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Think you nailed the pull back. Taken all yesterdays gains back already. I have this as a long term position and will be accumulating more on dips. I note CaterpillarInc CEO today was not talking bullish on Chinese construction projects...does not help.

I have built a long in copper over the past few months. I believe it will exceed $5/lb in the coming year. The fundamentals of global electrification which requires huge quantities of copper combined with the long term ESG driven reluctance to fund new mining operations for its extraction lead...

Hi Tim, Just implying that with each trade you have additional information you did not have at the last decision point. While a coin toss is a random event with two equally likely outcomes, trading involves a much more complex and dynamic set of variables and a system which has an unexpected...

Best way is to convert from account base currency to USD spot for an amount slightly more than the value of the equities purchased, then you will not be charged for any USD borrowing. If you close the trade in profit or loss, then just convert the dollars positive balance back to base currency...

Nice, revived a thread after 17 years! Check the event log on your computer for any errors that may be related to GlobalServer/Tradestation 2000. Try running Tradestation 2000 in Safe Mode.

Agenda looks good. First point is of course key and cannot be emphasised enough. Trade sizing is a very important aspect of risk management. Pre-trade analysis should identify and initial stop level and based on how far that is from entry price, determine the stop based on confidence in trade...

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4166845 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4346906 Here are a couple that works quite well although probably a bit long terms for many on t2w that like big % returns quickly.

My advice is backtest on only 2/3rd of your historical dataset which should be as complete as possible. Once you think you have something usable, then see how it does on the remaining 1/3rd blind. There are a number of ML systems out there which will do this very well and even build systems for...

I worked for some of the big trading houses and in hedge funds as a prop trader. I left all that behind and have traded for myself for many years. Here is what I can offer. Trading profitably is very different depending on the environment in which you sit. The best place to sit is where you see...

I had to convert an Interactive brokers account when the EU rules surrounding ETF's came in a few years ago and what I describe above was their requirement. I also have a tradestation account based in US and indeed, it has never been an issue there.

I trade mainly US ETFs in TAA portfolios. It is possible to gain self certified professional status which will give you access to these products but allow you to keep exchange data fees at retail level. There are certain requirements such as an account of $250k minimum and history of ETF trading...

:ROFLMAO: Not sure that is the best advice timsk. Nice to see you too. Things are going well thanks, still learning and still in the game. Hope you are very well too.

My suggestion is to start by reading Mebane Faber's book Global Asset Allocation, free pdf download online or book on Amazon and then research Tactical Asset Allocation and sites like Allocate Smartly. I have run TAA portfolios as part of my strategy for a number of years. These rebalance on...

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Yes, I still do.