Playing 60-80 hours a week and graduating with an EE in 2.5 years from one of the top three schools in the country. Yeah, right! MY NIGERIAN...
Will TA be hold up to the rigors of scientific testing?
Your trader friends probably haven't experienced the inevitible drawdowns that real people have, if they even exist. Anybody that's been in the...
Also, You should have at least a million dollars set aside to trade. Jeff
I respectfully disagree, though it depends on your definition of rich. Having spent the bulk of my career as a floor trader trading my own...
Actually, I'm the real Masteroftheuniverse, and I've been known to make and lose a bit of money in the markets over the past 35 years. Anybody...
Whatever happens in the future, the mistress of the market will always present trading opportunities. Jeff
Although I prefer trading the big S&P to the minis, putting on anything larger than 50 contracts in one order will cost you. The grains give you...
My great grandfather bought a seat on the CBOT for 25 bucks about 125 years ago. Since then, at least half of our family has either traded, or...
Every month, I pay myself a set salary, and take some quarterly$$$ for taxes. It helps to be consistent. I even pay myself during drawdowns, as...
Good for the decent return. That being said, I'd be more concerned about returns over a 30 year period.....Consistency is what separates the...
The market has interesting parallels with music. Look at sheet music, and compare it with a chart.....many similarities. Music has recurring...
In a twenty year stretch at the MGEX, I saw at least 200+ guys try their hand at being a local. I'd say that only 5 guys made a career of it....
Although I play a considerable amount of poker, I still find chess to have more similarities with trading, than poker. Jeff
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Jeff
Why bitch about politics, when the trading opportunities are the best I've seen in 30 years. Who really cares what's going to happen, as long as...
But, with the purchase of a natural gas trust, what would one do to offset the position and capture a spread? 99% of arb opportunities are...
One would think that if this were a good slamk dunk trade, the arbs would have already taken the spread out.
Hope has caused the ruination of many traders. Jeff
Although slightly off topic, these markets are presenting the best trading opportunities I've ever seen in 30 years. Jeff
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