GoldTrader already posted an excellent list of resources and Dos and don'ts in another threat:...
Wavetrader, there are 3 different kinds of spreads: Intramarket Spreads Officially, Intramarket spreads are created only as calendar...
Do you remember the Soybean-Trade I posted last week? Today it closed at 14.25 and I had to exit, because tomorrow is FND for SX2. That's a...
Profitseer, Crush and Crack spreads can indeed produce nice profits, but most probably you have to explain your broker, what it is :) Have...
You can enter a spread in 2 ways: 1. You place a spread-order (see previous post) or 2. you buy both futures contracts separately. A spread...
Hi ADX, let me try to answer your questions: You can enter a spread by buying one future and sell the other as you trade outrights OR you...
J-Law, yes, you are right: the wider the time between the contracts months the more volatitily. I am loooking for a minimum volume of...
J-Law, here are my criterions for choosing spreads: 1. Margin requirements One of the main advantages of spread-trading is the reduced...
I am not diversifying as I would do when trading stocks, i.e. if grain-spreads start trending, I would enter several grain-spreads. If there's...
Hi Whatsinmyfuture, thanks for the hint. I'll look at that software. Here are the spreads I am watching today for a possible entry (charts...
Hi Dan, I found NY-markets too thin in the backmonths to trade them as spreads. But I will watch them in order to indentify good trades. Thanks...
Guys, are we discussing biographies in this forum or trading ideas and concepts? I really don't care, if Joe Ross has 10 or 40 years of...
J-Law, I am using Nextrend, because it used to be very inexpensive and reliable. Unfortunately they filed for bankruptcy court protection last...
Dan, look at the volume of July Cotton and you know, why Jesse shot himself. :-) 273 contracts! Well, according to my experience that's way...
Hi dojibear, usually I do not hold my spread positions longer than a few days (5-8), so I will be out on the FND. The back months are still...
I pay $18 RT incl. commissions and fees for pit traded contracts. Maybe that's not the cheapest rate, but I receive good fills and I do not have...
J-Law, I started a new threat about spread trading: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10113 CU, Markus
Originally posted by J-Law Yes, Let's start one. i guess it should be started under "futures". I was also on the www.mrci.com site but was...
Yes, I recently signed up for all chapters, but I haven't received any so far (except that introduction). I am currently waiting for the next...
I am trading the grains, the meat-markets and some interest rates as spreads. I am looking for a daily volume of about 2000 contracts in the...
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