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 14,207,775 views
    2. thumb_up 11,974 thanks given
    3. group 6,308 followers
    1. forum 10,635 posts
    2. attach_file 94 attachments




 
Search this Thread

Introduce yourself here!

  #2381 (permalink)
tqtrader
Los Angeles, California, USA
 
Posts: 1 since Dec 2011
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 0

Like many traders, I have instinctively felt that I should be trading for a living for most of my life. After 40+ years in corporate America, I was bought out of a small company so I had some cash. I figured I could jump into trading and make a bundle. After losing a bundle and being scammed by several so called experts, signal providers etc., I started to educate myself.

It took me several years to even begin to understand how to recognize what style of trading I am suited to. I am now mostly an FX scalper and both enjoy it and make some reasonable returns with it as well. I stumbled across the Big Mike forum while searching for information on DeMark indicators.

Bottom line, ya gotta pay your dues in this game just like any other. After finding the Big Mike Forum, I decided to join and feel that there is a lot of valuable information and relationships to be had that can benefit me and possibly I can also contribute in some small ways.

TQ

Reply With Quote

Can you help answer these questions
from other members on NexusFi?
NexusFi Journal Challenge - April 2024
Feedback and Announcements
ZombieSqueeze
Platforms and Indicators
My NT8 Volume Profile Split by Asian/Euro/Open
NinjaTrader
Better Renko Gaps
The Elite Circle
Futures True Range Report
The Elite Circle
 
Best Threads (Most Thanked)
in the last 7 days on NexusFi
Get funded firms 2023/2024 - Any recommendations or word …
61 thanks
Funded Trader platforms
39 thanks
NexusFi site changelog and issues/problem reporting
26 thanks
The Program
18 thanks
GFIs1 1 DAX trade per day journal
18 thanks
  #2382 (permalink)
 
ryangillespie's Avatar
 ryangillespie 
london, England
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Ninjatrader
Trading: CL, ES
Posts: 41 since Nov 2011
Thanks Given: 10
Thanks Received: 2

Very happy to have found this community. Great resources and great members with a wealth of knowledge. I have not been trading long, was involved with execution at a german investment bank and hedge fund but prop is a different kettle of fish all together. Especially when its your own hard earned cash. I am here to learn from the experienced members, and help the community as much as I can. Not much to offer at the moment but ill try and change that as soon as I can.

All the best.

Ryan

Reply With Quote
  #2383 (permalink)
 
garysu's Avatar
 garysu 
Seattle, WA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader
Trading: options
Posts: 3 since Nov 2011
Thanks Given: 52
Thanks Received: 2


Hello to all.

I joined up a couple of weeks ago and have been in lurk / listen mode as I started to get to know the community here. So far I have been blown away by how helpful and supportive everyone here appears to be.

My two passions from a career perspective are trading and computing. I spent quite a number of years at Microsoft before leaving to go do my own Internet start-up. Fingers crossed, but it is looking like we may soon be acquired which has started me thinking about "what next" after working between 60-80 hours per week for 6 years! As the CTO, I will need to go with the deal for probably a year or two.

I do have another idea for another start-up, but 'She Who Must Be Obeyed', while supportive, does not want to see me go down that rabbit hole again. So that got me thinking about feeding that other passion and looking at working through the process of preparing to trade full-time once my commitment to the acquirer is completed.

So I don't have much experience to offer in the trading realm as it has been a long time since I traded. I expect I will be in absorption and business/trading planning mode for a while.

That said, I am always happy to answer non-trading related computing questions if people are stuck. I have selected NinjaTrader as my platform of choice for now because of its c# extension model, so hopefully I will be able to help out on that side once I am up to speed on that platform.

Regards,
Gary.

Reply With Quote
  #2384 (permalink)
 
Victory Trader's Avatar
 Victory Trader 
LA, California, USA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader
Trading: CL,ES mainly
Posts: 520 since Sep 2011

Trade mostly the ES... and a few other futures. Been trading on and off since the mid 90's...Now currently trade full time. Looking forward to meeting fellow traders here.

Reply With Quote
  #2385 (permalink)
Fobos
Ukraina
 
Posts: 18 since Aug 2010
Thanks Given: 5
Thanks Received: 0

All hello!I trade in the futures of euro.Much useful found on a forum!Thank you very much!

Reply With Quote
  #2386 (permalink)
 
otterway's Avatar
 otterway 
kansas city
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: ninjatrader
Broker: IQFeed, Ninja, Own C# with API to Trade King and IB
Trading: stocks
Posts: 39 since Jul 2011
Thanks Given: 22
Thanks Received: 25

My avatar is "the way of the otter". This is because of my playful personality and my curious nature to look at the odd things that I'm drawn to.

I am seeking the answer to the "Holy Grail" and expect to find it... Really.... It is the "Odd Things" that really stand out to be the "Holy Returns"... Exceptions to the market happen more frequently than most people realize. So, when the square peg doesn't fit in the round hole... It spells opportunity..

I am currently trading using my own "Automated Bots" and have three successful "Bots" and am currently working on 1 with the goal of being a winner every time (100%) I place capital in play... and to keep my in-time (time in market long) to less than 1 minute.

I may have found the answer to that one... and it looks like 29k or better can be pulled each month using 10 contracts on emini....

So, some may say I'm crazy as a lune... but my tune is playing the "The way of the Otter"... So I laid out the challenge to myself on the board... Not to be made fun of.... but for others to see my direction and my desire to succeed...

Follow me on Twitter Reply With Quote
  #2387 (permalink)
 Talleyrand 
Luxembourg
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: NinjaTrader
Trading: FESX, YM, ES
Posts: 1 since Dec 2011
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 0

Hello community,

I heard a lot about this forum. I mostly trade the ES,YM and FESX.
I hope enriching exchanges with members of the forum.
I'll just browse this forum, and get an idea of topics.

Reply With Quote
  #2388 (permalink)
 
bobbakerr's Avatar
 bobbakerr 
Riverdale, Idaho, USA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Optimus Futures + MultiCharts + TradeStation
Broker: Optimus Futures, Rithmic Data, TradeStation
Trading: CL, ES
Posts: 115 since Aug 2010
Thanks Given: 241
Thanks Received: 51


otterway View Post
... I am seeking the answer to the "Holy Grail" and expect to find it ...

... I am currently trading using my own "Automated Bots" and have three successful "Bots" and am currently working on 1 with the goal of being a winner every time (100%) I place capital in play... and to keep my in-time (time in market long) to less than 1 minute.

I may have found the answer to that one... and it looks like 29k or better can be pulled each month using 10 contracts on emini....

Otterway, who do you use for your charting and backtesting?

Reply With Quote
  #2389 (permalink)
 
ryangillespie's Avatar
 ryangillespie 
london, England
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Ninjatrader
Trading: CL, ES
Posts: 41 since Nov 2011
Thanks Given: 10
Thanks Received: 2

Otterway,

That sounds like a good performance - 29K per month.

Care to share your bot on here so the community can test it.?

Ryan

Reply With Quote
  #2390 (permalink)
 
otterway's Avatar
 otterway 
kansas city
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: ninjatrader
Broker: IQFeed, Ninja, Own C# with API to Trade King and IB
Trading: stocks
Posts: 39 since Jul 2011
Thanks Given: 22
Thanks Received: 25


I use Ninja Trader as well as API's within my own program to trade in Trade King and Interactive Brokers, I use Ninja for Back testing, and live testing (simulated) to ensure that back test data is replicated (probable) in a live environment...

Follow me on Twitter 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