Recent content by jftrader

So here’s the scenario that I have in my head. It seems so simple which is why I’m sure it won’t work, but I would like to be educated as to why. Why can’t you sell the same # of contracts of uncovered Calls and Puts at the same strike price (near or slightly in the money but it...

Also, does anyone know where the Yahoo Finance data for the Dow Jones Industrial Avg comes from? The numbers don't line up with the 9:30 to 4:00 OHLC values from an IB chart of the index. Is Yahoo Finance using a different time frame?

Sorry I should have clarified, just daily. I'm used to stocks so to compare to stocks I'm looking for the open, close, high, & low for the 9:30 to 4:00 hours.

I’m new to the futures market so please be easy on me if this is a stupid question. Where can you get historical data for the emini futures? If I want to back test a strategy using the YM can I just use the OHLC historical data for the DIJA index? How closely does the price and the movement of...

Here's an update with some additional information. I just noticed that when placing my order it tells me that it will not be submitted until 09:30:00. Is this simply a limitation of Paper Trader? Seems to me if this were real trading that wouldn't be the case for an OPG order placed at 6:00 PM...

Hi all, I have a strategy that I have back tested extensively and I'm now trying to forward test with IB's paper trader. The strategy requires me to enter at the opening cross. I tried entering Limit orders with a TIF of OPG but I either do not get filled at the opening cross or I don't get...

That clears up a lot of confusion for me...thank you to those who responded. I do have another question though. Do NASDAQ stocks work differently when it comes to the opening price? I'm looking at some time and sales sheets for various stocks and I don't seem to see any large block trades at...

I apologize if this is off topic slightly but I have a similar question about the opening price myself. To illustrate my question let me use the stock RRC on 1/4/05. On 1/4/05 the opening price is listed at 27.60. Now if I look at the time and sales the first orders I see are two 500...

I'm looking for some recommendations for a good intraday screening program. I have tried out the Yahoo & MSN screeners but they don't have the capabilities that I need. The main capability that I need is to be able to compare the day's current high and low to the open price. The only program...

Thanks for all of the good information everyone! Just to clarify what I meant...for example when I'm doing research in QCharts I notice yellow bars in the charts which I'm told are "bad ticks" that were later corrected. I was curious what would happen if I was long a stock with a trailing...

As the thread title indicates I was curious if bad ticks can cause a stop loss to trigger. Thanks in advance for the help.