Was looking for the meme… “when you turn into a Phoenix after shitting on 1 million cars” – it would have been a good fit here.

Now that I’m about to post an email to apply for a Pro ECN account I’m on the cusp of morphing into a fully Hybrid trader (meaning that I will allow naked positions to be opened by a couple of auto-trading routines on the same account where I would be trading manually). A bit of an obstacle is the instability of Win 10/11.

Auto trading takes a lot, a stable operating system, a not restarting, not freezing computer, a not freezing trading software, working remote access to make changes, continuous power, uninterrupted internet service, the possibility of instant deposit to avoid a margin call…

I have made 3 of the following changes, but the computer still restarted for an update.

The good old Windows 7 has no problems staying on for 6 months straight.

There are technical issues that come and go with a version release of the software. The mobile trading platform for instance recently had a “liquidity issue”: there were no ask and bid values at all times, at-market options were not functioning for half a minute at the time: you could not place your order for half a minute to a minute later, when the button briefly went from gray to active. This went on for almost a week.

Finally, you have to stay conscious and see things for what they are. You are trading with a company registered to the iCount Building, Kumul Highway, Port Villa in Vanuatu. I bet you would not find a living soul at that address, particularly not someone who’s working for this company, just like with an offshore company registered to the Cayman Islands you wouldn’t. The country code is 345 and there are only 200 countries on this planet.

With the PRO ECN my cost of order should drop from $6 to $2.50, and my spread should improve somewhat and or get better fills.

Something useful?

I made a quick tab for Vax divergences about what kind of a move they can prompt.

Based on the current, Gray print, there is more room downward to about 1.0717, but the lasting top (210+ pips) is not gonna be in until another higher high print. A new high-fractal with the following hour closing below the 8EMO would mean a Yellow divergence.

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Radio killed the rodeo star.

Another meme that wasn’t there: “when you die and realize that they’re gonna find the plastic ass you’ve been F-ing for the last year”.