Traders' Roundtable

Ok, yeah so are we, but then we only carry 2 yen per 10 million

These markets are ideal for stresstesting your system(s).....and the people operating it!

Anyone still long Yen at 12220? It´s a bitch

Looks like stops are sitting around the 12000 level

I know what you mean. Shorting DAX was my all time favorite

mmtrader


You make a good and in my opinion very valid point. System and portfolio selection is very important.

I´ve always been succesfull in day/swing trading for over 20 years. Made millions, but there where also the drawdowns. Until one day i´d had enough and decided i didn´t wanted to be glued to the screen most of the day. That´s when i took up TF. My decision wasn´t even based on performance but m...

It´s a mugs game. You win some, you lose some but overall (years) you loose. And after all, why would a black swan be a bad thing, especially for trendfollooooooowers?!

That is not a consistent additional strategy, trust me. Just stick to what you tested/run!

If you can´t stand the heat gear down to a level where you feel comfortable even under the worst conditions.

Nope, but steady -1.5% for March in the last 4, 5 days

Exactly what i said! Scale in funds with whatever you and the investor feel comfortable. Explain to him the character of the strategy. If he commits 1 m, then 2x 500k per month, or 4 x 250 a month. Make the investor understand the implications, and he will be more then happy to take your advise and ...

Run seperate accounts, or advise them to scale in. If they want to invest 20k, then month 1: 5k, month 2: 5k, etc.

@Dean Hofman

Curious to know how you can trade your full diversified portfolio at 8-10% margin with your min. acct of 125-200k?

It´s all good old leverage

Thanks Marriot

I keep daily track of M/E ratio in a seperate file based on broker statements. TB provides this as well but doesn´t seem to work. In TB M/E is always 0.00% Margin to Equity Ratio 0.00% I never gave this much attention because real life happens on the statements, but am i missing something. Should t...

2010: +22.93 net of perf/mngt fees. -3% Jan, 2011

What was your performance in 2010, and year to date?

I didn´t vote for an inflationary monetary model, but while it´s there i might make the best of it by eploiting it systematically...

guaranteed no draw downs or volatility



Compared to what?

With conditions, but not bad indeed, definately worth a look if you still believe governments are not going to default on their debt´s! I don´t see rates going up anytime soon because of the fact that the current problems come from the irreversable multification of debt by interest. This central b...

Your right Chris, all i focus on is drawdown and that will never change. I´m not saying i don´t accept them.

Can you tell me where i can get a 5% fixed rate saving