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Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 14th, 2013, 09:28 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Hey Guys. Based on my understanding finding...

Hey Guys.

Based on my understanding finding out how much the spread has moved is based on intuition. Please tell me if im wrong.

For instance if ZN has moved up 10 ticks and ZB has only moved...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 12th, 2013, 09:55 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Can you please explain a little more. In...

Can you please explain a little more.

In that example are you trying to Buy ZB and have working orders each price 9 levels deep? Or you just explaining that its 9 ticks away from the low? And...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 12th, 2013, 04:37 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
What do spread traders mean when the say I am...

What do spread traders mean when the say I am looking for the mean reversion?

I've found out some information about these spread traders. I know a guy who knows a guy who spread trades at a prop...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 9th, 2013, 07:16 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,986
Posted By joeyk
I live in Goldy too haha. There's a variety...

I live in Goldy too haha.

There's a variety of reasons. Most has to do with longevity. There doesn't seem to be that many out right traders any more in Propshops so I am a little concerned if Im...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 9th, 2013, 06:42 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,986
Posted By joeyk
I scalp ZN and ZB using orderflow pretty much...

I scalp ZN and ZB using orderflow pretty much taught by John Grady. I put in the work and took it all to the next level.

I look at the bund and ES for correlation too.

Heres my time line...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 8th, 2013, 09:16 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Thanks for your reply. Yeah its been a...

Thanks for your reply.

Yeah its been a dilemma choosing whether to continue out rights or learn spreads. Trying to get as much information as possible. I really want longevity in trading. I keep...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 8th, 2013, 09:13 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
OK! THANKS SO MUCH MAN!!!!!!!!!!! Now this...

OK! THANKS SO MUCH MAN!!!!!!!!!!!

Now this is going to sound naive but does the yield curve seriously change that much for these Bill Traders to be making trades every day? I mean they are suppose...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 8th, 2013, 08:43 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Hi Guys. Does anyone know how Bill Traders...

Hi Guys.

Does anyone know how Bill Traders trade the spread in Propshops?

There is a total lack of information out on the internet.

I was talking to a friend and he said Bill Traders make...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 7th, 2013, 07:20 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Can you tell me a little more about number 2. You...

Can you tell me a little more about number 2. You said " scalping orderflow in treasuries/iner commodity (much more complex) - learn about modified duration, yield curve etc"

Does this mean if...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 5th, 2013, 08:09 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Yeah you make a good point. I just wanted to...

Yeah you make a good point.

I just wanted to get some light on this spread traders and outright traders. Im at cross roads and really can't decide.

There has to be a reason why Propex and...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 5th, 2013, 06:41 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Yeah totally understand. Well propshops have...

Yeah totally understand.

Well propshops have a higher % of successful traders so it makes sense to do what they do right hence the reason im asking this question.

Yeah the guys at Propex is a...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds August 5th, 2013, 02:22 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 27,948
Posted By joeyk
Outright or Spreads?

Hi Guys.

Ive been trading out rights on ZN and ZB and becoming consistent. I trade price action order flow.

Lately i've been looking into spreads just to get informed about it because there's...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 30th, 2013, 01:35 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 46,267
Posted By joeyk
I agree with almost everything you said, except...

I agree with almost everything you said, except for taking my advice with a grain of salt. If i received this advice 5 years ago it would of cut my learning curve big time!

Prop Shops don't take...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 29th, 2013, 10:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 8,866
Posted By joeyk
Heya! Man don't give up trading Stocks...

Heya!

Man don't give up trading Stocks yet....

There are a lot of great stock traders out there compared to futures traders based on my trading friends.

The time line for becoming...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 26th, 2013, 12:32 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 9,431
Posted By joeyk
Exiting is a skill you become good by doing it. I...

Exiting is a skill you become good by doing it. I had a lot of trouble for many months but getting consistent with taking profits. Im just letting you know this first because i know the feeling of...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 25th, 2013, 07:34 PM
Replies: 591
Sticky: Time to Give Up
Views: 193,100
Posted By joeyk
FXwulf Man that's a story. Thanks for...

FXwulf

Man that's a story. Thanks for telling us.

There was 2 times I became almost suicidal when learning to trade. I hate hearing these stories because if you guys knew what i knew now a lot...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 25th, 2013, 01:30 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 9,431
Posted By joeyk
Why you need small profits? Its for emotional...

Why you need small profits?
Its for emotional capital. If you keep trading to go for home runs your emotional capital will run low. Getting big wins is hard and if you keep getting chopped up you...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 25th, 2013, 01:14 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,075
Posted By joeyk
Different for everyone

Money management is different for everyone.

You need to know your trading statistics. If you have non i would recommend trading the sim until you do especially if you cant take losses like a prop...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 24th, 2013, 08:18 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,159
Posted By joeyk
Ok you didnt provide a chart but i get what...

Ok you didnt provide a chart but i get what you're saying.

It's not that this is a bad trade. It could of worked.

When you make a trade you need to think about who is going to come in after...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 23rd, 2013, 11:30 PM
Replies: 205
Views: 46,267
Posted By joeyk
To become exceptional and amazingly good yes...

To become exceptional and amazingly good yes 10,000 hours sounds kind right. SMB Capital reckon it takes 3 years trading everyday to become amazingly good and i agree.

Why is 10,000 hours a load...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 23rd, 2013, 07:19 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 18,055
Posted By joeyk
Heya. Make it easy on yourself and think...

Heya.

Make it easy on yourself and think about the fundamentals of what moves the market.

What moves the market in very simple terms?

Money in money out.

More money up the market goes up.
Forum: Traders Hideout July 23rd, 2013, 07:03 PM
Replies: 10,645
Views: 14,245,805
Posted By joeyk
Marianne 10,000 hours is very wrong. It...

Marianne

10,000 hours is very wrong. It depends on who you are but put it this way.

If it took 10,000 there is no way prop shops could train people to become successful traders and still be in...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management July 22nd, 2013, 08:58 PM
Replies: 591
Sticky: Time to Give Up
Views: 193,100
Posted By joeyk
I almost given up many times. Especially when i...

I almost given up many times. Especially when i blew my first $12000 account. That was when i first started 5 years ago. I was very naive about trading back then.

I almost gave up last year when a...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 22nd, 2013, 07:33 PM
Replies: 10,645
Views: 14,245,805
Posted By joeyk
Hey Guys. Just introducing myself. I will be...

Hey Guys.

Just introducing myself. I will be contributing to this forum from now on.

Been trading on and off for 6 years. Sometimes real money sometimes just a sim. In September 2012 I decided...
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