it isn't really. your method only covers the first type of luck. consider this: during a raging bull market it is VERY easy to make 5000 trades in...
there! you said it. i think we need to distinguish between two "types" of luck: 1. being lucky to end up with trades that - on average -...
heheh, this was the joke of the day for me, so i thought i'd share it. transfering funds out from datek has had the side effect of being spammed...
because the research and development associated with producing a working system is expensive. the system we trade has a price tag of about...
thanks for the improvements! 1. i would appreciate an option to subscribe to threads WITHOUT receiving email notifications. i really like the...
i could be wrong but i believe Don was really comparing INHOUSE vs REMOTE, not PROPRIETARY vs DAT, pointing out that for inhouse traders the order...
that's really cool. with datek, the corresponding commission would be $9.99/2 + $9.99 + SEC fee = $14.99 + SEC fee. they used to waive the fee...
that's correct, yes. i'm not sure what you mean. although datek allows you to reverse position in one order, it charges double commission for...
question for you IB-ers: does modifying the order affect the commission? for example, if i'd enter an order for 1k shares, get a partial fill for...
heh, luckily i found out about the non-availability of FundsNow somewhere deep in their help tree. saved me a week i guess! however, once i made...
for the record: we finally received our money from Datek. in total, the process took 9 business days: 7 from Datek and 2 from our bank (preparing...
alright, fair enough. i'm indeed a person who does not pay much attention to how my thoughts are formulated, as long as i can stand behind the...
well, we are very atypical customer: an european LLC. so what they tell us is that in order to wire the funds they need a proof from our bank that...
can you tell when was that? i'm currently in the process of withdrawing a portion of funds from Datek, and after a two week struggle, my progress...
vinigar, i don't quite follow what you are saying. are you saying that the trades we take are NOT influenced by random factors? if so, then why...
well, i'm sure there are people out there who go to casinos and have yet to have a single down day... :) i think you misunderstood my point. my...
we have used neural nets and genetic algorithms at various stages of our research, yet wound up trading a simple top-down system that has very...
now c'mon, do some math! you think 6 out of 7 is strange? in fact, looking at a particular weekday and finding that 6 out of 7 are losers, is a (5...
so have i. except that... all my trading is automated, so this has nothing to do with trading psychology! point is, never underestimate the good...
if it was a NASD stock, then this probably indicates different sources (eg 1000 from REDI, 300 and 700 from ISLD etc.). if you are talking about a...
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