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- beachallstar replied Jan 24, 2012
That's obviously a reaction seeking statement, and opens up the question as to what you are looking for at FF? There are many good trader's on FF that have put in a huge amount of time and effort into threads that are a source for people trying to ...
- beachallstar replied Jan 10, 2012
This strategy is pretty common in stocks using options, but it is basically called a straddle, rather than capital neutral, the reason being is that there is decay with the option. The longer you hold them the less value they have. If you can get ...
- beachallstar replied Jan 2, 2012
You're link was appreciated
- beachallstar replied Dec 30, 2011
If you are looking for the 'reasons' behind trends, you are looking at them from a global-macro trading perspective and you will need to look into a few things such as interest rates, money supply, and long term employment trends. If a country A is ...
- beachallstar replied Dec 24, 2011
Agreed about the leverage restrictions in Canada, but to me the biggest problem is the uneven leverage across pairs, not the degree of leverage it's self. I actually wouldn't want 100:1 anymore, 50:1 is perfectly fine for retail trading, and if I ...
- beachallstar replied Nov 6, 2011
Z-score — There is actually an indicator for this, with a reported success rate of 72% accuracy predicting bankruptcy within two years called the Z-score. I don't know all of the input variables for the Z-score, but , if you had a strategy ...
- beachallstar replied Oct 30, 2011
Livermore — A biography of the greatest trader in history, Jesse Livermore, and Pitbull, a modern day Reminiscences of a Stock operator.
- beachallstar replied Oct 21, 2011
Forexlive is a good site for stops and option barriers etc, and there is usually some good discussion about the markets from some experienced traders on that site as well.
- beachallstar replied Oct 2, 2011
Jason Alan Jankovsky wrote this book about his experiences and market views early in his career as a trader, and has alot of really insightful things to say. The chapter that makes this book A+++ in my view is chapter 3 where he basically debunks ...
- beachallstar replied Sep 27, 2011
A few more cool things — A few more cool PDFs
- beachallstar replied Sep 2, 2011
Have to disagree with this being a myth, I know you are a martingale trader, so I see how this isn't the only way to trade, but it's far from a myth. If you employ a trend following model, catch a several week or even several month move that ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 30, 2011
You can look into PAMM accounts, that's probably the best way to go to control the risk for both of you. I think that some bigger brokers like Alpari offer these. You would also be wise to not trade someone else's money in your trading account, ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 23, 2011
Livermore definitely knew how to "swing a big line", and how to test the waters first. Scaling in has alot of different angles too, such as adjusting your stop as you scale in, so if the trend has a massive correction, you don't get wiped out. ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 21, 2011
That is exactly how to be an agressive trader. It's not how many trades you can make, but understanding the move the market is making and getting the absolute maximum you can get out of it. Really nice post nubcake, this is how Richard Dennis ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 18, 2011
Price isn't "derived" in any special way with a synthetic broker. Your broker is simply matching your sell order with a buy order or your buy with a sell. It's how he matches these that are unique in the synthetic market. Your broker has two ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 18, 2011
It's also true that 95% couldn't get it right all at the same time because there is only so much supply at any particular price level at any specific time. So if 95% of all speculators either entered the market all at once or changed directions all ...
- beachallstar replied Aug 16, 2011
Basic composition of order flow — This is a really simple and very useful diagram that someone here at FF posted about order flow, but i forget who originally posted it. This is a really good template to begin modeling order flow trades with, ...
- beachallstar replied Jul 28, 2011
If you have ever read any of his post's you'll know the website is worth signing up for.
- beachallstar replied Jul 23, 2011
Very cool response ,thank you, especially coming from the guy that pointed it out, thanks FXSurfer! I really, really appreciate the people on this forum that have shared the material that lit their path for them. FF is a really cool, almost ...
- beachallstar replied Jul 6, 2011
Random stuff again — A book that I think is out of print now, but FxSurfer has mentioned that it is A+ stuff, and a paper on how mutual funds are sometimes the prey of hedge funds.