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Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors April 4th, 2013, 01:04 PM
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Posted By josh
Just to clarify, I thought I heard Michael say...

Just to clarify, I thought I heard Michael say that in the live trader prep there was no profit objective. There is a profit objective, at least for everyone I've heard as well as myself. However,...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors March 22nd, 2013, 08:15 PM
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Posted By josh
I decided to post this here instead of clutter up...

I decided to post this here instead of clutter up a thread which it did not really belong in:



No worries Steve; I think that's the idea though, and both the trader and TST should want to...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 17th, 2013, 08:23 PM
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Posted By josh
The issue with the flatten button sounds pretty...

The issue with the flatten button sounds pretty bad, and I would not want to deal with that either. I had 3 or 4 issues with T4 charting that made it a no-go for me, but the DOM is quite nice IMO.
...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 17th, 2013, 04:04 PM
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Posted By josh
Melissa, I never notified TST yet I am using...

Melissa, I never notified TST yet I am using Sierra without any real issues. Is there something special that you guys do on your end that changes anything?
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 16th, 2013, 11:52 PM
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Posted By josh
Not saying this is the case for phantomtrader,...

Not saying this is the case for phantomtrader, but the vast majority of people who I talk to who use NT have never really given anything else a chance. It has the advantage of being free for life...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 9th, 2013, 12:58 AM
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Posted By josh
I could be wrong, but based on my experience,...

I could be wrong, but based on my experience, they are likely to impose a max drawdown below initial balance. In other words, if you have more days to accumulate profit, you will also be restricted...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors December 18th, 2012, 09:29 AM
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Posted By josh
Yes I remember reading this, and it always made...

Yes I remember reading this, and it always made me feel good about trading CL, that I was trading an "efficient" instrument. But that is no reason in and of itself to trade an instrument. Likely...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors December 17th, 2012, 04:15 PM
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Posted By josh
Thanks Hoag; also, wanted to thank you for a...

Thanks Hoag; also, wanted to thank you for a couple of really nice webinars, I really enjoyed the one last week with Greg W., very practical and actionable.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors December 14th, 2012, 05:20 PM
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Posted By josh
From what I understand, once the 70% and 80% are...

From what I understand, once the 70% and 80% are reached, that's where the trader stays even if the equity goes back down a bit. For example, if I start with a $50K account and grow it to $80K, I...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 17th, 2012, 04:01 PM
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Posted By josh
Yes, I just was not sure if this is something...

Yes, I just was not sure if this is something that I can go look at online, or if only he has access to it.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 17th, 2012, 01:55 PM
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Posted By josh
Big Mike, do you have a link for this?

Big Mike, do you have a link for this?
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 17th, 2012, 11:16 AM
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Posted By josh
Hoag, thank you for the answers!

Hoag, thank you for the answers!
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 15th, 2012, 09:25 PM
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Posted By josh
Another 3 questions for Hoag: Does max daily...

Another 3 questions for Hoag:

Does max daily loss include open (unrealized) losses/drawdown, or only closed losses? Say I enter a 15 lot which goes against me 4.25 handles, leaving me with a...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 15th, 2012, 09:17 PM
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Posted By josh
If you're profitable, should you not also care...

If you're profitable, should you not also care about profit factor, maximum drawdown, win rate, or other performance metrics? Profitability is not the most telling metric of a trader's performance. ...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 15th, 2012, 06:56 PM
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Posted By josh
In general, the longer amount of time you are in...

In general, the longer amount of time you are in a profitable trade, the more you give the market an opportunity to pay you. It is a way to more objectively measure the adage "let your winners run"....
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 14th, 2012, 08:13 PM
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Posted By josh
Regarding the profit split, the info on this page...

Regarding the profit split, the info on this page (http://www.topsteptrader.com/fundedtrader) indicates that if a $30K buffer is built, that anything else above that will receive an 80/20 profit...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 11th, 2012, 11:41 PM
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Posted By josh
TST gives the login credentials which are user,...

TST gives the login credentials which are user, password, and firm name. And as omni said it's Sim server, not Live server.

If there are multiple accounts, these will show up under the accounts...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 11th, 2012, 10:11 PM
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Posted By josh
Thank you omni. Yes, the practice account came...

Thank you omni. Yes, the practice account came free so I have one. I sent them an email to ask, but have not heard back and was trying to get everything set up tonight so if I decide to trade this...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 11th, 2012, 09:49 PM
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Posted By josh
Is anyone else using Sierra for their combine? I...

Is anyone else using Sierra for their combine? I just signed up for a 20 day (it seems to be what the cool kids are doing), and I am unclear as to whether to use the Sim server or Live server, and...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 10th, 2012, 09:46 PM
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Posted By josh
And if you lose $2999.99 you're okay, but...

And if you lose $2999.99 you're okay, but $3000.00 or more and you are not considered for funding, regardless of how you do afterward, correct?
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors October 10th, 2012, 08:47 PM
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Posted By josh
Stupid question: is the "loss" number for the...

Stupid question: is the "loss" number for the combine given ($3K for the $150K account for example) the max loss below the initial balance of the account, or per day?
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 22nd, 2012, 04:14 PM
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Views: 387,125
Posted By josh
Holy crap, you trade CL without a DOM... and...

Holy crap, you trade CL without a DOM... and sometimes scalping at that? I can't imagine.

As mentioned before in this thread though, if you are willing to try sierra, which has chart trading,...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 18th, 2012, 10:55 PM
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Posted By josh
Correct. And yes, it is a bit of a pain to keep...

Correct. And yes, it is a bit of a pain to keep settings synchronized if you are running charts on more than one. Personally I would have one copy for data, and then remote open that data file...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 18th, 2012, 08:29 PM
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Posted By josh
You must install multiple copies of Sierra for...

You must install multiple copies of Sierra for each brokerage account. Unlike NT, multicharts, etc., you do not simply select a different account and trade it. Sierra's reason for this is that it...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors September 18th, 2012, 08:27 PM
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Posted By josh
Ok, lots of stuff flying around here. Since some...

Ok, lots of stuff flying around here. Since some users have successfully used Sierra to trade the TST combines, I'll assume that obviously this works. A few clarifications:

* T4 - A trading...
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