Emotion has nothing to do with it. Your P/L is just an objective figure. If you do not get slightly more agressive after a loss, you will take...
In order to be profitable, gains must outwiegh losses. Therefore, preceding losses must be taken into consideration. Consideration of preceeding...
If the guy feels he has to explain the difference between an option and a futures contract, I'd say he should maybe taget his readers a bit more.
Without knowing the structure of the positions we are left with only guesses as to which months are going to be impacted, and how. An option...
Just some questions on the structures. By some off chance, do you know how Amaranth's positions were structured ? futures, options, exchange...
Ok, we are obviously trading this thing farr differently. I don't bother zooming into the micro time frames ... too much noise for my longer term...
Yes, fundamentals do matter alot in nat gas. Was I not clear on that when I mentioned colder weather and peaking inventories ? I have also been...
just a bit higher to break the recvent top on nat gas (daily charts) and it should look good for about 10.00 or so for Dec.
Yes, I think that leftover Aramanth trades probably has something to do with it.
Yes, of course. ... and trading FX for interest is all the more useless.
I am betting that nat gas inventories have peaked. The sesonal peak in inventories is usualy in October. Spot prices in nat gas do not...
To earn interest you need to have market exposure. Market exposure can wipe out far more than what you recieve in interest. If you are so...
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Natural gas rose the most since July in New York as forecasters predicted cooler weather in the Midwest will lift...
Definitely. This is one point I was thinking of discussing latter. Without going into any great deal of detail right now (I'm still a bit...
"Money management" .. you're definitely headed in the right direction here. ... risk management is key in trading.
Anyone up to some comments over there ? : http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=78779
"Increasing risk after a loss" ! .. a statement that makes many shitintheirpants and definitely a statement that will encourage some...
Let me give you some food for thought for a NEW THREAD. One of the principles on which my system is founded upon is that "gains must be not...
You can call me "man" ... 100% dick & balls from what I can see downstairs :)
Hedging FX for commercial transactions is an etirely different realm from that of the speculator aiming for profits on market movements. ......
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