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Forum: TradeStation June 13th, 2016, 09:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,958
Posted By furytrader
As far as I recall, you can't place an order from...

As far as I recall, you can't place an order from an indicator. You have to use a signal. Copy and paste the indicator logic into a signal and generate the order from there. If your indicator uses...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index September 1st, 2015, 02:38 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 6,694
Posted By furytrader
In Michael Harris' new book "Fooled By Technical...

In Michael Harris' new book "Fooled By Technical Analysis", he actually runs a simulation whereby the minimum amount for an e-Mini S&P account comes in more like $30,000, based upon random entries...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index August 27th, 2015, 12:08 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,366
Posted By furytrader
You can certainly trade the e-Mini Dow, e-Mini...

You can certainly trade the e-Mini Dow, e-Mini Nasdaq or e-Mini Russell - a lot of traders do it. For other contracts, like the e-Mini Gold, e-Mini Corn or e-Mini Euros, the volume just isn't there,...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index August 25th, 2015, 02:05 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 6,694
Posted By furytrader
Trading 1 e-mini contract with $15K shouldn't be...

Trading 1 e-mini contract with $15K shouldn't be too bad as long as you are disciplined to always have protective stops in the market when you have an open position, even if that stop is very far...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management August 4th, 2015, 01:04 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,966
Posted By furytrader
Sit on my hands. Go for a walk around the block. ...

Sit on my hands. Go for a walk around the block. It's less of a problem for me now as I trade 100% mechanical and so I just have to bide my time. It's still hard though. I pretty much take any...
Forum: Off-Topic July 15th, 2015, 11:47 AM
Replies: 470
Views: 83,219
Posted By furytrader
I came across two good movies on Netflix / Pay...

I came across two good movies on Netflix / Pay Per View:

1. "I Saw The Devil" which is a Korean suspense movie with subtitles. Don't let the subtitles throw you - it's a great movie, in the...
Forum: Off-Topic July 15th, 2015, 11:40 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 16,952
Posted By furytrader
For traders with cats, this spoof story from a...

For traders with cats, this spoof story from a few years ago may give you a chuckle:

"Flash crash caused by single large house cat"...
Forum: Commodities July 14th, 2015, 09:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,889
Posted By furytrader
The "notional" value of the contract would be...

The "notional" value of the contract would be 448.75 cents per bushel x 5000 bushels = $22,437.50.

448 is CENTS per bushel = $4.48 dollars per bushel
Forum: Commodities July 14th, 2015, 07:59 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,889
Posted By furytrader
Which corn contract are you referencing? ...

Which corn contract are you referencing?

For the Chicago Board of Trade's corn contract, the specs are:

Priced in terms of cents per bushel
Futures are priced in 1/8s of a cent

1 contract...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management June 4th, 2015, 09:14 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 9,110
Posted By furytrader
Poop or get off the pot. Find a strategy that...

Poop or get off the pot. Find a strategy that has a reasonable chance of making money and follow it religiously so you can work through your emotions of having real risk at stake. Over time it gets...
Forum: Traders Hideout May 22nd, 2015, 02:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,441
Posted By furytrader
One of my biggest trades occurred when the ECB...

One of my biggest trades occurred when the ECB unexpectedly cut rates in early September 2014 - up to that time, I'd never had a trade that big. It was raining money.
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 24th, 2015, 07:17 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,571
Posted By furytrader
Motivation vs. Discipline

Here's a good quote I came across online, and that rings true for me:

"Forget about motivation. Motivation is fickle and fleeting. You can be incredibly inspired at 2:00 AM and completely lose it...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 23rd, 2015, 06:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,205
Posted By furytrader
It depends on what you'll be trading, how much...

It depends on what you'll be trading, how much and whether you're going to be offering your services generally to the public. It also matters where you're based, and where your clients are based.
...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 23rd, 2015, 12:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,501
Posted By furytrader
To be a successful trader, you must be willing to do what others won't ...

The more I trade, the more I appreciate that to be a successful trader, you must be willing to do those things that most people aren't willing to do. In the futures industry, there is a statistic...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 19th, 2015, 02:34 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,043
Posted By furytrader
Some good trading advice from poker champion Amarillo Slim

"The point is that in gambling you need to put the odds in your favor. The result of one particular game doesn't mean a damn thing, and that's why one of my mantras has always been 'Decisions, not...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 13th, 2015, 01:57 PM
Replies: 371
Views: 204,667
Posted By furytrader
"Fortune presents gifts not according to the book...

"Fortune presents gifts not according to the book ..."
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 13th, 2015, 01:42 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,628
Posted By furytrader
BTW, if you're interested in the analogy with...

BTW, if you're interested in the analogy with blackjack, I recommend the book "Las Vegas Blackjack Diary" by Stuart Perry. It's about his experiences as a card counter in Las Vegas, and although it...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 13th, 2015, 10:40 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 13,506
Posted By furytrader
One way to test the smoothness of the equity...

One way to test the smoothness of the equity curve is divide your ending equity by the standard deviation of your equity, calculated using a bar-by-bar array of equity values.
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 13th, 2015, 10:04 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,628
Posted By furytrader
I have three pieces of advice / insight to share:...

I have three pieces of advice / insight to share:

1) What you're talking about is discipline. Discipline comes from confidence. Confidence comes from experience. Experience comes from trading a...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 10th, 2015, 02:14 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 13,506
Posted By furytrader
I think one of the most important things you have...

I think one of the most important things you have to think about is how much pain a particular strategy will generate in live-trading and whether you, as the trader, can endure that. As the late...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators April 6th, 2015, 10:14 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,495
Posted By furytrader
No amount of software is going to turn you, by...

No amount of software is going to turn you, by itself, from a losing trader into a winning trader. You need to find a way to research and develop one or more strategies that have a positive expected...
Forum: Brokers March 11th, 2015, 12:21 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,099
Posted By furytrader
Doesn't Interactive Brokers use simulated stops...

Doesn't Interactive Brokers use simulated stops in futures? In other words, they keep the stop working on their servers and once the trigger price trades, they then send the order as a market order...
Forum: TradeStation February 23rd, 2015, 10:43 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,423
Posted By furytrader
MultiCharts.net is similar in many respects to...

MultiCharts.net is similar in many respects to TradeStation but allows the programmer to use the Visual Studio set of languages, including C#. You should check it out (I don't use it - I use regular...
Forum: Options January 29th, 2015, 01:54 PM
Replies: 7,370
Views: 1,988,752
Posted By furytrader
Congratulations! That's great. It sounds like...

Congratulations! That's great. It sounds like 2014 may have been your best year ever ... hopefully 2015 will be even better!
Forum: Psychology and Money Management December 22nd, 2014, 12:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 5,171
Posted By furytrader
Do you have a mechanical strategy that you are...

Do you have a mechanical strategy that you are trading (i.e., a trading strategy that has concrete rules with appropriate risk management parameters) or are you trading on a discretionary basis?
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