Mmmm, yes, 15 contracts would put a bite in your wallet. I am not messing with position sizes that large. Just one contract.
T N You can Please give us a detailed description of what the Traders Prep is(what they tell you). I would love to know. Thanx James.
What? Huh? So people should not trade futures contracts unless we can go in huge? What is wrong with trading one contract?
I'm lucky I never had to experience those kind of losses during my education and experimentation phases. Losses were necessary to spark idea that develop into system. Lucky for me they were relatively small losses compare to what you had.
I wake up, get a cup of coffee, read the paper, turn on Andy Griffith show and remember when life was better back in the 1960s-better way of life. Turn on laptop, move cat off my lap, and trade. That is my Traders Prep, didn't think anyone would want to know what I did before I go to my hobby for an hour.
Nice going on passing the combine. However, from reviewing your posts, it seems you're aware of the difference in rules between the combine-FTP-Live account. So my only question is this: Why did you trade the combine in a manner which would not have worked in FTP/Live?
You're right about the metrics being changed to make the pass rates more achievable. However, passing the combine has no relation to a person's ability to trade in a real account, unless that real account had the exact same parameters of the combine. The combine is simply a training exercise, albeit a good one.