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Gold, silver, copper or aluminium trader? Think you've seen major price action already this past 12 months? Well, you ain't seen nuthin yet!...
The statement is self-explanatory (axiomatic if you like). Elaboration would involve discussion of its consequences. Taleb's book (Fooled by...
Never forgetting that events can occur with zero probability
Not sure go along with that entirely For example, and reverting to the coin toss sequence again: The outcome probability of every toss is the...
Coin toss sequences are interesting but they exclude the human input consequences of feedback from the results of the last coin toss (price level)...
I think most debate about the predictability or otherwise of market direction - on any time frame - is apt to confuse abstract with real and cause...
Better still, what will happen when just a few % of investors decide their money might be safer in gold - or under the mattress. With the current...
I doubt there are many grocers or bums on the subway set up to short the futures markets. And, with mutual funds currently at 3.6% cash on...
Exactly. It's called 'moral hazard' and it's dangerous. It causes a disconnect between financial markets and intrinsic value such that, when...
I have discovered a serious problem with my 'Trade opposite your signals' method: Over the sort of period originally suggested, and despite a...
But beware the end result of burgeoning moral hazard...... Everyone just KNOWS that the WGOFM's (aka PPT) will not counteneance a serious...
I have discovered a surefire way to make consistent profits trading the index futures so I thought I ought to share it with you. It goes something...
Luke I currently use Button Trader/IB. Have recently had a look at TradeMaven and was impressed - as you say - with its volume analysis...
'Huge' daily moves need either panic closing of existing longer-term positions or 'huge' committment to the move itself. PPT aside, I doubt...
It seems that Trading Technology's XTrader/Autospreader combination does what I want. Only obvious problem is it means using a different clearer....
Current setup: ESignal + proprietory gizmos; IB/TWS; Button Trader. Current useage: Futures day trading - profitable and therefore prefer to...
Hi Fader The US index futures didn't expire last week. It's just that, unlike the European futures contracts, volume moved to the December...
There are as many different ways of dealing with rollovers as there are contracts and traders. Personally I am wary of trading any contract on...
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