You are 3rd person pointing this out, again, sorry for misinterpretation. By this I mean being finally somewhat consistently profitable. I wish I could change it in original post but I can't find any button for that. And I must agree with the last sentence, but from time to time it's just as important to remind yourself how far you've already came, don't you think? Well you surely have thrown yourself in the water there! But I think in the end it will help you. Just as "java" said, now it's time for discipline and small steps. Good luck!
Hi Simples, thank you for sharing! I too found out that backtests give me the much needed psychological crutch when live trading is going southwards. Algo trading can be rewarding, but for my taste it takes a lot of tweaking and updating. Also I am one of those guys who is happy to learn how to do a bracket order, programming would be astrophysics to me haha Hey Alfa, that's very wise of you to take into account the time costs. I believe this is called the "Opportunity Cost" and not many people are aware of it! Hell, for some it would've been more profitable to take up welding courses instead of trading and they'd be loaded by now! Hehe
sure. there is not much of a story back in a day i found some inefficiencies on the market and ride them hard for over a decade or so. at some point i had 10+ accounts like this one on the picture. this "edge" is gone now. but i'm still searching for something similar. not just regular "traditional" trading
Very nice, what are you looking into now? I meant your story more regarding my original question though I assume then more than 16 years in the market but how long before you first trade? Did you find those inefficiencies on your own or did you pay for education before that?
i haven't paid anyone and i haven't read any books at all. none.7K+ posts on ET are mostly for killing time. amusement. you won't find any clue nor value in my posts . it has nothing to do with a trading at all. pure "technological" advantage (on retail! ) level over other participants. that's the only way you can get this kind of curve. comes with a drawback-no scalable at all . one more thing-I'm terrible trader (in "common") definition of trader
I think, Bob111, you are being a bit disingenuous. You must have read some trading books, back in the good ol' days, eh? I can even polish my crystal ball and guess which books you did read. I am that good, ya know.