Recent content by hermit_trader

Are you trading for institution? Do you trade DAX or other futures?

keep posting I want to see how other people trade stoxx50 not many retail traders trading it:cool:

I have been trading spread for near a month. I have tried many different combinations e.g. DAX/Stoxx50, Stoxx50/emini SP, emini SP/Dow, Bund/T-Notes, QQQ/DIA, Gold/Silver ... The funny thing is all my trades were profitable!!!!!! But the trick is I DID NOT use stop loss. Those trades that...

I calculate the ratio of Dax/stoxx50 as follow: 7238*25/2688*10=6.731 so it is about 1:6 but I found that the result would closely follow the direction of stoxx50 is the ratio correct?

yes, the volume is very low on a Bank holiday but people said those guys or companys trading bund are using Auto systems, they can trade all the times , can't they?

You mean the traders trading Bund or DAX/stoxx also come from London? I think Bund and DAX have huge volume and mainly from Germany.

selling options is a easy way to make small profits many traders feel good about it because they don't need to take losses but one big shock can wipe you out trading without stops can make you feel good too when the market returns to your expectation then you don't need to take losses or...

What is the lunch hour for the European? 12 to 13 or 12 to 14 ECT?

Anyone using Multichars(free ver) as a IB TWS frontend? Does it work OK? I have heard that the IB data feed has problem with many software but I don't use MC for charting, I just want to use it for orders entry.

rich and anonymous:cool:

and blow up later :D :D