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Psychology and Money Management
March 13th, 2014, 08:07 AM
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90/10 Statistic the Obvious- For New Traders
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lugopt
You have a good point in what you wrote because...
You have a good point in what you wrote because we do not know the amounts. Nevertheless, the example you gave would have impact on the number of customers in the long run, and they seemed stable,...
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Psychology and Money Management
March 10th, 2014, 09:08 PM
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90/10 Statistic the Obvious- For New Traders
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lugopt
The 90/10 myth
I have always thought the 90/10 rule was a myth and when CFTC introduced the regulation (https://www.nfa.futures.org/news/newsNotice.asp?ArticleID=3746) requiring RFEDs, FCMs, IBs engaging in retail...
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Traders Hideout
January 13th, 2014, 08:28 AM
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1,263
Battlestations: Show us your trading desks!
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679,525
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lugopt
Hi Kickmic, great setup you have there. Have...
Hi Kickmic, great setup you have there.
Have you measure how much noise comes from those fans in terms of dB, with the computer case closed? Because they would be really silent, no?
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Traders Hideout
January 11th, 2014, 12:26 PM
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Battlestations: Show us your trading desks!
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679,525
Posted By
lugopt
Hi Mike, Just in time, Stefan Didak...
Hi Mike,
Just in time, Stefan Didak (http://www.stefandidak.com/office/), the world famous home office setup as he used to call post some pictures recently regarding his new setup. I think it is...
Forum:
Brokers
January 7th, 2014, 08:59 AM
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1,210
Zenfire no more?
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385,242
Posted By
lugopt
What happened is when my strategy open the...
What happened is when my strategy open the position and then tried to set up the stop, but it crashed at that point due to connection issues. At the same time, according Murphy law, the email was...
Forum:
Brokers
January 7th, 2014, 04:58 AM
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1,210
Zenfire no more?
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385,242
Posted By
lugopt
Hi Koepisch, Last Sunday the email I...
Hi Koepisch,
Last Sunday the email I received from Mirus Futures said "ZenFire connectivity has stabilized and is available for live trading as of Sunday, January 5th." They warned that "instances...
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Brokers
January 7th, 2014, 04:46 AM
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1,210
Zenfire no more?
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385,242
Posted By
lugopt
Mirus Futures EMERGENCY TRADING DESK is DOWN!!!
I am a Mirus Futures customer and today I received my daily account statement and I discovered I have an open position (1 contract). I run a strategy that crashed yesterday and for some reason the...
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Feedback and Announcements
November 18th, 2013, 05:37 PM
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Big Mike's Best of Trading 2013
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36,011
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lugopt
futures.io (formerly BMT) Member of the Year:...
futures.io (formerly BMT) Member of the Year: FatTails
futures.io (formerly BMT) Programmer of the Year: FatTails
futures.io (formerly BMT) Indicator of the Year: MACDBB
futures.io (formerly BMT)...
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Feedback and Announcements
February 14th, 2013, 05:32 AM
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Preliminary discussion - please participate - Certified Trustworthy Vendor program
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20,129
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lugopt
Before thinking on Vendors and other Traders, you need to think on You!
Hi Mike,
I think it could be a good idea but I'm concerned with the impact it could have on you and the sustainability of futures.io (formerly BMT) over the years. As far as I understand you spend...
Forum:
Feedback and Announcements
December 15th, 2012, 05:40 AM
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127
HTML5 webinar testing
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19,720
Posted By
lugopt
I tested the videos on Windows 7 SP1 x64 IE9...
I tested the videos on Windows 7 SP1 x64 IE9 9.0.12 version, Windows 8 x64 IE10 10.0.1 both Desktop and Win8 Modern UI version and worked great.
The start image of the case 3 is not well displayed...
Forum:
Sierra Chart
December 13th, 2012, 04:33 PM
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12
Webinar: Sierra Chart and CTS Futures, Automated Trading Systems and Backtesting
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11,455
Posted By
lugopt
GoToMeeting Service Unavailable
GoToMeeting Service Unavailable
I'm trying to connect but I'm getting an error message:
Service Currently Unavailable
GoToMeeting service is currently unavailable. We are working...
Forum:
Traders Hideout
November 17th, 2012, 08:13 AM
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1,263
Battlestations: Show us your trading desks!
