Recent content by bazzer100

"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." Do you think that applies to playing roulette then? Power of thought and dedication etc; certainly when I have visited casinos I have seen people frantically recording which numbers comes up on the wheel; they would...

I am actually trying to trade equity indices now, but on a tiny, tiny scale, because I realise that the overwhelming odds are that what I am trying to do is impossible and any short term success I enjoy will most likely be attributable to luck. It would take a 5-10 year time horizon to convince...

Hi, Thanks for your input. Not being negative or cynical but the fact you think you have won betting on the FTSE since August last year - though good - just isn't anywhere nearly enough evidence to suggest it's beatable. I doubt the number of trades you are likely to have had in that period...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "How can you front run an index?" The market is weak and has fallen a bit before stabilising. You are working in the booth of a major house at the edge of the S&P pit in Chicago. A major institution calls you with...

To answer your queries - Yes, I do mean a statistically significant number of trades over a long period. You state that outperformance is possible over the short term; can you explain what you perceive the edge to be in such trades? I mean, clearly, outperformance is possible if you have access...

"Why do they offer them then if you cant trade them." I don't mean to be rude or confrontational, but if you are really looking for an aswer to this question I suppose it must be this: "Because every once in a while we get a sloppy idiot come along who doesn't check the small print who we can...

I have a question for traders on this forum. Self-belief, some would say arrogance, is absolutely vital for success in trading. But let's put that aside for one moment and be brutally totally honest. Do any traders here really, sincerely think it is possible to win long-term betting on a broad...