Recent content by STE1

Smells like Jack Schwager's "well chosen examples" to me. Look more closely at the chart provided: PETD: OK there is a "double bottom" but go left to the action just after the first hit of the blue line. Why isn't that a double bottom? MEDI: the volume spike circled is hardly that different to...

sounds like you need experience of life more than anything else. whether you work in mcdonalds flipping burgers, travel the work or sit punching keys in IT doesn;t matter until you face up to your fears and get a grip on what you want from your life. crikey did i write that...? Ste1

I heard there was an annual cycle in this business - struggling traders decide to throw in the towel over christmas/new year and the empty desks need filling in jan/feb...no direct knowledge though... :) STE1

Interactive Brokers (and others) will accept a connection to them via Radianz (www.radianz.com) and Savvis etc. Does anyone have experience of using these types of connections? Is there a ballbark monthly cost for say central London locations that anyone can give me? Ste1

www.efinancialcareers.com if you search on trader you will see quite a few jobs, most requiring some experience or advanced mathematical skill. as you already know, that's just the way it is... Ste1

according to their website ftse index is quoted at 4656-4659; the december ftse index future is quoted 4683-4687 in other words no real change from friday closes...

Please do. I'm interested.

That was a made-up statistic in case you weren't sure :cheesy:

Just accept that your career earnings will be about 90% random however hard you work and enjoy the ride...

oh dear! was it a foot? it was an ankle i was after... joy and peace to all, Ste1 :cheesy:

isn't this a nonsense argument? i don't think anyone disputes that most options expire worthless and so that any randomly selected sold option has a higher chance of being profitable than any randomly selected bought option at expiry. that doesn't have any bearing whatsoever on whether option...

if you're doing it right trading should be relatively boring - the rush should come away from your screen when you appreciate your freedom. if you get excited by making and losing money you will fail. of couse, sometimes, as with any job it will be exciting because there is a major...

cool. are these kind of rates available to remote traders? are we talking about accounts held directly with the clearer or is it omnibus/non-segregated? btw, fortis go to £0.08 on liffe and 0.10E on Eurex after about 20k lots... Ste1 not a customer or affiliated with fortis in any way - i...

why use an arcade for higher fees than you could get going direct with fortis or GNI? I believe fortis are £0.25 per lot LIFFE 0-5000 lots; 0.25euro per side ditto Eurex. Or do your numbers include exchange fees?

http://www.fsa.gov.uk/ or this link http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/servlet/uk.gov.fsa.register.individuals.IndividualsMain?page=firm&sid=93293&sf_match_level=1&sf_check_best=&sf_auth=&sf_name=SAXON&sf_post_in=&sf_post_out=&sf_ref=&pf_curr_page=1