Hello, First and foremost I believe in reducing costs. Heck, when I started out buying mutual funds (20 yrs ago), I listened to my frugal...
even in realtime, IB aggregates their tick data, such that it is not true tick by tick . it's agg'd on the time/sales if you watch and compare...
i strongly recommend those who want to try index futures first try their hand at the etf's. if you can be profitable trading 100 lots of DIA, you...
"Works for me when I'm coming from 100% cash and buy little snippets here and there (up to a very small percentage of capital)." it can and...
"If you think about it. We are now in the least favorable season for long side trading. Plus we have an election, Iâm certain the election is...
aaron, on in intraday basis, my main vehicle is the YM i trade stocks (and invest in them for the longterm - 20yrs +), but for intraday trades...
no stops is NEVER a good trading style imo, but we've had THAT debate before. if you can't develop positive expectancy setups that incorporate...
grind? spare me. imo, this is a great trading market. *if* you have methodologies that work in this kind of market. if your trading is...
"With limit-orders you will get filled on *all* the losers and miss some (maybe homerun) winners" small edges make a difference. the VAST...
"The market does not truly reflect the loss of overall "WEALTH" from the weak dollar. " that's because what people think of as "the market" -...
"You need to stop thinking in terms of putting all your money in stocks or all out of stocks based on short-term timing decisions. Instead, build...
1) the market =/= the economy. they are not the same thing 2) if i hear one more person complain of "manipulation" of the futures. there is no...
"However, I often cannot stop until I am in positive region for the day" bad bad bad bad bad don't trade your P&L. period. the market does...
"Question: have you once made any money off the indexarb.com website?" not once. many times. but not from arb'ing. by following premium...
"There is a huge difference between a business selling a product and a trading service" no, there isn't. not when it comes to the fact that...
"In other words, if the YM moves from 12500 to 12550 and one trader caught 12510 entry 12530 exit while another was 12512 entry 12542 exit,...
no, they shouldn't. caveat frigging emptor. furthermore, a vendor is not selling merely their calls. they are selling a community experience,...
"The bid ask issue is widely misunderstood by many. The price you 'get' has nothing to do with the b/a spread." i am not going to get into...
"great post Whitser...question...when you say what you said here...have you traded 10 YM contracts "all in" and "all out"...either at market or...
"it should be noted: since YM moved to Globex, slightly wider spreads, momentary, are more frequent, as is a need for price trade-through. OTOH,...
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