IB does not carry the continuous contracts unfortunately. Your best bet is to get them from a premium data provider (esignal, etc), especially if...
My response was not meant to imply that the feat is impossible to even a skilled, veteran trader. That comparison was not the intention. The...
I wasn't equating him to the performance of a fund, just stating the % return on base capital his scenario is calling for. % return on base is...
Your answer lies at cme.com, specifically: http://www.cme.com/trading/dta/del/product_list.html?ProductType=cur The cross-rate futures have...
You're chasing a pipe dream. To quote you from your other thread on the exact same subject: Put the $10k into the bank/money market....
2,500% annual return? Incredibly unrealistic.
No problems with IB+QT here, backfill, 2/20, all coming in fine.
Trailing stop?
Fixed previous post, should read "checked". My issue was not GMT within QT, I had the wrong timezone selected under XP. Check your XP clock...
Yes, 5 days of backfill. QuoteTracker backfill working fine here. Make sure you have TWS open and checked "Enable ActiveX and Sockets...
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Have you looked into single stock futures?
And it's a BIG exception. Most are aware of the one-line reporting & generous 60/40 benefits, but there's another benefit that rarely gets...
Not yet. I was recently talking with IBj (IB rep on these boards), and he offered the following: "New currencies: NZD, yes. Also Israel,...
In the US indices perhaps. Plenty of volatility in FX futures, crude, gold, Asian markets, etc. Broaden your scope.
Link or reference? Curious to find out more about that.. The 10-year (ZN) does not use the same algo?
I use indicators profitably on the larger timeframes, though not as buy indicators in and of themselves, but as probability indicators of trade...
Failure at the 50-day. Ignore that scalp suggestion, the yen sure has some bite. I wonder how many nervous carry traders there are today.
Agreed, but perhaps a bit overextended on the intraday. 6J seems to have found a short-term high at the R3 pivot (.8405), which coincides with...
I disagree. I think patience is absolutely critical for 2 important aspects of swing trading: 1) Waiting for the highest probability setups...
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