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Forum: Traders Hideout February 16th, 2022, 07:34 AM
Replies: 276
Sticky: The Tax Thread
Views: 198,557
Posted By dwt51
I would be curious to know why you didn't claim...

I would be curious to know why you didn't claim capital loss carryovers in 2019 and 2020. Perhaps the $3000 deduction off your income wasn't significant to you, but I've never heard of a downside to...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 7th, 2021, 09:54 AM
Replies: 631
Views: 239,695
Posted By dwt51
And therein lies one of the biggest benefits for...

And therein lies one of the biggest benefits for US taxpayers of going with E2T. To my knowledge every other of the popular futures trading prop firms treats the trader as a self employed contractor...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors December 29th, 2020, 05:50 AM
Replies: 631
Views: 239,695
Posted By dwt51
And to further muddy the waters, please be...

And to further muddy the waters, please be reminded that E2T offer two programs:

The 15 day Gauntlet Mini
The 60 day Gauntlet


That link above refers to the 60 day program. dyoung, which...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 23rd, 2020, 11:42 AM
Replies: 631
Views: 239,695
Posted By dwt51
Realizing that things remain in flux until your...

Realizing that things remain in flux until your new structure is finalized, can you please confirm that funded traders' profits will continue to be paid out as capital gains?

I see this as one of...
Forum: Trading Journals July 1st, 2020, 11:31 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,411
Posted By dwt51
hen322 You have done a colossal job of...

hen322

You have done a colossal job of documenting your journey with BloodHound and providing another prospective on its workings. Here's hoping you have won this month's contest !!

dwt51
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 26th, 2020, 10:44 PM
Replies: 631
Views: 239,695
Posted By dwt51
These quotes were from Ryan from September, 2019,...

These quotes were from Ryan from September, 2019, so they may be obsolete by now. That said, they raise a few questions, if I may:

1. Is is still possible to trade a funded Helios account on...
Forum: Feedback and Announcements June 18th, 2020, 05:11 PM
Replies: 175
Views: 32,493
Posted By dwt51
Big Mike Many of the posts in this thread do...

Big Mike

Many of the posts in this thread do not include links to their journals. Where are all these, please?

dwt51
Forum: Trading Journals June 4th, 2020, 04:25 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,383
Posted By dwt51
There were two trades today 1. The one that...

There were two trades today

1. The one that got away at 0900 ET:

(pasted screenshot)
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=300697

Madame Lagarde was still speaking and scared me...
Forum: Trading Journals June 3rd, 2020, 10:26 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,383
Posted By dwt51
dwt51's ZF Trading Journal

I journal rather regularly, but have never published my thoughts before.

Of the contracts I trade, ZF has been the most inscrutable. Sometimes I gets the bear, but all too often the bear gets me....
Forum: Feedback and Announcements June 3rd, 2020, 08:04 PM
Replies: 175
Views: 32,493
Posted By dwt51
"I want to be a BloodHound!" Thank you for...

"I want to be a BloodHound!"

Thank you for the opportunity to review your tool.

And here's my journal:
https://nexusfi.com/trading-journals/55152-dwt51-s-zf-trading-journal.html#post810810
...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 15th, 2020, 09:24 AM
Replies: 172
Views: 82,095
Posted By dwt51
jeffalan, please let us know how this was...

jeffalan, please let us know how this was resolved.

The only thing worse than our own mistakes are those made for us.

Regards.

dwt51
Forum: Traders Hideout December 18th, 2019, 10:05 AM
Replies: 1,263
Views: 679,371
Posted By dwt51
So, who won??

@BigMike,

Whatever happened to this November 2019 contest?

Who won? Where was it announced?

dwt51
Forum: Tech Support November 7th, 2019, 11:41 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 33,584
Posted By dwt51
Funny, but I'm running a five year old I7-2600K...

