Keep doing what you're doing. Don't go looking for a new adventure. Recall that pigs get fed and hogs get slaughtered.
Given that the majority of traders fail - and for the sake of balance - I look forward to the videos of prop traders losing their savings.
Does not work at all if you include transaction costs (slippage, spreads, fees, commissions) and taxes.
You learn by doing. Select one or two instruments with decent volatility, and spend a few thousand hours (not kidding) watching their charts in...
You don't trade anything with 2K. And anyone who suggests otherwise is doing a disservice. What you should do with your 2K is invest it in a...
You are looking at 2-3 years of study and experience before you can even begin to understand how complex an answer is to that simple post....
Referencing your opening post, there are three red flags right away. (1) Starting out, (2) Options, and (3) Under capitalized. Starting any...
For the first time in 11 years, I received an email today from Interactive Brokers, thanking me for my business. On this date 11 year(s) ago, you...
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The following is from IShares, and may also help answer your question. >> ETF prices tend to closely reflect their fair value. That’s...
No, if my testing on daily bars tells me that I should exit at X price within the bar, then I don't need intraday data in backtesting to set that...
Nothing wrong with using daily data. Many great systems are developed without access to intraday data for testing. Just be aware that for many...
However, the big issue I had with this - unless they have made changes - is that IB does not provide daily open prices for the spreadsheet.
As the article correctly pointed out...and as you would have noted if you had read past the headline...such a system does not hold up when...
Based on my experience, the IRS can be forgiving if they see at least an attempt to file quarterly taxes of some kind. They understand that many...
I've followed Trump since the early 80s. He never has been a deal maker. His idea of a deal is to push people around, lie, cheat and steal....
I had worse, selling puts on Nasdaq flyers in 2000. Live and learn.
I will summarize this entire thread by repeating the advice that was given to me years ago when I started a program of selling puts. A software...
That statement is not what you say on your website, where you indicated that you are taking a 100K position, and in your introduction you...
I would recommend that the OP get an attorney to review his site before marketing further to U.S. clients. There are a number of questionable...
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