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Newbie has become profitable and doing well with $5 DOW. Using CBOT streaming quotes and free "Chicago Live" and "Superdow" programs - depth of market display: 1. is there a way to tell when a trade has been consumated ? 2. is there a way to tell lot size traded ? Help pages are of...

Hawker, Therefore if I am short and before contract expiration go long, "in a sense" am offsetting my own short ? No oats on my front yard. More thanks ! dowfish

Hawker, "leftover" contracts" are up for next trading day to become part of open interest. Thank you ! Have learned a lot. Will start a new thread as to what happens to "leftover" contracts when contracts expire ( don't have room in my front yard for 5,000 bushels of oats). You have...

Hawker, I think ( ? ) I've got it. At the end of the trading day if ( for example ) short orders ( even if bid at market ) out number longs, then short positions will not get filled (covered, offset, ? ). Appreciate your patience ! Thank you, dowfish

Pabst and Hawker, Thank you so much for your help ! I begin to see the light ( reference COT report 8/26/03 $5 mini-dow ): Fund shorts + spreads + Comm shorts + NRP shorts = OI 47,176 Fund longs + spreads + Comm longs + NRP longs = OI 47,176 Do specialists enter market to...

For a newbie, could someone please provide a clear and simple explanation of "open interest" as regards index and commodities futures ??? Of the many glossery's I have reviewed, explanations vary wildly and some seem contradictory ! ( ie. J. Wyckoff vrs Grainguide .com). Thanx, dowfish...

Extremely informative ! Appreciate the effort you put into this reply. Thank you

Can anyone please advise me how to obtain quotes of Dow components as traded in Europe before NYSE opens ? Have chart of DJII (Dow Jones Industrial Indicative), but would like to see list of component prices as traded in Europe before market opens in New York.

Can someone please explain what is ment by "prop" Thank you.