Thanks for your input Yogi Trader, yes indeed I can see your point there. This is a demo account, but the prices do match up with live market...
Update to questions guys, here is another screenshot. This is of Jun 24 Gold. You can clearly see the last price(because of lack of trading...
All I can tell you, is that I was using Market orders in far out contracts. I never used any limit orders. In some cases, such as the Jun 25 Crude...
Why are you here then?? Better yet, why bother commenting on my post??
The main contracts I have been trading have been far out listings, Gold (Jun 24), Crude Oil (Jun 25), and WTI (Mar 22). I spotted opportunity with...
I'm wondering is there a limit on numbers of contracts one can open. I have heard of position limits, but not sure if they apply when the...
Thanks for the info Tradex. Any market with a good potential setup interests me, therthe I take an interest in illiquid futures is that they can...
I am getting slippage with the RJO demo though, they are one of the largest brokerages out there I believe. But mainly what I'm asking, is if it's...
Hello I am wondering if it is possible to trade many contracts in illiquid markets, particularly in futures. Using market orders I mean, no limit...
I'm learning that slowly but surely Bone!
I've only been on this forum for a week or so, and already I get the sense there is a lot of smart arses and negative so and so's on here. If you...
No but that might be an option. I tried to do all communication through email. But calling may be the best way.
Yes that sounds like a good idea. I have opened a live account with Apex futures a few weeks back, but I have yet to fund it. Mainly because the...
Thanks Bone. At the time I was using the desktop demo platform with this broker. I opened a new demo yesterday with Apex futures, here is a...
I live in Ireland so funding an account is not so easy with wire transfers etc. As for your statement about it not being possible, Gain capital...
50k was the starting balance, and this was over the course of two weeks before the demo account expired. It was Calendar spreads I was trading,...
The demo account I was using expired in March, it was a two week trial so I have no screenshots unfortunately.
No I never did that spread. I was doing calendar spread trades mostly, but also some intercommodity spreads as well.
No I traded mostly spreads. And only ever Market orders, never Limit orders.
Mostly 30 Year treasury bonds and E-Mini Nasdaq 100 on that demo platform. It does seem to me, realism aside, people on here are too quick to be...
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