Recent content by Legend001

I think it depends on what and where you want to go. There are a lot of responses on forums that quickly dismiss these certifications or even folks that wish to go for masters and phd. These are typically know-it-all individual day traders imo. i've been working for a big investment house...

i agree that IV will likely plummet after tomorrow, but @.11cents for strike that could move on earnings tomorrow and with IV@ a 1yr relative high? doesn't make sense to me. then again i haven't really followed the stock well enough to know if this normal pricing; i just see that there is...

PFE implied volatility is at one year high. The price of the 17.5 August 20 contracts are trading at 11 cents. How is this possible?

ddunbar...so for the ES minis, this would be the trading hours for the S&P500? do traders of emini futures ever really consider data in extended hours within their systems or backtests (i.e 2am-6am)?

brownsfan, thanks for the response... So my next question then is what about extended hours trading (my understanding is that the eminis can be traded almost 23 hrs a day)? WHen backtesting the eminis, do traders not usually take into account the extended hour trading? If most do not use...

Hello, i am looking for advice on backtesting ES and NQ emini futures. I use Amibroker for backtesting. When bactesting w/ daily bars, what is considered the the Open and Close? On non-futures securtities, this is easy since the market opens at 9:30 and closes at 4pm. But for futures...

I am leaning towards Velocity because they are offering the XTrader platform free. That is good because it will allow me to slowly become accustomed to this new evironment with minimal cost i think. I believe Global Futures charges $650/mo for XTrader(?)

Ok thanks. I have Amibroker currently...great for back testing, but i don't know how good it is for realtime charting.

What is TT feed? and what sort of charting software does most use?

I am debating which broker to go with...i'd like to hear pros/cons from existing or former members. Also is XTrader a good platform? I currently have Amibroker and wondering if can use either of these with Amibroker.

Hi, what trading and charting platform do you use?