I've been using IB TWS a lot more lately, specifically the chart trader functionality. The problem I'm having is that I really like to trade with...
There is money to be made since the premiums on writing options tend to exceed the historical volatility. But actually getting access to those...
From an industry perspective, this makes sense. Vista and Windows 7 are non-entities at many companies. There's still a lot of XP out there, and...
It should be pretty obvious why this is true: Big volume has to trade with big volume - if I need to move 1000 contracts, I've going to have to...
As a short term top call, this isn't too bad - there are some technical reasons to think it's right. But in the long run, the dollar is an...
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I've been trying to find these futures in IB's system, and I don't see them. Two questions: 1) Do I need FX permissions on my account in...
Why does that chart not show the same average value for hour 0 and hour 24 since they're the "same" time? In any case, if you're right and...
Gold has some very bubble like properties, so it doesn't necessarily have to have a reason to fall. Demand is down (central banks don't want to...
I understand what you're saying, but let's look at gold, oil, and copper for an example. Now typically any move that shows up in one will show up...
That's exactly what I'm talking about. How precisely do you intend to make money shorting a rising market and long an inflationary currency?...
Being a perma-bear in a growing economy with an inflationary currency must be tough. Sorry :(
I think specializing was counterproductive for me. I tried specializing in CL and then ES, and couldn't get a good feel for the price and volume...
Did we really just have a 9 page thread only to find out that Option Trader doesn't get the concept of a bid/ask gap? Seriously?
If you think 13 trades is a reasonable basis to determine the actual performance characteristics of your system, then no money management...
Yes, and the 1/2 to 1/4 part is key. Full Kelly has the uncomfortable property that it will pass through N% of your account N% of the time on the...
Sure. Example: - current price is bid25.16/ask25.17 - one cent ticks - there's a known 100 contract buy stop at 25.18 - ask size at 25.17 is...
His position, while somewhat popular on ET, is not popular in the industry and I would go so far as to say it's just wrong. Back testing is an...
I'm not a "believer" in anything long term at the moment, other than the aforementioned gold short (which had a banner day). I don't have an...
I worked up a system based on the "box" method. IMO you could do much worse. The strength of the method is that it separates short term price...
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