Hello Alex, you're certainly right when you want to apply strict risk-control in your trading. As you haven't provided other information about...
You could switch to moving averages, once OB/OS conditions are in and the price keeps trending in either direction. Stochastics ( like most...
@ Hitman Knowledge is nothing without the skills to implement this knowledge. Skills come only from experience, experience comes from doing -...
Yoda - just have a look at this : http://www.datek.com/popinframe.html?ref=/bestexecution/index.html&navNumber=3 Datek is friendly enough to...
BSAM - can only agree. Many daytraders are still trading Nasdaq stocks and the new rule hasn't been imposed yet for them. We'll have a better...
Can only agree with most other people here. I appreciate IB's attempt to gather info about their customers preferences with regard to more...
Hi, the 62% Hitrate refers to all profitable trades ( after commissions ), regardless whether small or large. On the bottomline, your...
Hello jaan, indeed, what you say makes sense. It's possible to do exactly that in OT. You can define backtest and forward test periods (...
Forgot to mention : For those new to mechanical trading, looking for a gameplan or education on how to apply certain technical indicators,...
Hi jaan, I've used OT for 3 years now in it's various versions. 3.0 -2001. Tested almost every kind of settings possible with the EOD...
I think, it's not a question of which way is better, but which "system" fit's your personality and needs. I found out for myself, it's almost...
As always : it depends .... on various parameters. Among others, the size of the buyback program compared to the float. Normally, one would...
Had running IB's JTWS on Win 98 and it runs now on Win98 SE on a PII 400Mhz / 256MB PC. Together with Qcharts or other RT Software. Never...
Indeed, very confusing. As I said, I don't know whether calendar or businessdays will be used. Probably businessdays. In any case, this whole...
3 - 5 rule : Isn't that clear enough ? Has been posted twice in this thread now. "New Day Trading Margin Rule : Starting August 28th the NYSE...
Your statement implies, that all traders trading with IB are daytraders - which is probably not the case. So IB has to make / announce rules...
Generally, I'd agree, that 40K - 50K is the minimum needed if one daytrades for a living. However, say I don't need to daytrade for a living....
I understand you can make 3 intraday roundtrips in a five day period - not 3 per day in this period !!. paceadvantage : Can't follow you, how...
Here's -again- IB's official communique as of today regarding the new rule. It clearly says, that sub 25K margin accounts are limited to 3...
Daytrading rule & Amex just chatted with IB Rep from helpdesk, asking whether one could still daytrade AMEX stocks with a margin account < 25K,...
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