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Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 9th, 2017, 05:24 PM
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Posted By tpredictor
Curious but one cannot copyright an idea. It also...

Curious but one cannot copyright an idea. It also presents at minimum a marketing problem for TST if they want to argue in court that they have engineered their combine to be a profit center because...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 13th, 2017, 02:55 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Wow OneUp outdoing themselves again! Thanks. For...

Wow OneUp outdoing themselves again! Thanks. For the record, I am not funded yet. I took on a more challenging tryout because of the discount (the 5k drawdown with 9k profits). I am fine with sharing...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 20th, 2017, 05:45 PM
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Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Thanks! I'm using Ninja 8 and the process is...

Thanks! I'm using Ninja 8 and the process is slightly different but works.

You do the following:

Tools->Commissions->Add->Name it anything, example "OneUp Commission" then you must edit it and...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 20th, 2017, 12:52 PM
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Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
lead If you are scalping, you need to figure up...

lead If you are scalping, you need to figure up your basis intraday. The way to do this is use Rithmic trader for the account balance. This is not ideal though because I just need a number that says...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 19th, 2017, 10:16 PM
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Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Right, the cloud analytics shows the net and...

Right, the cloud analytics shows the net and gross but the Rithmic Trader doesn't show the commissions. It makes a big difference when you're scalping. The cloud isn't updated until after the close....
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 19th, 2017, 07:15 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
One thing I noticed today and not happy about is...

One thing I noticed today and not happy about is that my p&l in Rithmic didn't match the end of day cloud platform. I only used the Rithmic interface for checking my P&L but it looks like they didn't...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 16th, 2017, 01:20 AM
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Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
vont Right, I don't think it is bad luck but...

vont Right, I don't think it is bad luck but normal variance and also the time to adapt. You can look at it from a systems point of view and mathematically, a system that returns 100% with maximum...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 15th, 2017, 03:27 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Good question but tricky to answer. First, look...

Good question but tricky to answer. First, look at it in terms of a matrix of possibilities, and we'll assume that in all cases the trader has a tiny to small account.

Lose a lot or do poorly:...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 15th, 2017, 11:39 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Rory A bit too complicated for me to follow. It...

Rory A bit too complicated for me to follow. It is suspect that a "Serif" made the initial ET post and was an employee only who is no longer with them (according to Sattam in a correspondence with me...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 14th, 2017, 11:38 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
MattZ, I do not think this is a fair comparison....

MattZ, I do not think this is a fair comparison. Most CTA's are not hitting anywhere near this level of performance and they are trading much larger accounts. Beyond that, it is not possible to...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 14th, 2017, 07:04 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
I first contacted FuturesProfile around 2015. The...

I first contacted FuturesProfile around 2015. The reply came came with information about MES Capital even though the address was FuturesProfile. The owner behind all operations appears to be the same...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 13th, 2017, 07:36 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Yes, it does state $2.50/side for all products...

Yes, it does state $2.50/side for all products for the evaluation. The live fees are here: Knowledge base | OneUp Trader Help Desk...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 13th, 2017, 07:18 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Provided they do provide a clear and rational...

Provided they do provide a clear and rational explanation and state it upfront, it seems fair to me and better then having to pass the goals a second time like in the TST FTP. And, of course given...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 12th, 2017, 07:43 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Got this on attempt to sign up for trial.....

Got this on attempt to sign up for trial.. updated

"Sorry for the inconvenience, We are expericencing heavy traffic, we will be back online shortly"

"
First,thank you for making the launch a...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 4th, 2017, 12:56 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Does anyone know if there is any clause that will...

Does anyone know if there is any clause that will prevent a TST funded trader from doing the OneUp or vice versa?
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 2nd, 2017, 07:44 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
Yep, that's the crux of working for another:...

Yep, that's the crux of working for another: always at whim of policy and why it's always better to have your own capital to trade. Frankly, though I can't blame them for that but that's why it would...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors June 2nd, 2017, 05:19 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
As an update, I'm currently taking the TST...

As an update, I'm currently taking the TST combine. I took advantage of a free coupon. So far no real issues. I trade all the trades live in my Tradestation account. The TST fill engine is definitely...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors May 2nd, 2017, 12:06 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
mathew28 My problem with TST has always been...

mathew28

My problem with TST has always been all the rules or extra hurdles/etc. It has always felt more adversarial to me. Something worth pointing out is that with any of these types of...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors May 1st, 2017, 04:41 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
The OneUpTrader terms look significantly better...

The OneUpTrader terms look significantly better than anything TST has offered. Although, not all of the plans make equal sense. If they actually deliver and the terms are similar or better to what...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 9th, 2017, 07:46 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
tl;dr Shortening my original reply because want...

tl;dr
Shortening my original reply because want to keep the focus on MES. But, the argument "if one can trade well enough" is a type of infinite extrapolation argument. If one can trade well enough...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 4th, 2017, 07:31 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 156,779
Posted By tpredictor
I contacted MES a couple years back and spoke...

I contacted MES a couple years back and spoke with the owner. The owner claimed to be a wealthy Londoner from a rich middle eastern family. He claimed the original employee who made the posts was not...
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