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Forum: Traders Hideout April 5th, 2024, 06:15 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 219
Posted By Tymbeline
True indeed. And this newfangled "autocorrect"...

True indeed. And this newfangled "autocorrect" invention doesn't always help with that, either.
Forum: Traders Hideout April 3rd, 2024, 05:43 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 219
Posted By Tymbeline
I know there are funding companies at which...

I know there are funding companies at which you’re allowed to use trade-copying software, with the master account being one of your own somewhere else and the slave account being the evaluation one...
Forum: Traders Hideout April 1st, 2024, 01:49 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 5,472
Posted By Tymbeline
They do, yes. (You're very well informed for...

They do, yes. (You're very well informed for someone with - to use your own words! - a clumsy foreign way?)

I don't think it's a requirement imposed on them by the FCA that they do that, but...
Forum: Traders Hideout March 25th, 2024, 03:41 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 5,472
Posted By Tymbeline
Why is that such a concern? Some have...

Why is that such a concern?



Some have only a one-off fee now (and more will surely follow, as the game is now so competitive) but even the ones with a monthly fee don‘t charge it after you’re...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors March 25th, 2024, 08:42 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,304
Posted By Tymbeline
Cheese does not go well with Easter eggs. But...

Cheese does not go well with Easter eggs. But these days, even with dietary stuff, you have to try to be "woke" which means no mentions of red meat anywhere, for sure. On the other hand, cheese and...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors March 24th, 2024, 07:06 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,304
Posted By Tymbeline
E2T has now been saying for years - not...

E2T has now been saying for years - not exaggerating! - that Tradovate will soon be available, but it still isn't.

Tradovate, with or without TradingView and/or Ninja, is the default platform at...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management March 14th, 2024, 12:16 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 5,430
Posted By Tymbeline
I appreciate that, but somehow reading your posts...

I appreciate that, but somehow reading your posts suggests to me - not for the first time - that you're likely eventually to be among the very small minority who make it, and steadily trade...
Forum: Traders Hideout February 1st, 2024, 02:41 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 4,805
Posted By Tymbeline
This is for sure. Same here. ...

This is for sure.





Same here.

There are always exceptions (e.g. I think Joe Ross’s work was originally self-published) and there’s always a lot of personal opinion involved (e.g....
Forum: Traders Hideout January 31st, 2024, 12:47 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 4,805
Posted By Tymbeline
No, indeed not: the chaffinch probably has its...

No, indeed not: the chaffinch probably has its natural habitat only in the English-speaking world of "imperial" measurements. Anywhere else, I think the "chaffcentimeter" might be the equivalent...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 30th, 2024, 12:04 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 4,805
Posted By Tymbeline
Some of that "mostly price action" stuff is...

Some of that "mostly price action" stuff is available online, but lost in a sea of other stuff, and hard to identify (especially when you're relatively new to it and possibly not too experienced at...
Forum: Trading Journals January 30th, 2024, 11:55 AM
Replies: 248
Views: 39,619
Posted By Tymbeline
Indeed - exactly so. You somehow speak for me, as...

Indeed - exactly so. You somehow speak for me, as well as for yourself (pretty often!).





Yup. I need to learn this. I have unwisely been waiting less.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 22nd, 2024, 12:08 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 16,764
Posted By Tymbeline
No point that I can see, but the validity...

No point that I can see, but the validity argument clearly doesn't work equally in each direction: as with so many other things, it's easy to find people with great "doing" skills and little-to-no...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 6th, 2024, 08:14 AM
Replies: 631
Views: 241,231
Posted By Tymbeline
No; I agree. These things are all...

No; I agree.

These things are all subjective, of course, but I feel that I approached E2T with a very open mind, was willing to overlook a lot of history, was willing to give them the benefit of...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 16th, 2023, 05:19 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 12,402
Posted By Tymbeline
I don't know. It's only Kazmi's own money, not...

I don't know. It's only Kazmi's own money, not the company's? Still a good question, though.






I don't know. I was actually thinking the opposite, to be honest: that the chances of this...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 15th, 2023, 09:07 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 12,402
Posted By Tymbeline
A small update regarding the MFF case: yesterday...

A small update regarding the MFF case: yesterday The New Jersey court partially granted My Forex Fund's request in the lawsuit filed by the CFTC against the company - it ordered the release and...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 1st, 2023, 12:39 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 12,402
Posted By Tymbeline
The defense lawyers filed a motion today, denying...

The defense lawyers filed a motion today, denying all allegations against the prop trading firm by the CFTC, stating that all transactions between MFF and its customers fell outside the scope of the...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 30th, 2023, 04:07 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 12,402
Posted By Tymbeline
If you say so - but I'm slightly surprised you...

If you say so - but I'm slightly surprised you don't know of Topstep, Earn2Trade and TradeDay, to name but three well known ones who (or "whose funding arms") also fund real (easily verifiable)...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 19th, 2023, 01:51 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
I think it may be if they don't tell you that...

I think it may be if they don't tell you that it's what they're doing, i.e. if they lead you to believe that someone else, rather than themselves, is the counterparty? That's dishonest, surely? (It...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 19th, 2023, 11:25 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
If anyone wants to follow the story, MFF is in...

If anyone wants to follow the story, MFF is in temporary receivership (http://www.myforexfunds.com).

www.msbnj.com/our-team/anthony-sodono-III
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 17th, 2023, 06:37 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
If there are people paying money to the company...

If there are people paying money to the company on the basis of misleading or dishonest information (whether or not they're "investors" per se), a court might declare that illegal.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 16th, 2023, 10:26 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
All the money Madoff's investors made during the...

All the money Madoff's investors made during the first couple of decades was real enough, too - but obviously that didn't make the business lawful, so it's no criterion at all by which to judge.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 15th, 2023, 01:30 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
They'll have paid out a lot in affiliate...

They'll have paid out a lot in affiliate commissions, too, I would think ... but I don't think the details of the math/figures are what really matter here, myself.

I'm more interested in the...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 15th, 2023, 12:47 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
By being the trader's counterparty. It's not...

By being the trader's counterparty. It's not complicated!

It's just what happens when you hold the other side of "trades" made by someone who succeeds. After you're "funded," Apex actually holds...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 15th, 2023, 08:53 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
I’m broadly speaking on your side of the...

I’m broadly speaking on your side of the discussion anyway (no surprise there).

I also think spot forex/CFD “funding companies” are probably a whole different world from futures funding companies....
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 11th, 2023, 12:00 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 7,965
Posted By Tymbeline
Indeed - the position-sizes that many/most of...

Indeed - the position-sizes that many/most of these funding companies allow their triallists to use give you palpitations, just looking at them.

Even at Topstep, if you try what they call the...
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