You sound more like an accountant than a trader..
Your math is too complicated: Here are the rough numbers. Total invested in the first 6 years: 25k. Lost -20k. Left 5k in leaps. Year 7th: gain...
Do you mind sharing which prop firms that you have experienced with ?
Sounds like quite a few benefits as a pro. May I ask which region do you live ? In the States, the costs of being pro are : 1. Have to pay...
Yes. I lost a lot in the first 6 years. Nearly 80% of total. Decided to leave the rest in leaps, hold, and quit trading. Then on year 7th, miracle...
Clairfying, do you mean they dont have neither the experience nor great trading platform ? (I am sorry I dont quite get your triple negative...
Other than for extra buying power, why should someone going pro by joining a Prop Firm ?
Once I go pro, can I easily switch back to non-pro ? (by leaving the prop firm for example)
Hello Elite Traders, Why should someone be a professional trader ? They have to pay extra for quotes and be heavily regulated as oppose to stay...
Starting a thread to compare Quote Feed latency here. What is the best value quote service that provides lowest latency with a decent price ?...
After reading and re-reading this thread, it dawned on me that the ultimate purpose of speculators is to reduce the risk of real producers. It is...
These are two sharpest points I have seen in this thread so far. Yes, I do see farmers in third world country went out of business. Deciding what...
They are not automated tournaments, are they ?
Dear logic_man, I was about to think that you use profanity to compensate an intellectual deficiency in conveying a precise meaning, but your...
This thread gets more interesting. Let me play devil advocate here. Real price is discovered when real supply meets real demand. Real oil price...
So would you say that speculators are screwing up this primary hedging function ?
Hello Elite Traders ! I am coming from trading stocks and options, and currently learning about the futures market. I am having a difficulty in...
No such tournament ?
I understand your urges deep inside for trading. Here is a solution for you. You can always trade a DEMO account. Trade with it, make your...
After more than 3 years following earnings, I found that Earnings Report day (ER) is a pure gambling time. Too many times a good company with good...
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