We may be old school, and Ben does provide much more info than before, and we like the service. Some people still use level 2, not sure why, but some still do. Some think paper trading helps, some don't. Lots of things that may help an individual, but not necessarily everyone. Without getting yelled at by Maverick, and totally agreeing with his analysis of traders from your years at Vtrader..... and since anyone can get into an emini, for example, within one tick, could traders not just simply write down "entered here, exited here" until they were doing well,, then go live? If they choose to get help with some of this, then great, just like our new people do. Some come to training, some wait, some wish they hadn't waited, some are already good, don't need any help. Way too much discussion on much of this. But, I'll take some blame for just asking questions, my fault I guess. Don
Had a quantifiable edge... Gone now... Tried to see if I could do it by trading alone.. The answer was failure... This has been educational because it's kicked all the crap out of my head. Out of trading for good... Feeling clearheaded and at peace about it...!
Oh don't worry cupcake... Your Combine is coming up on Monday... I'm going to be on your ass like a pitbull on a french poodle...! ...LOL... Damage control for the industry much...? Try not to choke on Monday...!
Don can I pretend to ask a girl out while she is 100 yards away and can't hear me? Just askin.... No, I've actually tried the pen and paper approach. Seriously, I have. Never worked for me. Maybe it's just me, I don't know. There is something about seeing your p&l staring down at you that does something to your psyche that quite frankly, a pen and paper can't seem to do. Don back when I worked for a market making firm on the CBOE we use to do mock trading upstairs after the close. I remember thinking at the time, this will be easy and fun, I was looking forward to it. Then the yelling started. Oh shit did they yell. The would scream in your face for a market and you had to give them a bid and offer based on the synthetic. I remember asking them why they had to yell at me so loud, can't I just write down the prices and give them to you. No, they replied, because that's not how it's going to work in the pit. They are going to YELL at you.
"THE LONGEST he has ever been is short 20........" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7D743NGEGM
Maverick is in combine on Monday? I thought he said he wasn't. But, ok, good. Let me say that I think Mav will do well, but can't imagine he would split profits with anyone? Is this right Mav? Don
Don, the reason I keep asking you if you are with me is because it's very obvious you are not reading this thread. There have been over 20 pages about me and surf doing a combine. Surf asked me to do it with him as he is going to write an article about it. Michael also personally asked me. I didn't want to do it really as I have a shit load of positions on right now. But since no one else stepped up, I agreed to it. There is no profits to split as it's a combine!!!!! LOL. Seriously, I know we have discussed this about 18 times now. You keep giving me a hard time by talking down to you but Don, you are not doing a good job keeping up here. So anyway, yes, Michael offered Surf and myself a freebie to demonstrate what the previous guy couldn't. Going through the entire process. Don, can I ask you a serious question. Do you really not understand this? Or are you just being coy for some other reason?
On a further note Don, I would like to see YOU do a combine! Are ya up for the challenge? :eek: :eek: :eek:
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