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hi everyone, been bz and haven't been able to check in till now. thanks for all the wonderful replies. have been trying the sierra charts and found it to be exactly what pple say. good software but not easy at the start. i can feel that it is robust, compared to stuff like ninjatrader...

Hi guys, Am interested in using Sierra Charts. From their website i understand their package comes with historical data on stocks and futures, in the absence of any broker (or other) data feed? Would appreciate greatly if someone could confirm that for me. Thanks in advance! :D

thanks for the info, joovenile. :) so do you believe that they make up the majority of the intraday volume? what about hedge funds and other institutions?

what else do you trade, if you don't mind me asking... ?

hi black diamond, thanks for the info. :) i am well aware of the huge ES volume vs the big contract. i am of the opinion that big volume means that it is not as susceptible to being dominated by a small group of traders. maybe you could comment on that... also, correct me if i'm wrong...

heyy tomahawk, thanks for the info. u reckon they make up the bulk of the orders?

how does this work??

thanks diamond! will take a look at that. do u trade the ES too? :)

interesting thread Jatt... that seems to be have been some time ago. anything changed since then? :)

yup no mistake about that! the ES that is... not sure about the big contract. isn't it extinct??

Hi EminiInsider, Thanks for the reply! I don't have any experience with trading stocks, but I do agree that the ES moves very differently with reard to some other futures contracts I've been observing... Yup no argument that it is super liquid, but was just wondering what kind of chunk...

Thanks for the input... So mostly hedging and not much actual 'trading' it?

no takers? ok maybe I should rephrase... who are the biggest traders of the world's biggest contract??? who moves the ES?

who are these people buying and selling ES everyday ? outright speculators? those that trade underlying stock? those that trade non-underlying stock? those that trade other contracts/instruments? retail or institutional?