I've invested in several CTAs over the past 10 years & did pretty well picking decent traders. Crappy luck with brokers :-( Briefly looking @ the 2 TEs is seems "most" of the time the trading is pretty decent but then there's a period(Nov. to Feb.) ...

How to make a living with trading?

A pinbar doesn't matter what the previous bar was so can be located anywhere so both pictures are pinbars. The 1st picture can be a BUOB & a pinbar. Review the types of bars here ( url ) ***Look at "hammer" & "hanging man" for pinpars. ***Look at ...

james16 Chart Thread

Dec. Corn: Sold 380P @ 26.75 Bought 340P @ 9.5 Credit of 17.25 ($862) Break Even @ 363

The Options Thread

Nice 4% pop in extended hours on another purchase by a large hedge fund :-) Just don't like stocks that are down 95% over the past year. Usually just a matter of time before the final hammer drops. Just pray not until your option expires :-) They ...

The Options Thread

The indicator below will show all open positions. Profit/loss is calculated with all swap & commission charges included so you can see when you're in profit. ***Change the settings if you don't want to see the break-even line on the chart.

I closed a trade with 19 pips profit but I lost money on it

I don't think an adjacent candle disqualifies a candle from being a pinbar. Pinbar is just the shape of a bar regardless of where it occurs. As long as: (1) the shadaw is much larger than the body of the candle,(2) body is towards one end,(3) body ...

james16 Chart Thread

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XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

Been burned too many times with these dogs :-) I'd play these more conservatively by capping the loss. Max profit for your trade = $62 minus commissions. Max loss = $938 Option #2: Sell Apr 10 P for .66 x 2 = 1.32 Buy Apr 9 P for .36 x 2 = .72 Max ...

The Options Thread

It's OK to disagree but to call someone a "con" with NO proof? He knows better just because he's a former "pit trader"? Seems to me Harold's just trying to help. Many others trying to help have been chased off FF rather than deal with the negative ...

Trading the e mini nasdaq

1-I've been talking with a former pit trader for the past 7 years. He was making +$500,000 a year. Now as a trader he makes ZERO. Copying other successful traders in the pit takes less skill than reading a chart or knowing the market fundamentals. ...

Trading the e mini nasdaq

You can use the "trendline" tool in MT4. Double-click the line after drawing it to change the properties/colors. Or you can save the chart to desktop first then open with microsoft "paint" & add drawings. ***Lines on chart below were done with ...

mt4 tool to paint the chart?

"No Spread - WR to BE" should be 60% not 40%.

Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication

Gold & silver are almost always in contango. Why do you think lumber should always remain in contango or backwardation & not change? It's a commodity like any other that has changing supply/demand fundamentals. Big fires that burn large areas of ...

Lumber Future Term Structure

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Currency overlays

The main reason a futures contact exists is so producers of the underlying product can hedge their production & end-users can purchase future needs. Commodity prices would be VERY volatile if futures contracts didn't exist. Traders are just ...

Why do people trade derivatives speculatively?

Check the year. (bottom left corner)

difference between charts in Strategytester

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Simple Rectangle Extender

If you're going to use this strategy, I'd pay for part of the put cost by selling OTM calls against your position. I think you'll lose too much buying the puts unless you go pretty far OTM in which case most will expire worthless so rarely profit ...

Profit whether a stock goes up or down (stock + options)

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Which currencies hedge against Gold?