Recent Content by filter_sweep

  1. IB: limit orders for commodity spreads?

    I'm using build 925.6b. PM is on its way.
    Post by: filter_sweep, May 4, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. IB: limit orders for commodity spreads?

    FYI, I just tried pulling some of these symbols up and they don't appear to work (e.g. NOL, TYT, TUT, etc). Did you mean that they will be...
    Post by: filter_sweep, May 4, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. Dell Ultra-Sharp 24" Monitor Sale

    I'm confused. Is the deal the $279 price or the $329 price? If it's the $279 price, are you saying we just need to call them up?
    Post by: filter_sweep, Apr 2, 2012 in forum: Hardware

  4. Futures: Most margin & Commission

    You're forgetting Velocity Futures and Deep Discount Trading, both of which have essentially equal published rates (when including platform data...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Feb 21, 2012 in forum: Index Futures

  5. Trading markets

    Hang Seng afternoon session opens at 11:30pm and runs to 2:15am (12:30am - 3:15am after daylight savings in a couple weeks, then later in March...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Feb 21, 2012 in forum: Trading

  6. Help in finding Venture Capital please

    That's what I was thinking, kind of. I've thought about this same business idea several times over the years, and wondered if it could ever...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Feb 20, 2012 in forum: Trading

  7. Velocity, Eurex, Xtrader connectivity issues

    Just wondering if anyone else can confirm or deny the OP's claims about Velocity's Eurex data feed. I've been thinking very seriously about...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. Futures spread trading

    You're right, that's both a digression and completely unhelpful. Seriously, those who are spreading, what brokers are you trading through? How...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Jul 14, 2011 in forum: Educational Resources

  9. Futures spread trading

    So what low-cost, retail-oriented brokers and charting packages can one use to start looking into spreading? Do you guys only do "synthetic"...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Jul 14, 2011 in forum: Educational Resources

  10. 300% Annual Return -- Fully Automated

    The only times I've ever gotten curves like the ones you posted when backtesting in NinjaTrader is when the system somehow gets fooled into...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Jul 5, 2011 in forum: Journals

  11. Trend Trading on Futures

    I'm pretty sure the P&L column shows a mix of your realized + unrealized P&L for that instrument in real time. For example, if trading CL, and you...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Apr 20, 2011 in forum: Journals

  12. Night trading

    HSI is an excellent product, and your best bet at that time. Forget about volume, forget about the spread, forget about slippage. 2 ticks of...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Apr 17, 2011 in forum: Index Futures

  13. Hang Seng (HSI), Kospi 200 (K200) Trading Journal! (14 Year Old Trader)

    Julian - Did you ever get setup with access to Hong Kong through Global Futures? I'm curious as to the quality of the data feed, the...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Apr 4, 2011 in forum: Journals

  14. Insane fills on HSI

    If HSI makes you nervous, try MHI, the mini contract, which is 1/5 the size. There is also HHI, the China H shares contract, which is about 2/3...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Apr 3, 2011 in forum: Order Execution

  15. How much do you have to know?

    As mentioned by others, a covered call is the synthetic equivalent of a short naked put, and has the same risk/reward profile. The fact that the...
    Post by: filter_sweep, Mar 28, 2011 in forum: Options