i have been trading with IB for a year and thought i would test drive some other platforms. i chose open e cry due to cost and the reviews here. i...
"Its been said a thousand times over but as a trader you definitely need to be able to constantly re-evaluate and change your mind... " i...
can anyone point me in the direction of charting software that will allow me to graphicly select bars and combine them. For example i would like...
2nd the above my $.02
m+250 t-3000 w-800 th-140 f+275 -3415 week -3415 ym got bigger than my britches due to mondays gain. switched to 4 contracts instead of...
first post this thread.... got killed today. got cocky and traded lots too big for me. had my a$$ handed to me -3000 today -2750 week
thanks for the feedback. my target is 20/20 on the ym unfortunately fear takes hold of me when i see a trend potentially reverse and i take the...
there are a few things i have come to learn over my extended 3 month career as a trader and i thought i would share these seemingly impossible yet...
no offense but yes my original post came right out and said i was a newb (2 months) 6 ticks on 100 lots in the wrong direction 4 times empties my...
is that being sarcastic? i cant tell. its like when i was working for my girlfriends dad during high school in his auto repair shop and he said...
Two ticks (in wrong direction) on 100 lots of ES is -$2500 b/f commish 6 ticks (in wrong direction) on 100 lots is -$7500 b/f commish and so...
dern, howd ya know. i was trading ym. one signal long + 2 signals short is not 66% chance of success. more like 100% chance of loss. live learn...
newb questions: was today an example of a choppy day? i was tinkering with my indicators and i am not sure if i just screwed myself or the...
mine is sometime more than 50% accurate
if you want to cry some more dont forget to add self employment tax if youre in a trading "business". social security at 13%of 100k plus medicare...
someone sent me this. i thought it was humorous until i thought about it a second time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL9cMpGSrn8
its also been said that your odds of being audited are reduced by filing an extension. apparently, some say, 95% of returns chosen for...
i think my problem was just over thinking the whole situation and expecting that the markets should be "reasonable". i felt that it didnt make...
est. tax payment are due equally throughout the year. if youre paying your tax bill on april 15 youll get hit with penalties and interest. there...
been trading for a few months now going into the 1:00 hour today i was up several hundred bucks shorting the ym. right around then the ym...
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