Try turning off ssl and see if it improves your connection. Mine did but I cannot say if that was really the reason. I still have occasional very...
Another lesson - the market doesn't care about what you believe.
shneed, i use cci and least square moving average. learned it from woodie's cci club.
If your broker is IB, then you can use IB's data feed. If not, other low-cost alternatives are money.net and marketfeed. -johnny
I upgraded to the latest version of IB and noticed that some hotkeys are not behaving correctly. For example, I used to be able to add a market...
I agree that identifying one's weakness is important to improving one's discipline. If one is aware what these are that contributes to losses, one...
I'm fairly new to tape reading. Since this thread is about tape reading, I also would like to ask for suggestions, tips on improving tape reading...
With the risk of holding positions overnight, GNSS and SEPR immediately come to mind, I know many still conitnue to hold positions overnight. I...
Thanks guys for this wealth of information. Because of my time zone (Guam island in the Pacific), I normally swing trade because I have to...
Thanks wwatson and rtharp for the comments. However, I am still curious to find out the reason behind market makers action to hit the stops...
Used 754.2 whole day Friday and did not notice a problem. I even traded relying on the quotes and did not have problems. I don't know if this...
agent99 & vikana, I had 754.2 but I did not have the problems both of you had.
I have read somewhere that market makers at times will take out stops first before making the move to the other direction. For example, before a...
Has anybody used the TWS Excel spreadsheet for trailing stop? I would like to use trailing stop but I am lost on how this can be done in Excel. I...
One of the indicators used by traders to determine S/R is the Moving Average. However, different traders use different MA periods. It seems that...
TERN - Stock has broken uptrend line and now Looks like it has formed a bearish flag after a downtrend. The stock has consolidated higher on low...
Check out www.starmine.com. They also rate participating analysts from different brokerage firms. - johnny
I remember in one of IB's communique that there is a fee for Level II. I think it's $75. Anybody knows the status of this now? Since it is...
Ability to enter several orders in one OCA group from a single screen or dialog (order) box would be handy. After entering a position, I always...
A different question. I have never tried putting stops during pre-market and after hours trading but have always wondered if IB stops are also...
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