Funny, but I'm running a five year old I7-2600K box with 16 Gb RAM with a mess of charts open (both minute and tick based on a couple symbols, plus Market Analyzer with 20+ symbols (both futures and...
Forum: Traders Hideout November 1st, 2019, 10:04 AM
Replies: 1,263
Views: 679,371
Posted By dwt51
Nice setup, Mtype. One of the things I look...

Nice setup, Mtype.

One of the things I look for in a professional trading desk is the use of a wired mouse (and keyboard, for that matter). Like uninterruptible power supply and backup data feed...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 3rd, 2019, 06:13 AM
Replies: 631
Views: 239,695
Posted By dwt51
Approved times list

BTW, the "Approved Times" list (which seems a misnomer, since it's really a list of the forbidden times) can be found at https://www.earn2trade.com/gauntlet-mini?approved-times.

It's a bit...
Forum: Trading Journals July 2nd, 2019, 09:41 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 14,170
Posted By dwt51
There's also the tax angle: The prop firms pay...

There's also the tax angle: The prop firms pay you as ordinary income, where your "micro method" will be taxed 60/40 here in the US -- a much better deal.

Good luck.
Forum: Feedback and Announcements February 2nd, 2019, 09:49 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 11,344
Posted By dwt51
Can you please name the Ninja plug-in you are...

Can you please name the Ninja plug-in you are using to log trades.

Thank you.

dwt51
Forum: NinjaTrader October 23rd, 2018, 10:13 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 8,913
Posted By dwt51
justtrader, I'll add my thanks to that of ...

justtrader, I'll add my thanks to that of @scunninham . I just saved your new version to a template, then loaded that template on another chart. jprUnirenkoCloses followed along this time. As he...
Forum: NinjaTrader October 15th, 2018, 11:55 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 8,913
Posted By dwt51
Disappearing jprUniRenkoBarCloses_V4

Funny you mention that. Yes, I have.

Also, just today I saved a chart template that included this indicator, then loaded the template on another chart. All other formats and indicators...
Forum: NinjaTrader May 24th, 2018, 09:24 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 8,913
Posted By dwt51
Thank you for offering a new version. My NT8...

Thank you for offering a new version.

My NT8 Unirenko bar type file is UniRenkoBarsType.cs, dated 2/18/2016. A look inside the file shows "Universal renko bar type. Ported by Sim22, 2015....
Forum: NinjaTrader May 22nd, 2018, 09:30 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 8,913
Posted By dwt51
Issue with jprUnirenkoBarCloses_v3.1

justtrader,

Thank you for your efforts. The attached image shows YM 06-18 on NT8 running uniRenko with T14R14O6 settings. Per the chart, each bar's close is either 14 ticks higher or lower than...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 30th, 2016, 03:12 AM
Replies: 695
Views: 430,700
Posted By dwt51
Per the charts, Trading Noob is looking at spot...

Per the charts, Trading Noob is looking at spot forex $EURUSD, not futures 6E. That said, different tick size settings between the two PC's (for the Instrument Manager setting of that particular FX...
Forum: NinjaTrader August 26th, 2016, 06:34 AM
Replies: 695
Views: 430,700
Posted By dwt51
Unirenko's are just a form of range bar. Set them...

Unirenko's are just a form of range bar. Set them aside for a moment and compare the two charts using Ninja's stock range bar type. Still different?

If so, then I submit that you have different...
Forum: Brokers November 17th, 2015, 05:39 AM
Replies: 903
Views: 408,471
Posted By dwt51
I find...

I find http://ninjatrader.com/PDF/ninjatrader_futures_contract_details.pdf to be a useful list of all contracts provided, with margin and commission schedules. Not included are data plans, however.
...
Forum: Stocks and ETFs November 10th, 2015, 06:57 AM
Replies: 306
Views: 86,385
Posted By dwt51
And now, part IV of the story

Here's Tim's next installment on the wonder that is Elon:
Part 4: The Cook and the Chef: Musk's Secret Sauce - Wait But Why...
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