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I had the same question. My scalping strategy worked very well on a demo mode on Tradestation. I was buying the bid and selling the ask looking for 2 to 3 ticks profit target. Made tons of money on SIM. Then when I traded it Live, I'd place the order and my order would sit there for a very long...

Hi- What is the most common time interval used to calculate Pivot Points for the ES? a) 9:30am - 16:00 b) 9:30am - 16:15 c) 00:00am - 16:15 d) 00:00am - 11:59pm e) none of the above I personally use b) and it works for me. My Pivots today are: S2 923.08 - S1 932.17 - P 937.08 - R1...

Hey guys, since you are trading ES, do you calculate the day's Pivot points. Below is what I came up with for the day using the basic formulas and open 9:30amEST and close 4:15pm EST. Let me know if you came up with different ones and why. Thx Daily 05/21/09 Open 889.50 High 893.25...

Hey guys, I'm going to open futures account to trade ES and since I'm new to futures I have a few questions: 1) I will be trading online and I was looking for the fastest execution. What is a reasonable execution time trading futures online? I deal with high frequency traders and for them it...

Thanks for the info, specially the post on the name of fixed income trading models. As for my homework I have been doing it for a while including research on fixed income which I do know all the basics. I have taken the CFA level 1 already and although I didn't pass I passed the fixed income...

Hey guys, this is my first time here. I'm applying for a Fixed Income Trading Assistant job. I've read and understood the job description, but I'm still not too familiar with what a trader does. I'm very interested in the stock market and I have invested my own money but taking a buy and hold...