Hugh Morris

I have cable internet and used to have the modem/router in my office directly connected to my computer. However, a while back I wanted to put a TV in my office so I moved the modem/router to the room next door and just connect wirelessly. I haven't noticed any difference. Works fine. I'd guess there's probably a way to have the TV and modem both in my office but I haven't bothered to try to find out because it works fine the way it is now.

I used them 2-3 years ago...at the time it was $4.80 round trip per contract. I see on their website they say on the home page that they will match or beat any written commission quote (for Ninjatrader, at least). Please elaborate. I would have had nothing bad to say at all about AMP so I am interested to hear your experience.

Hi everyone, I was hoping to get some input about which currency pair is the most liquid? Which is the most liquid spot pair and which is the most liquid futures contract? (could be the same) I assume overall probably the EUR/USD for both, but I'd like to get some input. Also, what about during the various times of day/sessions? When discussing currency futures, how about when the pit's open vs. when the pit's closed? I just would like to get a conversation going about these and related issues. Thanks in advance.

I know people think this idea is crazy, but there's actually some truth to it in my personal case. In my experience, I have had notably better results trading live than I ever have trading SIM. I've never managed to pull off truly treating the SIM account as I would a live account...I tend to be more reckless, pay less attention, etc., when real money's not on the line. Partially due to a lack of discpline, but also I'm not sure how someone truly can treat a SIM account as he or she would a live account, emotionally...unless there was absolutely no discretion (emotion) involved in the strategy. However, while this is the case for me now, in my early days it was not...I would SIM trade for a while doing ok, turn live and do terribly and quit...so the situation above probably applies to a more experienced trader the a newbie for sure. I wouldn't recommend a new trader jump in with real money right away. Some SIM trading can be useful starting out.

A lot happens in one's life that's about more than one's skills. There's luck involved. So the lesson is...don't get too exuberant when you do well, and don't get too depressed when you don't. Obviously this isn't meant to be taken to extremes and used as some sort of excuse. After all, it's been said that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

It could be argued, much as it is for trading, that luck is a supportive factor to everyday life.

Roger, Is your official claim that you can (and do) consistently average a real $1,000 per day trading 2 futures contracts? In other words, if one had a $25,000 account (IMO reasonable for a daytrading position size of 2 contracts), that would be a 20% return in a week. You have also claimed that you don't have daily drawdowns of more than 2%, correct? I'm not here to judge either way so don't worry about a possible follow-up attack from me. I am of the opinion that comparing hedge fund performance to relatively small independent trader performance is not an apples to apples comparison, and therefore do not consider such a claim impossible (although, of course, highly improbable). I just wanted to know if I have your claims correct and that I haven't missed something. Thanks, Hugh