I'm hearing reports from various traders that IB has suddenly stopped allowing IRA accounts to trade futures, as of this morning. Is this...
I'm looking for a workstation to replace my XP machine. (yeah, I know, I should have done this a while ago -- but I don't think I'm the only...
I'm looking for either free or low-cost daily yield data on German 10-year government bonds. Not for a specific bond, but rather a curve-derived...
I assume that I can trade the CME Globex full-size EUR/USD contract on IB, but I'm having trouble finding it. With other brokers, the symbol is...
This is a relatively simple question, but I'm having a hard time deciphering the IB manual. Here's what I want to do: at a specified time...
I've been swing trading the ES using a mechanical trading model, and am now broadening my reach to the electronic version of the US, CL, and GC...
Does IB offer MOC orders for Globex futures, such as the ES contract? I looked, but couldn't seem to find this, at least for futures. If not,...
I do mostly swing trading, and have been backtesting strategies without any problems, but now I've reached a point where I'm not sure how to...
I have a profit target (PT) in mind for an account trading futures. When I the price hits that target, I would like to have a trailing stop kick...
This is a pretty simple question, and hopefully has a simple answer. I want to protect an existing position with a trailing stop, and I also...
To ISLAND traders: Tue Mar 24 16:42:48 2009 EST Due to technical problems at the exchange, NASDAQ failed to execute any Market On Close or...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/business/economy/13insolvent.html?hp Not a real surprise, but still scary.
From the Telegraph (UK): European bank bail-out could push EU into crisis A bail-out of the toxic assets held by European banks' could...
I'm starting a journal to post some trades I'm making using BioComp Systems' Profit 8 product, which is a fairly advanced modeling product...
I've been trading futures with some software that has been working pretty well for me, but is not widely known. I thought it might be useful to...
I've recently expanded my futures trading to include gold. I looked at the ZG and GC contracts, and went with GC due to the higher volumes....
I'm looking for a source of the historical performance bond (margin) data for the ES and ER eminis. Basically, a list of dates and dollars for...
I'm looking for a single place where I can find a comprehensive list of all the major futures contracts (not just index futures) along with some...
I trade futures (mostly ES and ER E-minis) and tend to hold positions overnight and on weekends. As a result, Iâm concerned about the impact of...
If I look at a chart of ER2 trading for yesterday, it looks like the March 08 contract was trading in a down slope for the last hour of the...
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