One nightmare I have as a retail trader is to be locked out of my trading account because the broker's platform broke down as a result of very...
I have never rolled over a futures contract. I would like to consult the experienced traders here who have done it before. Which is the best day...
Suppose I sell a stock today. Tomorrow, the broker announces it has gone bankrupt. Settlement takes 3 days to settle and cash from the sales has...
In the market wizards book, Ed Seykota mentioned "everyone gets what they want from the market". All market participants that I know enter the...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-stocks/ge-shares-stumble-to-worst-week-since-financial-crisis-idUSKBN1F82BG NEW YORK (Reuters) - General...
Mr Einhorn and Mr Ackman have already made their billions. Losing now has little personal financial impact. Impact is more on the ego today....
During the 2008 financial crisis, SEC banned short-selling in financial stocks. Throughout financial history, short-sellers get the stick from...
I looked at the chart of a continuous E-mini S&P500 contract. I noticed an interesting phenomenon. Around the middle of every month from 15th to...
As a retail trader, the biggest nightmare is to have our broker going bankrupt and having our money disappear overnight. I got scared after...
Mark Mobius underperformed 80% of his peers over the past 15 years. Most of his active fund manager peers underperformed cheaper passive funds....
2017 has just ended. Just wondering how have the elite traders and investors on this forum have perform? Is it normal to lose to the S&P500 index?...
I am sure both schools are profitable. However, I am curious statistically which school is more profitable. Value investors like to cite Warren...
Futures are regulated. Bitcoin is unregulated. So, how can bitcoin futures be allowed by the regulators? The underlying is unregulated, so how can...
Amaranth was the biggest hedge fund blow up in history. Strangely, it did not seem to cause much of a panic compared to LTCM. Anyway, being the...
I took on margin loan as an Interactive Brokes client. If "Current available funds" is zero but there are ample cushion on "current excess...
According to this study, in summary, momentum investing works on paper but does not work in practice....
Someone told me that index futures can drive and lead the price movement of the underlying stock indices. Given my limited experience with...
I am a small-time player. Initially, I was thinking of trying out futures to trade indices. Unfortunately, the contract size is too huge for a...
There are many good threads in the hall of fame. It is too time-consuming to read all of them. Can the experienced elitetraders here recommend the...
I have no past experience to relate to when it comes to trading stock index futures. I am sure there are many here with >5 years of experience...
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