NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 





Introduce yourself here!


Discussion in Traders Hideout

Updated
      Top Posters
    1. looks_one Big Mike with 147 posts (3,964 thanks)
    2. looks_two nakachalet with 57 posts (17 thanks)
    3. looks_3 xplorer with 45 posts (51 thanks)
    4. looks_4 mfbreakout with 35 posts (24 thanks)
      Best Posters
    1. looks_one roonius with 80 thanks per post
    2. looks_two wh with 56 thanks per post
    3. looks_3 George with 46.5 thanks per post
    4. looks_4 Big Mike with 27 thanks per post
    1. trending_up 14,208,177 views
    2. thumb_up 11,974 thanks given
    3. group 6,309 followers
    1. forum 10,635 posts
    2. attach_file 94 attachments




 
Search this Thread

Introduce yourself here!

  #1711 (permalink)
 
GaryD's Avatar
 GaryD 
Orlando, Florida
 
Experience: None
Platform: shoes
Trading: happy
Posts: 6,462 since May 2011

Hi everyone.

I heard of this site while listening to a Mirus webinar and have really enjoyed going through all of the indicators that are available here. Great programming! Favorites so far include BetterVolume, PriceActionSwing/Trend, DoubleMAPaintHolyGrail, anaMACDBBLines, anaKeltnerUniversal and anaTriggerLines. Thanks to everyone involved for providing so many great ways to view the market!

I was a real estate developer for many years and got caught in this tremendous down cycle, still have a long way to go to stop the damage... I first got interested in trading after watching my stock holdings plummet in 2008. I was more amazed at the speed of the move than I was angry at the resulting loss. My experience in real estate had given years of stucying the pros and cons of leverage and exponential growth. Real estate was considered a "safer" but slower growing investment. Now that I have suffered through a swift and violent down cycle in property values, I realize that lack of liquidity has it's negatives. And that is why I have moved to becoming a trader.

I have roughly 2 1/2 years experience as of today, much of that "full time". I study nearly non-stop (ask my wife .

Trading is frustrating, confusing, manipulating at times, what I have found to be more a psychological battle within my self than with other traders. Learning that high percentage wins are not necessarily the key to success, that doubling down to make up losses is not the right strategy, that not only learning the markets but also yourself and how you view them, all have been harder lessons to learn than fib ratios and elliot waves. But, slowly, I am making the transformation from blowing up accounts (more than once) to smooth(ish) equity curves.

Thanks to all the contributors, this site feels like home already!

Gary

Reply With Quote

Can you help answer these questions
from other members on NexusFi?
ZombieSqueeze
Platforms and Indicators
New Micros: Ultra 10-Year & Ultra T-Bond -- Live Now
Treasury Notes and Bonds
Ninja Mobile Trader VPS (ninjamobiletrader.com)
Trading Reviews and Vendors
Exit Strategy
NinjaTrader
My NT8 Volume Profile Split by Asian/Euro/Open
NinjaTrader
 
Best Threads (Most Thanked)
in the last 7 days on NexusFi
Get funded firms 2023/2024 - Any recommendations or word …
59 thanks
Funded Trader platforms
37 thanks
NexusFi site changelog and issues/problem reporting
24 thanks
GFIs1 1 DAX trade per day journal
22 thanks
The Program
19 thanks
  #1712 (permalink)
reload
Ipswich, United Kingdom
 
Posts: 1 since May 2011
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 1

I chance upon this site today while browsing various online trading reviews and systems. The depth and tone of the site prompted me to join.

I have been 12 years out of the market and built a business in an unrelated field. That business is now merging with another giving me a lot of free time and some financial blue water under my keel.

I did not go to college or university joining the back office of a bank futures settlement department in London. I then worked on the floor of LIFFE initially as a broker/order clerk, and then as an order filler in the pits. I mostly traded the long end stuff, Gilts, the BTP and Bund. But also the Euromark and short sterling as required. They were good times, I spent the last 5 years as a pit based local in the Bunds.

When LIFFE went electronic I could not imagine life in a trading arcade and went to work on the Delta 1(interest rates) desk of a big American Bank where I had some good contacts. They were swallowed up by JPM and I was one of many who were shown the door.

