For futures I use an auto-improve order so I will not cross the market and on equities I use discretionary orders, here again I don't have to...
Trading has never been my passion - trading to me is all about gaining more time to do the things I like. When my trading is over I race off to my...
The US markets ETH are influenced by China, Germany, U.K., etc. The Nikkei is no more influenced by the global markets than our markets are - the...
As a swing trader I hold over night - sometimes for weeks at a time -one time for over 2 months. I would not hold without having a decent profit...
I have traded it for years- it has a lot more volatility at times than the ES. The NK is a break out market. It is great contract for technical...
Anybody declaring trend following is dead should get their eyes checked. Not sure what charts you are looking at but mine show trends still going...
Please disregard this comment: i had thought the question was why is the SPY still the larger market over the futures ES contracts. I see now the...
He has been trading for years - he tried futures and found out what the wrong side of to much leverage does - lesson learned, he is focused on...
Equities are insured by the FDIC, with futures you do not have this. Dividends - The SPY pays dividends - currently just over 2%. Carry cost - the...
WLP - does not do automated trading. TS/EL is light years above WLP. Why not use Python? It's the future and what all those quant nerds are using.
I heard a famous trader say "your worst trade hasn't happened to you yet". When I hit a rut I switch from futures to the index ETFs,...
Does anyone know whether any broker (I'm using OptionsHouse currently, but could switch if other brokers have this ability) to set conditional...
Also, in US markets, non-Dow, non-S&P equities. Although they do move with general market forces, they have far less eyes on them, and less forces...
The market conditions are similar to 1999 _____________________________________ I traded 1999 and the years leading to it. It was unreal. 1999...
The other place to look is in foreign Index futures such as China, Taiwan, India, Japan, etc. These market are still mostly traded by humans and...
Trading is the hardest thing there is. Even the big time winners that may have had a quick pop to the top often go down in flames and have to...
I would try asking for a PDT reset. FINRA has provided brokerage firms the ability to remove the PDT flag from a customer's account once every...
There is a lot more than just commissions and data feeds to consider. The first thing I look at is the financials of the broker and their...
There are US futures traders that once accounted for a large ammount of the daily volume that today will put on about 2- 3 trades per day. Seems...
The commercials were at multi year high positions on the VX futures for a hedge while the non-commercials where at multi year lows. The smart...
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