To answer your question, the problems I have had with IB have only been once I am ALREADY in the market, not a problem with trade reporting......
I don't know where darkhorse comes up with the impression that most traders have long bias...I sit in a few chat rooms and the majority of futures...
This was the same guy who sent me e-mails every 3 months for some other Caribbean cruise to explore trading systems and ideas...With the e-mails,...
Yes, I had not really put that much thought into it, but you are exactly right...The volume on both contracts continues to pick up and has...
Yes, the index futures markets change their "character" all the time...The beauty of trading these indicies is picking up on all of the...
I have said this before and I will say it again...If you are concerned about the reliability of IB and worried that you will be stuck in a trade...
I have mentioned this before, but I have seen so many newbie traders make very naive statements such as "I only want to get 5 pts per day trading...
Actually, I had just written a response to a similar thread...Recently, I took the time to test some of my trading ideas and ideas that I had read...
Recently, I decided to test some very simple ideas using a variation of "N-day breakout" with a different "n" factor....I tested for the past 3...
Yes, I agree with you... Perhaps, I might have come across about too forthright in my opinions...you actually might be able to help with me...
When that news broke, the ES had made a morning test of 1120.50 and was retracing back to the breakpoint at 1125.00...Within about 2-3 minutes the...
I have been here for about 2 months and I have noticed a wide spectrum as far as quality or lack of quality in the various threads...That being...
Well, I guess that might work...But from what I know and have experienced, you cannot create solutions to a problem, until you have actually...
RonB: yes, this is a very "meaty" discussion...This is the stuff that we have to deal with everyday...For instance, what happens when the...
I used to trade the OEX...That being said, I quit trading the OEX, once I saw the volume drop out, the spreads widen and the volume pour into the...
There has always been a fascination with trading spreads...There are some aspects of spreads that vary dramatically depending upon which markets...
I agree that trade management is a HUGE aspect of trading and the one that you only really appreciate when you get past all of the gobblygook of...
Interesting thread... I would agree that many of the returns that CTA's return are really inferior to what a very good experienced...
The best resource for finding sectors and or specific equities which have a high correlation with the ES is to go to www.ivolatility.com and look...
Ed Moore ran into trouble because he never actually traded the system that he supposedly made huge triple digit returns on...Maybe, you should go...
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