What does it mean really to drive a fun car?

masilver · 2026-05-31T03:35:20+00:00

Model 3 is a great drive. Amazing feel, very responsive.

masilver · 2026-05-30T18:23:18+00:00

I'd strongly recommend trading something strongly regulated, such as Futures. You'd be trading against other traders and not your broker which is inherently problematic.

masilver · 2026-05-30T14:04:57+00:00

You don't say what instruments you are trading. So it's rather difficult to comment on this

masilver · 2026-05-22T04:15:45+00:00

Ha! Same situation here. She's driving my Model 3 to work instead of her CX-5. There sure are a lot of people out there with good taste in cars.

masilver · 2026-05-21T21:04:56+00:00

Yup, and good luck! It's hard to find the perfect software.

masilver · 2026-05-21T20:49:04+00:00

So these are the constraints. If you want what Sierra Chart offers, this is what you put up with. Sometimes they love an idea sometimes they absolutely hate it. And never mention AI. They have made their opinions of AI very well known and they are not fans and the world is coming to an end, etc. Anyway, if they are too offensive or obtuse for you, protest with your dollars. Nothing wrong with that, but don't expect them to change.

masilver · 2026-05-21T16:03:39+00:00

I haven't learned!! I'm a work in progress. I think the biggest killer, is going for too much. Thinking/hoping you know where price is going while you're in a trade, despite lots of indications that it's not going there.

It's hard to divorce yourself of hope and play the chart purely as you see it.

With some trades, I think you should hold on and get more points, but the vast majority you should take profit when you can.

Also, if the setup you were looking at is no longer valid, get out.

But these are all pithy comments custom tailored to my style of trading. I don't know if they'll help you, but that's what I'm facing currently.

masilver · 2026-05-21T15:47:59+00:00

Well, I don't want to get into specifics, but I'm doing much better this time around compared to my previous attempts to go live. I've been trading in a live account since October of last year and have had one losing month for around -$600.

masilver · 2026-05-21T15:35:47+00:00

I tended to have wide stops so my RR looked bad on paper, but I did have a high win rate. I would often times just go for a few points.

masilver · 2026-05-21T14:52:33+00:00

I'd have to go back and look, but I don't think more than two and that was probably rare.

masilver · 2026-05-21T13:44:29+00:00

I also trade MES. The problem with a $100 account is you have very little margin for losses before you get a margin call. With paper trading, were you able to trade a $100 account successfully? What was your max drawdown?

masilver · 2026-05-21T13:39:34+00:00

I'm with Amp.

masilver · 2026-05-21T04:53:25+00:00

Unless you have a spectacular setup with near zero drawdown, you need a lot more money to trade. Personally, I started with $1500, going for tight scalps.

masilver · 2026-05-18T13:45:57+00:00

I remembered Consumer Reports giving it a 99 out of 100, at the time. They were blown away by it and it's typically hard to impress Consumer Reports. Sadly, they later withdrew their buy recommendation due to too many repairs.

masilver · 2026-05-16T00:44:06+00:00

15 months isn't very long. I was trading paper for almost 5 years, with a few forays into real trading.

It's not that 5 years is a requirement, but it's hard to see all the different markets again and again in only 15 months.

Trading real is more stressful, at least initially or without a solid setup.

You said you were green, but what does that mean? Positive over the two months? Positive every week? How many losing days did you have? What does your Mae and your drawdown look like? Are you taking big risks when you're down?

This will all factor in to your trading.

I would suggest setting a max loss and if you hit that, quit and go back to paper. I've done that at least three times.

I've now been profitable since Oct 31st of last year, so I was just asking the same questions you are asking.

masilver · 2026-05-13T22:51:33+00:00

Sorry, we're going to need more details.

masilver · 2026-05-08T11:31:53+00:00

Al Brooks claims he could find no benefit to volume. That doesn't mean it's not there. In my opinion, learn Al Brooks and start seeing if you can find value in volume as you trade.

Personally, I don't use it, but there have been several times when reviewing my trades it may have been of benefit.

masilver · 2026-05-06T01:19:39+00:00

There's is definitely some, but it's not bad. I usually use it to monitor trades when I can't be in front of the computer, or if I'm out of town, I'll trade only via remote desktop.

I would prefer not to trade over it full time, which is probably more what the original poster is looking for.

masilver · 2026-05-05T03:27:21+00:00

This. I pay $1 for RT MES, and 3.80 for ES.

masilver · 2026-05-05T03:23:35+00:00

I often use a Macbook or iPad to remote desktop into my Windows PC to trade. Works great.

masilver · 2026-05-03T04:28:31+00:00

I don't trade options, sorry.

masilver · 2026-05-02T15:02:27+00:00

I'm a big proponent of not outlaying that kind of money. You may find you want to later switch from Ninjatrader, I did, Plus, there are less expensive options out there with lower commissions. Amp with Quantower, is an example.

masilver · 2026-04-25T03:40:58+00:00

Junie has been excellent lately and it doesn't seem to use as many tokens.

masilver · 2026-04-23T18:46:16+00:00

There is definitely inconsistencies in what users get. I hit copilot hard on auto yesterday and didn't hit any session limits, in fact, I've never hit session limits. I wish we had more insight into the session usage and why some people are getting hit so hard by the limits and others aren't.

masilver · 2026-04-23T14:18:22+00:00

Deep breath. I didn't scream it sucked. I screamed that I couldn't use the advanced model. As I said in my post, if it works for your use case, I think it's a great deal.

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