Recent content by spoowiz

What is "life" trading? Live trading? If this is real live trading results, I would look closer into your system. True. I am thinking in terms of trading for a living or even making decent $ to compensate for the efforts put into trading. This really depends on the time-frame. For example...

"Employed professional traders can achieve an average annual profit of about 3% above market* - not with 'trading skills', but by following strict rules and discipline. Because trading is not based on real knowledge, it can not be taught or learned beyond elementary rules. It's unlikely for...

How is it going with Zorro Trader? I just went to to their site to see what that's about. Seems to me it's nothing more than TS / MT4 / Ninja Trader. I'm skeptical about the money making aspect of this software. See their FAQ, it has many contradictory statements. My background: I've been a...

IB WILL close you out but not all at once. They close you out in increments to satisfy margin (and charge you commission on each trade). Their real-time system is MORE responsive than the Demo system.

I get nervous when I am using 10:1. Money management is key. Overleverage is best way to go bust.

Which brokers have trading platforms with API access? I custom program my own GUI to trade on IB currently. I'm interested in knowing which other brokers offer this feature in case I would like to change brokers. I depend on my GUI so much that I cannot change to a broker without API access...