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efficiency, Your post was very interesting and contained a lot of details about Livermore that I have not seen anywhere else. What source(s) did you use?

I am running the latest standalone TWS available (Build 864.7). I neglected to read the number and assumed (oops) you wouldn't be referring to a later version than the very latest standalone per the IB website. However, I have now noticed there is a _browser_ version of 865 while the standalone...

Update: My ZN stop order has changed to 'only trigger during RTH' with the clock displayed also. It just automatically changed. I haven't touched TWS since I entered the original stop order. Does anyone else have this problem or know what is going on?

Update: ZN can take stop orders as usual again. (i.e. can once again enable trigger outside RTH). I haven't changed a thing on my end since last night. Does anyone know what happened? Minor exchange issue?

Steve, My FUT is already set to trigger outside RTH. (I did this a while ago and since then have never had to modify my order tickets each time). In fact, until tonight it had been a while since I had seen that pesky clock :-) I guess it's stop-limits for now? (Luckily, IB has _plenty_ of...

Update on ZN using IB TWS: I can currently get a stop-limit order to be tagged to execute outside RTH (but NOT a straight stop order). By the way, does anyone know if ECBOT would reject a marketable limit order if it is too far away? (i.e. I dont want to set a stop-limit gap so wide that my...

My ZN (10yr note) stop orders are also currently tagged as NOT triggering outside RTH. However, I can enter a ZG (Gold) stop order (also on ECBOT) and it works as usual (i.e. will trigger outside RTH). Does anyone know if this a problem with ZN at the exchange (since the stops are native) or...

Morning gold market report for 13 Nov on CBOT website: http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/cont_detail/0,3206,1033+42897,00.html A lot of waffle and not one mention of a spike in the futures that caused an approx 5% move in value (that's a big day size, even in gold) in about _one minute_...

Huge spike in gold (ZG/YG) at 6:39 EST that recovers by the next minute bar. After the S&P futures similar event one Sunday evening recently, I wonder if someone is 'gaming' the system and running the stops out of hours deliberately. Any rumours? Any opinions? I'm not complaining, and it's...

Your hypothesis has already been tested in a scientific fashion: a statistically significant number of people have gone out and beaten the market, real-world and real-time. For just one example, I suggest a look at "The Alchemy of Finance" by George Soros. In particular, note the first three...

Seth, I wasn't clear enough. I'm not looking for 'secrets' (lol) :- Just the basics, like in screen trading equity futures I would tell people to watch the SP futures price, SP index value/prem, vix, tick, (in that order IMO.. for me anyway), and keep an eye on the dow futures and major high...

If there are any current or former 10 yr note pit traders out there what were the three big numbers or items that you tracked/referenced while trading? (in order of importance) (eg: on-the-run cash yield, futures price, 2-10 spread) Also, if you have transferred to the screen, what charts...

I have a reasonable handle on the fundamentals of bonds, but I am not sure what the main numbers are to track, or the major plays that people make. Perhaps someone experienced in U.S. interest rate futures trading could help me with the following: (1) What are the major numbers (in...