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679,525
Posted By
lugopt
Is this your trading station? :-) 95027 ...
Is this your trading station? :-)
95027
Source: German police stop man with mobile office in car...
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Traders Hideout
October 30th, 2012, 08:54 PM
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13
Amazing Market shutdown for 2 days with today's technonlogy
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6,295
Posted By
lugopt
I heard NYSE CEO on Bloomberg TV saying they were...
I heard NYSE CEO on Bloomberg TV saying they were ready to implement their contigency plan but the big participants, namely the Goldman Sach's, Citi's and the big investiment banks were not able to...
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Feedback and Announcements
October 28th, 2012, 02:24 PM
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Big Mike's Best of Trading 2012
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58,629
Posted By
lugopt
Here are my nominations: futures.io...
Here are my nominations:
futures.io (formerly BMT) Indicator of the Year: MACDBB (although a classic... I love it)
futures.io (formerly BMT) Webinar of the Year: Where to start as a trader? (Part...
Forum:
Trading Journals
October 24th, 2012, 05:27 PM
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660
Breakout Journal - a journey to full time trading
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105,894
Posted By
lugopt
Hi Silver Dragon/Robert, Thank you for...
Hi Silver Dragon/Robert,
Thank you for replying my comment. Here are my comments:
1) I perfectly understand what is to trade with family and work as I've too a full time job. If 15 to 20 ticks is...
Forum:
Trading Journals
October 20th, 2012, 05:54 PM
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660
Breakout Journal - a journey to full time trading
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105,894
Posted By
lugopt
Hi Silver Dragon. Congratulations for having...
Hi Silver Dragon.
Congratulations for having a trading journal and thank you for sharing it with us.
If you allow me I would like to comment a few things on your posts and trading style.
1)...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
October 14th, 2012, 07:04 AM
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946
Sticky:
Trading Metrics for journals/record keeping
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334,938
Posted By
lugopt
Hi Trad3r, I'm not sure you are aware you can get...
Hi Trad3r, I'm not sure you are aware you can get Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student (http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-Home-Student-2010/dp/B004E9SKEQ/) version for $125 (or chepear on...
Forum:
TradeStation
October 13th, 2012, 10:01 AM
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56
Sticky:
Why do you use TradeStation?
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33,896
Posted By
lugopt
1) How long have you been using TradeStation? ...
1) How long have you been using TradeStation?
Since 2006.
2) What are your favorite features of TradeStation?
The easy of use, the charts, the EasyLanguage, have information regarding...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
October 12th, 2012, 07:27 PM
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117
What is a reasonable return
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32,920
Posted By
lugopt
And I think this was the reason why futures.io...
And I think this was the reason why futures.io (formerly BMT) users expectations are between 5-10%. Futures are leveraged between 15-20 to 1, so this 5-10% would mean less than 1% if we were trading...
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
October 9th, 2012, 11:02 AM
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117
What is a reasonable return
Views:
32,920
Posted By
lugopt
That would definitely depend on instrument traded...
That would definitely depend on instrument traded and the inherit leverage.
If I have $10K and buy 65 SPYs and it goes up 1% (~14 S&P500 points), my profit will be around 1% of my total account...
Forum:
NinjaTrader
October 8th, 2012, 10:50 AM
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8
Trading could have some humor (NinjaTrader sounds)
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4,020
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lugopt
Trading could have some humor (NinjaTrader sounds)
Hi, I changed the common NinjaTrader sounds for "Stop Filled" and "Target Filled" so that it could be little fun at those events.
If you like the sounds you could used them.
1) Unzip the...
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Traders Hideout
June 29th, 2012, 05:10 PM
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128
Webinar: Jack Schwager of Market Wizards
Views:
56,064
Posted By
lugopt
Question for Jack: What are the three main...
Question for Jack:
What are the three main changes in a person after becoming a successful trader (besides being wealthier)?
Thank you,
Forum:
Psychology and Money Management
March 24th, 2012, 09:39 PM
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946
Sticky:
Trading Metrics for journals/record keeping
Views:
334,938
Posted By
lugopt
Journal 4.0
First I would like to thank you all the people that contribute to this fantastic trading journal tool! Excellent job.
I would like to ask some help for the following: for the Forex instruments...
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