Recent content by Gravestone Doji

I downloaded the ATRADER software and have a few questions: 1.) What happens in August, will it will stop working? 2.) Do I need to buy the program to use the non-subscriber version? 3.) If I buy the full program can I install it on my PC and my laptop as long as I don't run both at the...

Is CQG really that expensive? Is that their monthly fee? No wonder they don't display their pricing structure on their website! :eek:

I tried it and thought it had some value but also has other features I'm not interested in (like the small-cap 50 section). I spoke with my salesman and he said that Briefing has an ala carte service in the works for their Trader subscription. But that was over a year ago, still no ala carte...

An interesting document, thank you for the link. I'm aware that gaps can work for or against you. This is certainly true. But holding overnight with the market so unstable as it's been, or holding around earnings announcements, begins to take on the characteristics of gambling. Unless...

The "Never Risk More Than 2% Of Account" rule has a fatal flaw in this market; overnight gaps. Unless you're strictly day-trading (which this market is ripe for at the moment) I don't understand how anyone can expect to keep initial risk at 2%. To properly size a trade, you would subtract...

I've subscribed to the data and am getting quotes. However, despite getting live quotes, certain ETF symbols such as: IWM, DIA, SSO, SDS will not backfill. This keeps happening, some days they work and other days (like today) they don't, no backfill. Anyone else having this problem with IB's...

You're welcome. Too bad you were not able to to benefit from the lesson of imploding implied volatility before you put the trade on. Buying options shortly before earnings is a gamble at best. Unless you're privy to inside info, the odds are against you. The traders in the option pits make their...

The options on AAPL most certainly had pre-earnings premium priced into them. Now that earnings are out, the probability is high that the vols will drop. By how much is uncertain at this point as the stock is up strongly after-hours. But even with the stock rising, chances are the vols will...

I'm wondering how will this affect the short-ETF's that are structured to go up in value when the market indexes decline. Will those be the next to get ban?

Their charts are difficult to read IMHO. And as said already, their java charts lag. I took a trial then decided not to sign up. They still send me emails of "special offers" all the time and also weekly volume charts. They claim to be the only ones who have volume on indices. Why they're...

Well I don't have the skills to go about coding an API client for TWS. I have a pretty good understanding of Excel and experienced in writing formulas, but have never developed an API client. Sounds complicated. My fills are not always so bad. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit when I referred to...

Please explain what you mean by "You might try a good after time on the market order." Are you saying that I should wait for a predetermined amount of time before placing my market order? How does that get better fills? I want to get as close as possible to the open of the following intraday bar...

I have been trying several different trading strategies including the familiar "Stop Order" to trigger and execute a long/(short) trade when a specific price is touched on the upside/(downside). While opening a position on a stop works properly for certain strategies, I have been...

I believe he means using daily charts (also referred to as "end-of-day") to trade swing trade (short term trades 2 - 10 days in duration). i.e., Time Frame: Daily bars; Trading Style: Swing trades. I'd still like to know if anyone agrees with me that trading ETFs such as SSO and SDS would be...