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thanks a lot

thanks for the answer... however since i have only basic knowledge could you give an example? this would be great..

okay thanks for now... also looking foward...

I am trading US and Canadian Stocks EOD... I am holding the positions between 1 and 10 days and I am positioned long and short. I hold between 10 and 40 positions at a time... However, since those stocks a greatly correlated to the overall market the diversification of the portfolio is rather...

i am done researching and have a final watchlist... forex: 6B $ 6,25 us stock indices: NQ $ 5,- YM $ 5,- european stock indices Z £ 5,- CAC40 € 5,- these are the only contracts i can afford to trade... (the value next to the contract is the tick value) i think...

how many ticks is your stop loss usually? btw, any other future contracts recommendation for short term trading?

thanks for all the replies... i have a preselection of contracts right now... but i cannot trade all of them... the timeframe is too short... 6A, 6B, 6C, 6E, 6J CL, NG ES, NQ, YM ZB, ZN, ZF, ZT GC, SI FDAX, FESX, FGBL, FGBM, FGBS Z, TF, CAC40 i think of looking at the following a...

what do you guys think about bonds, metals or agriculturural futures?

ES, NQ and YM move almost identical... sometimes i think NQ makes better moves... what do you think is the best suited instrument for short term trading? when looking at oil - is CL the way to go? or are there other liquid and volatile oil futures? (unforunately i cannot look at every...

Hey folks, I am testing the currency futures (6A, 6B, 6C, 6E, 6J) for short term trading right now and I am experiencing very different results... The best results gave me 6B so far... (My strategy is very simple - enter in retracements in the direciton of the trend... but this is not...

interesting... would it be possible to show me a screenshot of the 6E? @placebo... what does type1 and type2 mean? where is the difference with sierra chart?

thanks for the quick reply placebo... yes looks similar indeed... from what software/data-provider is this from? is there anyone here with a platform that plots range bar charts without the little "gaps" or has an explanation why it is this way?

Hello folks, I am using range bar charts and was wondering why there are always little gaps between two consecutive bars? the open of the new bar is never the close of the previous bar... looks very strange and distracting... I am using Ninjatrader with Zen-Fire-Data... The chart is...