Steve, Barry, Dimitri - Great to see all of you in-person. Sorry I was under-the-weather...but at least I had a chance to tell my stories of how much money I left on the table and how I avoided a tremendous disaster. Steve- let us know about the potential new trading spot and hope you get it ! Good luck. Dimitri - sorry we are in different worlds: Linux vs. Windows. However, it's good to see another IT comrad doing the trading game. As soon as I get my corporate IB account established, I'll contact you about my war stories with their horrid tech support. Barry - Your IC story was typical. Many hedge funds that are short premium show these really nice equity curves that are marred by violent spikes down. It's the nature of that game. Glad you were aware your bet size was way too large. My plans are to stick with TOS for longer-term options plays (4-8 weeks), go with IB for autotrading of Euro FX futures, and some discretionary 1-2 days plays of equities / etfs / options thru IB or TOS. In the meantime, good ole JP Morgan is paying the bills and building up my trading equity. Good luck to all. Wiz
Thank you, Mark. It was great to see you again. And it was great to meet you, Dmitry and Steve. Enjoyed the evening very much. I plan to use a number of the ideas we discussed. It helps to have the sounding board of fellow traders to bounce things off. And many thanks, Dmitry, for the beers. Hope you feel better, Mark. Looking forward to the next time. In Center City??
Just came across this old thread...Anyone still in ABE area looking to put together an office setup for traders.....please feel free to post a reply or PM. I'm trying to get something going. Only serious inquiries please...no bs. Thanks....
Question for all of you in PA - did they explode natural gas fracking all over your state yet and destroy underground water supplies? Film maker lives in PA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phCibwj396I
Who gives a shit. I'm tired of paying homage to the Saudis. Bring on gas, oil whatever...at any price.
took a break from learning due to school, but I'm still very interested in trading. Live in downtown Philly.
I dunno, but I do. Now I can light up the tap water in the kitchen sink! The advantage is that I can make a burger without any extra electricity or gas!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01EK76Sy4A