Nice work lolo24ck. I have been scalping crude only intermittently this week because I am focusing primarily on ER2 at the moment since it is a...
qq12, I agree, if one's strategy is dependent on stops they should not be in ER2. I do not use stops because basically I get in at the extremes...
Most often in the futures there is a two point bid/ask but at times it is one point. My comission at IB is 3.86 round turn(unbundled) because...
I am a solitary trader. Reading the threads on ET and sometimes contributing to them makes me current and I feel I am a member of a community.
I have noticed this week that as opposed to the indices being affected by oil sometimes the general liquidation affected oil. It is difficult...
Why not invent your own? It could be fun. BTY, In busy periods there are more data points and reference points and volume clues and some of the...
Sorry, but I find the custom to oversize products (to sell more ) ridiculous and the people who fall for it suckers. If the coffee is good it...
CLJ07 is the TS symbol for the April electronic contract.. QM is liquid all right. There are invisible potential orders by the arbs to keep it...
I love to trade ER2 and lately CL. Big orders on both side mean an orderly market like in ES. An orderly market is not the best condition for...
There has been a lot of front running and throwing winning trades into favored people's accounts in the futures markets as long as I can tell....
This board offers the most current and extensive information on trading one can have. As far as instruments, the best mover among the indices...
Thanks for the responses. I find the following comment interesting. CL may be a bit of a loose cannon and I imagine that the profile of...
There is a simple way to work around IB TWS shutting down at 4:30. Before IB's TWS is ready to shut down late afternoon it will prompt you...
Tyrant, vst = very short term (it is not really scalping) Being off the floor it may be difficult to just trade the bid/ask spread IB symbol...
I've been trading ER2 most recently but seeing that the way Crude is bouncing around during most days I believe it makes a better VST vehicle...
There is a lot of confusion about labeling indicators and how they differ from others. I am not as much interested in figuring out how they...
I admire Darvas. Because he was a professional dancer he was on the road a lot and sometimes he was unable to contact his broker for weeks yet...
In this thread we are comparing successful solitary traders to succesful traders who also built a trading organization. Does it make sense?...
I am one of the four or five remaining charter subscribers to Futures Magazine (used to be called Commodities), that is how long I have been...
Thanks to everyone, specially to ProfLogic for this great thread. I thought I'll share some of my observations because I recently started...
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