Woa! Lazarus thread! Hi Jam, I'm not sure I completely understand what you're saying, I'll let it sink in for a while. It's ironic that this thread has burst back to life as one of the problems I've been thinking about lately is measuring intra-day ...

Volatility Adjusted Stops

It's not really a question of intrinsic economic value, it's more about deciding how much something is worth. As to whether this happens in a way which makes economic sense is a different question.

How does trading benefit the economy?

LOL *clutches head in dismay* 1. You're deliberately missing the point, you are the one who made the daft assertion in your original post, it's up to you to prove it. 2. Nobody is answering money questions in a public forum, whether this is because ...

I'm tired of reading "I'd have made more but I made mistakes."

Evidence: My TA curve fit system blew up. Conclusion: Nobody knows what they are doing. I'm sure there is a fallacy in there somewhere, I just can't quite put my finger on it. video

I'm tired of reading "I'd have made more but I made mistakes."

Nailed.

The Competitive Edge in Trading

The old standard is wheeled out once again. If you do a little sleuthing over on ET you can find out the background to this pic. I always wondered why someone would invest so much in infrastructure then use IB as a broker.

Show us your workstation!

The guy who lived there before me had posters on the wall and stuff, just haven't got around to it yet. I tried to take it from an angle where you couldn't see the piles of shit in the other corners of the room

Show us your workstation!

Do you play the theme from 'Jaws' on that keyboard as the price approaches your stops?

Show us your workstation!

Yep, I like that old meets new kind of feel. Must be getting old

Show us your workstation!

Trading buddy, he gives me better answers than you guys

Show us your workstation!

Now setup in my new house.

Show us your workstation!

More markets, more opportunities.

Systematic trading

I don't trade forex anymore, all my trading is in US stocks. When I was trading forex it was basic RTM stuff.

Systematic trading

I'm also not 100% sure what we are meant to be seeing in those numbers?

Systematic trading

Liquidity is the depth/size of the limit order book. Limit orders -> provide liquidity. Market orders -> consume liquidity.

Orders consuming and providing Liquidity

Some 'indicators' are useless, because essentially they are meaningless in terms of worthwhile market interpretation (oscillators, gann angles the list goes on). However some act as basic filters (ema for example), filters are important in noisy ...

Because i'm so nice here's some help

LOL, that TV sums up this entire site.

Thinking Outside the Box!?!

Leon, check you PM on NSET. For some reason I can't reply to PMs on FF now??

Economics/politics resources

Did you read the article?

What is your edge?

Here is an example of an actual edge that is about to go south, C was a cash cow for a lot of people (not just HFTs). url

What is your edge?