Recent content by ANCHOR

I like the 3-day rolling pivot as well, but I've been using a static weekly pivot instead of the 3-day roller lately and I'm finding it better for my needs. I did find some indicators which could signal increased volatility on a daily basis such as trading within Value Areas as defined by...

What's the Pivot Tracker Value? I've done a pretty exhaustive study (12 years) of various shrinking and narrow pivot range levels using all different types of pivot ranges and the only conclusion I was able to draw is that there was almost no relationship between pivot ranges and increased...

Well, I am able to use Mobile Trader, but it's so bad that I choose not to. I've been with IB for 6 or 7 years and I can remember using Mobile Trader on an old Dell PDA with WIFI like 5-years ago and I don't think it has ever been updated. It's odd because back then IB was probalby the only...

Does anyone have any idea as to whether or not IB has any plans of updating its Mobile Trader app? ThinkorSwim, Optionsxpress, and even Etrade are all just killing IB's mobile trading platform. I've used Etrade's Mobile Pro on my Crackberry and it's soooo much better then IB's Mobile Trader...

Where's the pic???

I just don' t get what everyone's talking about here. The book outlines a trading strategy that may or may not have an edge. The book doesn't give an exact system with defined parameters that must be followed in order to archive success. For someone to say that ACD hasn't worked lately, what...

Stock brokers are losing the most money on the PDT deal (even thought some of them like it). Futures brokers, on the other hand, have seen their business explode since the creation of PDT. It really isn't a good rule. If the government were so concerned about "the little guy" losing his...

More MONEY!

I think this is a good move for the CME. And, quite frankly, it should have been made a long time ago. If you think about it, day traders are trying to pick up ticks. A few ticks here, a few ticks there, lose a few here etc... NQ's problem has always been a lack of ticks. You could look at...

I wouldn't recommend the GOOG SSF to this guy. Yeah, the spread may be only .50 but that's still 50 bucks per contract; and with the limited liquidity, that single contract could quickly become a 200 - 300 dollar loss.

12.00 round trip for agriculture futures to the CME pits doesn't seem too bad. Anyone know if it will be the same for the CBOT? It's about time IB offers this.:D

I read a transcript in which Mark Fisher (himself) states that "The ACD system does not work well on Index Futures". He went on to say that, in his opinion, nothing that makes any sense will work on Index Futures (paraphrasing). I haven't read the book in quite awhile but I think he talks...

I backtested a coin flip system starting from July 2000 through July 2005. Three different position sizing models were very profitable. It's not money management, it's position sizing. No one is saying it's all about position sizing, but it's probably 70% position sizing. The problem...

Anyone who would willingly handicap himself/herself by only picking stocks because they're less than 10 dollars is just a flat-out idiot. Even worse, anyone who would subscribe to this nonsense is just completely misguided. It's no wonder most people lose money in the market.