Recent content by codeine

Thank you for the insightful feedback, gents. Clearly, I have some practical things to learn. I don't normally trade around time of the open, I happened to enter this one early - what a mistake that was. Trade at liquid times when spread is narrowest.. duly noted. Mistake #1. I almost always...

I am certain my ignorance will be fully displayed here, so bear with me.. MU $39.33 I wanted to trade in this manner: Sell Oct-6 39.50 put @ 0.99 Buy Oct-6 38.50 put @ 0.55 With my broker (IB) this is entered as a "Buy Combo" order, and the difference between the two values becomes your Limit...

I'm not going to discuss exact numbers, but i can present you with some good places to get a view of the fundamental information that forms my outlook: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Reports_By_Date/2013/December_2013.asp http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/...

Bearish, short term anyway. Based off chart pattern and news/sentiment to the downside. I rode the bullish pattern up a few weeks ago, which was very profitable. Now I'm short.

..well, you know the rest. Taiwan, China, and Russian buying US Soybeans http://www.radioiowa.com/2013/09/12/taiwanese-delegation-in-iowa-to-sign-pact-to-buy-us-corn-soybeans-audio/ http://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/pressreleasedetail.jsp?id=102-83394...

Hey, thanks for the info guys! Yes, I'm still using the live CD of Ubuntu 10.04. It's bundled with BackTrack5r3, which I'm *attempting* to use to monitor for attempted wireless intrusions at a public place. (It's a non-trading related story, but anyway..) I guess BackTrack is now obsolete...

Since there are some Linux gurus present.. I've struggled for some time now to get a DLink wireless adapter driver to install correctly and function w/Ubuntu. Details here: (posted under same username "codeine") http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=94495&start=40 Any...

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When *attempting* to trade the corn and soybean weather markets, I use these websites, among others: http://water.weather.gov/precip/ http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_loop.php See attached images. Just thought I'd share the links. Currently observing whether beans will get...

I know this is an outdated thread.. but I couldn't seem to find a satisfying answer elsewhere. Any resolution to this issue? Specifically, whether IB is showing correct aggregate level 1 bid/ask quote sizes on SMART? The quote from their website...

I'm not sure if this is exactly relevant to the OPs question, but I think it's possible to use eSignal's data with IB TWS, if that is what you're looking for. See attached screenshot of TWS Global Configuration screen: Also, it would seem to confirm that 10 updates/second for market data...

In harmony with kanellop's agriculture/weather postings (which I have found to be very informative - keep it up!), the USDA NASS provides these maps of planted acreage, harvested acreage, yield per acre, and production acreage by county...