Recent content by jaholmes

From the IB 1099 form where does the following go: Line 4. commissions Paid on Futures. Can this be expensed as an itemized deduction, or increase the loss. Thanks, Jim

I use RealTick and setting a chart to Trades, Stochastic is not an option for an available study. Jim

I had the same problems with IB. I have blown a stop by not being organized. You have to be quick and organized. If I miss the entry I do not trade that time. I also find the first few trades a little hectic since they are close together. The other trades you have time to watch the Sto to...

I agree with the 10:04 double wammy. It looks like the stop was at 10:07. I am thinking of waiting until the next bar to make an entry decision, instead of of just reversing the position. However, it looks like simply reversing the position might give the same results as evaluating the next...

So you are not using a 1 minute chart at 24,1,24 to make a decision? You are using the 2 minute chart at 17,1,17 to make your decision. Maybe I misunderstood how you use the 1 minute chart. The 1 minute gives you a time reference to look at the 2 minute chart to make your decision...

I have be comparing the two, but I am working on if they give conflicting signals who wins. Sometimes the 2 minute signals long, but the 1 minute signals short. One thing that might help break the tie is to somehow compare the spread between the two. Maybe it is just me, since it looks like...

Yes, tickdata works with WL. I purchased the tickdata for ES and it works well. The tickdata comes with a program to extract the data. I am still trying to figure out how to get WL to understand that it is working with futures and not stocks. The other thing that works good are the WL...

Check out the iogear miniview 4 port USB II KVM switch. The model number is GCS124U. It can handle 4 devices while sharing 1 USB keyboard and mouse. It comes with USB and video cables in one. My setup is with a Macintosh and an IBM stinkpad. The common part is USB, and everything works...