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Hi, What is a good source for which news releases or reports will come up on a particular day? I am interested on reports that would relate to the S&P 500

Thanks teun. I tried downloading the tick data for the e-mini and it did not work, I got a 4kb file with no data on it. I tried a 1 minute data instead and got something similar. Does this site work for you?

Can you suggest tick data providers? Preferably ones that provide data that could easily be imported into Ninjatrader.

Hi, Does anyone know where I can get tick by tick historical data for futures, mainly ES and YM, for the last 1-2 years. If its free it will be amazing, otherwise if its cheap is OK, I wanna backtest some of my strategies. I usually use 1 minute, 2 minute and 5 minute charts so I need data...

Given the animosity towards scalping in this forum I propose that scalpers list some info to show the degree of their success. Inform the rest of the forum of: - Instruments traded (stocks/futures/currency) - Trades per day (RT) - Average time per position - Average points earned -...

Thanks Swan Noir, I'll check it out. Which broker do you use?

Although the info discussed in this thread was of highly valuable information, no one actually suggested a trading platform system. Does anyone have any suggestions?

OK OK, calm down guys. limitupmike would you mind explaining a little further on when your scalping strategies became unscalable? Up to what trading level was it profitable (how many contracts per order, which contracts, how many orders per day, etc)

jeb9999, I will take a look into the brokers you suggested. How much does data feed for the charting software cost per month? Or is it included with the software? intraday, I know it sounds insanely high, but maybe this was just a streak. Just to verify the formula used was [(Transaction...

Hi, I've been using Expo Futures' Firetip platform on a demo account. Currently I am applying scalping techniques, aiming for 3 points per position taken, which has resulted on a 2% daily return so far. I would like some information on which platform should I use for this type of...

Hi, Can anyone please direct me to some material that could help me prepare myself in order to micro trade(scalp) stocks. I have being doing tons of research, but most of the info found is related to Forex scalping. Additionally what is an online stock trading software client that I...