A lot has changed since I made a living in the markets. Since 1999 my market focus has been on nurturing my savings/pension and having 4 or 5 fundamental conviction positions a year with `mad money`. I have been financially successful in those ventures - but they are hardly trading for a living. That`s the big question I am asking myself ....could I trade for a living again.....? I have a lot of reading to do and probably more than a few questions to ask.

Andy.


,

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #1713 (permalink)
saerdna
Puerto Plata, Dominican Rep.
 
Posts: 12 since May 2011
Thanks Given: 4
Thanks Received: 2


Hi Traders,

I think, I am one of the 95% of Forex Traders which are looking for the holy grail. I realized one thing, it does exist, but not in any forum ore blog or whatever. The holy grail is YOU. Believe me, after searching almost every single webpage which includes the words System, Method, EA and so on (took me a couple of years) I came to the point that most important in trading is to only have a good method but more important is to be patient and don't show any emotions. Stick to the rules and don't give up. Please give me some feedback if you have any comments or suggestions.

Happy Pippin

Andreas

Reply With Quote
  #1714 (permalink)
mitchellmm
Redding, CA
 
Posts: 1 since Apr 2011
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 1

Thanks Big Mike! Really appreciate the heart that goes into this. I'm a trading sponge, been trading for a year, on second account, but refuse to give up! I wake up every morning thankful that I have the freedom and access to trade. I'm looking forward to everyone's posts and eventually being helpful to others. Be blessed in your trading everyone!

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #1715 (permalink)
 
jammer509's Avatar
 jammer509 
Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader, SC
Broker: Mirus Futures/Zen-Fire
Trading: 6E, CL, ES
Posts: 2 since Aug 2010
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 1

Hi,

This is a great community for traders. I've learned a lot by reading various posts. Getting an elite membership was the best $50 I've ever spent. If anyone is not an elite member yet, do you self a favor. Join!

Reply With Quote
Thanked by:
  #1716 (permalink)
 
alextrd's Avatar
 alextrd 
barcelona
 
Experience: None
Platform: ninjatrader
Trading: es
Posts: 55 since May 2011
Thanks Given: 40
Thanks Received: 17

Hi,
I'm very happy for join in this big family.

Regards,

Reply With Quote
  #1717 (permalink)
 
Big Mike's Avatar
 Big Mike 
Manta, Ecuador
Site Administrator
Developer
Swing Trader
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Custom solution
Broker: IBKR
Trading: Stocks & Futures
Frequency: Every few days
Duration: Weeks
Posts: 50,399 since Jun 2009
Thanks Given: 33,175
Thanks Received: 101,539


jammer509 View Post
Hi,

This is a great community for traders. I've learned a lot by reading various posts. Getting an elite membership was the best $50 I've ever spent. If anyone is not an elite member yet, do you self a favor. Join!

Thanks for the kind words

Another incentive - all new Elite Memberships this weekend will be donated to charity for our Memorial Day Charity Drive:



Mike

We're here to help: just ask the community or contact our Help Desk

Quick Links: Change your Username or Register as a Vendor
Searching for trading reviews? Review this list
Lifetime Elite Membership: Sign-up for only $149 USD
Exclusive money saving offers from our Site Sponsors: Browse Offers
Report problems with the site: Using the NexusFi changelog thread
Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
  #1718 (permalink)
tradecat
Fort Lauderdale
 
Posts: 1 since May 2011
Thanks Given: 1
Thanks Received: 0

Glad to have found such a forum and look forward to exploring what it's all about. Happy trails and trials!

Reply With Quote
  #1719 (permalink)
jjonesv
Huntersville
 
Posts: 1 since May 2011
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 0

I'm new here and know a little about oil trading. Anyone who can help me or give me info would be greatly appreciated.


Jeff

Reply With Quote
  #1720 (permalink)
farjars
Lake Forest, CA USA
 
Posts: 1 since Aug 2010
Thanks Given: 1
Thanks Received: 1


I can join in with the blown accounts team here... even though I started slowly with stocks and options, I did blow my futures account... thought I had everything under control... even though I studied alot of theory prior.... but finally have come to a different stage here now!

Great initiative Mike to this forum!

Wish all good luck on their personal journey, cause that's what it's about, finding your own way. Like everything in life, trading is no difference, even though many people believe that you can adopt any 'system' out there.

Reply With Quote




Last Updated on March 17, 2024


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top
no new posts