Recent content by dribs

Re: My recorded trading session using X_Trader Sim - Profit $550 & $875 in approx 2 h Did I see that right? You're uploading 6 hour videos to youtube of your sim trading sessions and expect random people on the internet to watch it? Maybe edit it down to only your trades or the ones where you...

No idea, if I see something, I trade it, I stay in the trade until something changes my mind and I try and make sure my winners are bigger than my losers, if I'm wrong, I'll cut it straight away. I guess most days I'll do at least 100RTs but I don't really keep track of it, like I said I just...

Good on you, if you want to trade this way then stick at it. As far as how long my trades last, it really depends on the action and my timing, anywhere from seconds to 15-20 minutues potentially, all depends on what I'm seeing, if I see the market is still supporting my trade then I'll stay in...

Reversing all the way back? 3 ticks up and 3 ticks back? That is what scalping is...? I've seen and do regularly see ZN make bigger more regular moves than that, did you just watch it for 5 minutes or one slow session and make that conclusion? Every day is different...obviously, so you're...

It isn't. Just depends on the trader.

Agree with Dionysus, no book will teach you to trade like this. Get up a decent DOM + T&S and stare and record, look at what side is being hit, acceptance and rejection, speed, spoofing etc. If you really want to learn how to do it, I wouldn't have any charts up either(to begin with, maybe bring...

Thanks and I most likely will have more questions :D Okay, I see your point, but again even you're dedicated in a certain few products/securities so knowing your products more in depth would be understandable. I guess neither of us can try and force our points because we specialise in...

Wow ok, so you know all the hundreds and thousands of formulas to do with everything you trade? And that helps with your trading? Interesting. I don't see how knowing these formulas is going to help me in making trades that last a few seconds to minutes. I barely understand all the nitty gritty...

Have asked more questions in bold. I know I'm going to sound incredibly stupid to some, but I don't care, I need/want to figure it all out and I might as well just ask, so bear with me :) Yeah if you know of any good books then let me know, I have a few books on bonds, but they are all the...

Haha yeah I know, sorry. Thought I might as well post it all as one rather than have 5 million different posts asking different questions. How do you mean more specific? I'm not sure how to describe it in more detail because I don't know what it all is, I'll try. Ok here is a list. Might be...

Hey, I need some things answered if I can, thought this was the closest relevant section to put it in. Okay, I have some questions about the lingo and what things actually mean, been reading stuff on global macro hedge funds. There seems to be a lot about being short or long "volatility". What...

Ok then, thanks.

Ok...not sure I'm following, so the government puts up new bonds for auction, and traders of say, the T-note and Bund or something would closely watch this?? How does it effect those markets being traded, if at all? Thanks for the reply btw! :)

No one knows? Maybe if I explain it a little simpler.....what and why would, lets say a Bund trader, or t-note trader, what would he look at and why, as far as bond auctions go, how would it effect those markets? I often hear about bond auction results and sometimes it has an impact and...

Hey can anyone tell me how and why bond auctions are important for traders of these instruments? Why do bond traders watch out for them and how/why does it effect the market they're trading? Thanks!