Definitely!!! The attitude at CME is "rob the customers blind" while the attitude at CBOT is "gouge the customers" :D :D :D
Be very very careful selling options. Make sure you know what you're doing, how the options are exercised (european vs american exercise) and...
Yes. The reason is that nobody trades them, hence the huge bid/ask spread and zero volume. Stick with ES options or even ER2, those are much...
Does anyone know when the rollover date is for VIX futures? Given the very low volume I can't figure it out from the data.....
I've been trading EMD since mid-2005 and I love it. It shows significantly less "spikeiness" than ER2 and much smoother trends. It does provide...
Sorry, meant to say unleaded gasoline, NYMEX contract HU. The problem is I'm pretty sure, but I'm not willing to bet the farm so options seem to...
I'm convinced gasoline is bottoming and will be heading back up over the next 6-9 months (after the election). Can anyone suggest a good way to...
I noticed the current front month VIX futures (Oct 2006) dropped off a cliff over the past few days. VIX has declined, but not nearly as much as...
Note this can trigger an IRS audit (so I've heard) so make sure you really qualify to do it before doing it. Consult a qualified accountant,...
It was my understanding each and every price comes through -- but multiple trades at the same price will not necessarily come through, meaning...
Just tell them to buy low, sell high. It's easy
In the 10 months I've had Tradestation it's still ahead of IB in terms of outages. I keep both accounts, one is a backup for the other.
My step-brother is a US citizen but is working abroad in Europe for a European company. He would like to open an account (under my friends and...
You could tell it was coming from TWS 8.62 which had charting for expired contracts, but now the 9.0 beta of the API has been released with...
What I've been told is the easiest way to do this is simply write the orders to a text file, then have another program which monitors the text...
I screwed up last night and chose "default" as the trigger method on my buy stop order on the canadian 10 year bond (CGB) when I wanted to choose...
Is this new math anything like the math I use on my brokerage statement: $10,000 initial balance - $10,000 trading losses...
Something else to keep in mind -- in general (not always but in many many cases) the level 1 CSRs are not highly trained, and in many cases they...
Can't you close out the position using IDEAL instead of IDEALPRO? Not an ideal solution (no pun intended!) but I don't think there's a minimum on...
He did answer you -- it depends on the type of order you use (for example trailing stop versus trailing stop limit), and your broker and how they...
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