Hi I spent the weekend setting up my new Vista-equipped computer. Today was my first day using eSignal with live charts. Well, apart from...
If I understood your trade management technique correctly, you should have great results in trending days and poor results with limited losses...
Actually, transaction costs have doubled in NQ since its tick value shifted from $10 to $5. If you want to reproduce the same type of value per...
Very well said.
You will not "get" it until you have transcend the mortal writings of rules and techniques. Does that mean the writing down rules and...
Does anyone have any updates on the fiscal taxation for full-time traders in ITALY?
i've only seen episode #3 and i felt disgusted watching these spoiled wanna-be-multi-millionaire kids talking trash about the upper-middle...
Before I got into trading full time, I had always been fascinated by it since I was little. I remember watching the movie Wall Street when I...
Thanks. With "stocks leveraged to oil" you mean those stocks whose PnL is affected by oil prices, like transportation for example?
In a previous thread, I read someone mentioned that ER2 is positively correlated with oil. I too have noticed this type of correlation, yet...
You make a good point. Different markets for different trading styles. In fact, this post was aimed at understanding why volatile indexes lose...
I am not a math guy so I can't nor am I interested to understand the above formula. Perhaps you should look elsewhere within ET to find your...
Interesting chart. It looks like volatility is doomed to pick up at some point.
Here is how I measure daily volatility of US indices: - setup a daily chart with ATR (21) - multiply ATR # by # of ticks per point -...
I suggest you first indicate what type of volatility you are looking for. As a daytrader, I measure volatility in terms of # of ticks per day....
And to answer your questions, I am not trying to understand why people lose interest in a certain instrument. In fact, I pointed out how ES...
Yes, I do have something empirical...just took it for granted that almost everyone in here knew that ES's volatility dramatically collapsed since...
Thanks to all those who stepped in and left a comment. Thus far we have two valid arguments supporting drops in volatility in certain...
Thanks for replying. If you read my post, i clearly stated YM as an example. Do you have anything more insighftul other than saying YM won't...
I would like to understand why Indexes like ES lose their volatility at some point in time. Any expert in here that can provide sound reasons...
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