Best Trader on ET: DBPHOENIX. Read this first: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/wyckoff-forum/15535-developing-plan-trading-journal.html Then all of this: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/wyckoff-forum/ Then his "If You Can Draw a Straight Line" on ET. NoDoji comes in first place with DB as well, find her posts and read em'
Identify the prop trader universe. Then venn diagram it to the successful ones. Done. Forget retail unless they are as old as dirt.
Besides this post, I am only known for the trades I've displayed on various websites. None of the above traders ever have, save for Dustin, who is an alias I'm unsure if actually did display his blotter one time on C2 before moving to managed accounts or if they're the same. The rest I don't understand the cheerleading especially the OP claiming acrary. The lists from some people have traders that don't post trades or statements, and really I'm about the only one that ever has. I don't see statements from anybody around here unless someone wants to take this thread to realistic reasons for saying "best traders in ET", this thread shouldn't go on much more than it already has. Atticus still has the highest 3rd party VERIFIED return I've ever seen from any elitetrader alias, so I don't see where people can say anything about returns on this site especially.
I'm on vacation here reading this nonsense and amazed at the ignorance here. Screw c2 bull...if u have a true edge NO ONE will show their trades or thinking. With that said..et has imo never seen a more profitable trader than Rallymode. That's an objective fact.
That alias isn't ringing any bells with me. Is he long gone or am I spending too much time at the bottom of the site?
inefficiencies and edges pop up through time/price, over short and large intervals. The everlasting edges are based on human psychology/dynamics. The back testing software available to general public is very rudimentary and primitive. Better modeling software that can backtest at the correct moment in time based on human psychology which is reflected in price movements would show you what is truly gold. Even the gold can be thrown out if you don't model the edge with sophisticated software.
If someone wants you to know they're good at trading, and wants to make money doing what they do every day, c2 is a good way to do that. The aliases that expect you to "follow" or otherwise lead you to believe that that is their expectation are the ones I shy away from, and mostly the ones that do have something to offer more often than not would rather feature themselves there than anywhere that logs live trading results. Since this was my exact point nobody posts real trades here anyway so why other aliases are posting about how other traders are the "best" is exactly the point I was making here. I've never seen any trades here from anybody unless they're on those websites. All else is lies at worst, conjecture at best.
Bwol enjoy your world but, Speaking for myself I have no need for funds hence no need to prove myself for a following..only thing I do is post PNL blotters to show the new guys they can hit and pass what I have done from their own blood sweat and tears and eliminating the need for suckers
U can see his recent stuff in pnl trader 2012 etc...but much more stuff in search. I don't mean to cheerlead and he probably does not like I said what I have..but for Gods sake..no one has posted more profits here ..trust me.