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I traded the S&P futures for 8 or 9 years starting in 1984. We were very sophisticated then with our DOS system for a data feed and a telephone in the other. Made money then especially 87' and blew the account over following 6 or 7 years following Prector. My job changed and I need doing a lot of overseas travel.
I have been trying to trade our retirement accounts inside Fidelity with mixed results.
From what I can see trading on Sierra Chart my strategy is sound but need a little more self disapline. Each day I get a little better.
The info everyone here provides was essential to my being able to sort out quality vendors. On platforms this was the best source for unbiased assessment ( and a few biased) descriptions of platforms and brokers.
Thank you Mike for hosting this site and to all who have contributed.
I'm Claudio,so glad to be here,i have been trading for 2 years on Currency and i'm focusing on Price Action.
I'm looking forward to learn a lot from all experience traders here. I will watch carefully and do the work to improve to become consistently better.
Yes I have traded stocks over the years and have enjoyed success. However there is no leverage and minimum income compared to trading futures. A good example of this is today was $1500 profit day trading the NQ in less than two hours, which would require how long to match in buying and holding a 100, 200 or 500 lot of stock?
IMHO risk vs reward and capital allocation needs to fit the traders plan. The "I suck at trading" comment was more of frustration that it has taken me this long to understand Mr. Market.
I appreciate the question however I am a futures trader.
I have been interested in Futures for a couple years but have not opened any account yet. I've been losing money "trading" stocks mainly short-term. I've lost an enormous amount of money by simply guessing, playing hunches, acting on emotions. I've probably been more interested in gambling and excitement that actually making money so far (10 years)--rather than following a game plan and rules.
I realize that this is destructive--and, possibly an addiction--and has more to do with psychology (self-mage, self-worth, and deservability) than anything else; but I still get up at 6:00 a.m. Seattle time to try to make money in the stock market. I really have practically no other interests.
I've been retired from the Federal government since the end of 2009 and need to supplement my and my wife's pensions and Social Security.
Recently, I've started trying to use options without success also.
Anyway, that's part of my sad story and my introduction.
40-something total newbie starting out with day trading, and very glad to have found such a great resource in futures.io early on in my reading and research stage of my trading career.
I have a reasonably successful business which pays my bills, but doesn’t take up much of my time, so my plan (if it can be called that yet) is just to supplement my income without putting more capital on the line than I can afford to lose - in my case around €15,000. If it all goes south and I blow the account - that’s when I’ll take up golf and crosswords instead, with no regrets.
So - here goes! Looking forward to engaging with the forum here, picking up insights and inspiration from all you trading veterans, and, who knows, maybe being able pass on my own “experience” as my trading journey progresses.
I have been trading a little over a year and blown up a couple of accounts. I mainly do options trades now, but am wanting to branch out into futures this next year. I am willing to share what I know. I am hoping to take my trading to the next level and learn how to manage and adjust my trades better
