? seems like many of these instruments have different price action...what works for one might...
pick your poison: 1) Mean reversion: 65%+ win rate, low P/L. lose your money from a couple of horrible trades. 2) Trend following: 30-40% win...
how is he calculating price improvements? in my opinion very tough to measure the differences as a non/semi-professional. Why would the MM's pay...
pros of a big investment bank prime account: 1) implicit backstop by the government pros of an IB prime account: 1) don't need to worry about...
Connors typically uses 200dma as a stop loss...everything below 200dma is ignored or sold...not a bad rule of thumb
"After missing much of the bull market due to being overly conservative I decided to..." the start of this post makes me uncomfortable for some...
There are too few trades for the backtest and optimization. Typically you need 2k-3k of data points for a backtest. if you don't have this many...
the fine is too small.
all mean reversion strategies. but with different indicators and thresholds. the strategies all work because they are all derived from mean...
if you don't use margins and most of your trades are MOC/MOO, then you would probably save a boatload of money trading on zero commission vs....
IBPro margin rate is 2.05% (for 1-3M loan size) vs. 5.0% on Fidelity. That is a ridiculously large difference. IBPro also pays around 1% for idle...
What's IB's value proposition now? API and better rates on cash/margin loan? is that enough to keep people on TWS?
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