Recent content by Nerva

Hello, I am a retail FX trader who would like to learn the ins and outs of trading commodities and stock indexes. Specifically...some basic fundamental background on the assets...which are most liquid...which are favored by speculators...and the specific mechanics of opening and closing trades...

Thankyou all for the replies.

Thankyou. What about using MultiCharts through Interactive Brokers to manage a fund?

Does anyone know of any successful small (ie 5-10 mil) hedge funds using TradeStation / MultiCharts analysis software? Any using automated technical analysis routines? I plan to start a hedge fund in the future and would like to know I'm not wasting my time using this software for a hedge...

Cool thanks. Let me know how the futures data looks.

Hello, this company seems to have good a good quantity of tick data at a reasonable cost: http://disktrading.is99.com/disktrading/ You guys think they look worthwhile? Anybody used them?

I usually trade forex, but am looking to learn some strategies for stock trading. But I was wandering, for intraday trading, do you usually close open positions by the end of the trading day or place a market stop and hope the market moves in your favor? Also, does anyone any good books to...