Nitro I don't understand your point of view. The sheep are always sheared. Thats the way it has always been and the way it always will be. All...
I don't know who your using but IB has a market depth feature which allows you to see how the bids and offers are stacked up.
I'm new to the game so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I would not try to scalp futures as I dont believe you can compete here, but on a...
Run: Command: ping www.nextrend.com. At least thats the way I usually do it.
This one may already be on here but its worth repeating: "LOVE YOUR LOSSES!"
zentrader No doubt I'm over my head here but if you want to learn to swim you got to get in the water. I'm trading on a shoestring so any...
"I have noticed that on days that I'm down, I start taking unnecessary risks, like going for more size and random trades. " My probem too!...
Thanks everyone. Very enlightening. It appears that the market did jump 2 points in 13 seconds and back again. The solution, for me, is simple. I...
saschabr It was just a single contract at 11:34:40.
m c a 98 What kind of connection do you have? I use IB because its the only one I know of whose software will run on a 56k without messing...
mgkrebs I'd have to look it up but it was well into the morning and the market was not moving fast. tymjr If there are many more...
I should have mentioned that I have a backup quote and they were both the same. I had been watching the action all along and knew where the market...
Thats what I thought. The reason I ask is that this morning I had a standing order buy/limit at 1544.50 from earlier. When the ask was 1542.50 I...
If you put in a limit order to buy above the current ask will you be filled at the ask if a contract is available? In other words does it work the...
Everybody would love to be able to predict volume or anything else about the market.
Protrader: You got busted pure and simple. Why dont you just admit it.
Can someone please give me a formula for calculating ES and NQ margin from the current price at IB. Daytrading margin would, I assume, be half of...
"Too much is being put on setups and asking traders to give away their setups. " I just finished reading a quote in "Fooled by Randomness"...
The voice of experience. Nice observation, DAT>>>
cdntrader Touche'
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