Recent content by Shawn B.

The discussion is getting interesting :) I had thought about using a forex broker before, but this means: 1- The 1000$ I move there are still "missing" from my stock trading account and 2- If I use too high a leverage I might get a margin call (= bad slippage) I didn't know about EUR...

Hi guys I live in Europe (using EUR), and I currently invest mostly in stocks for the long haul. Seeing the bad fate the dollar is facing I'm trying to remove the forex aspect, so I would basically need to hedge the dollar amount invested in stocks with EUR What's an efficient way of...

they're traded on CBOT or CME and it is my understanding they are included in the basic US Futures package!

I can't seem to get quotes and trade the BRE (brazilian real futures) and other futures using IB, and was wondering if I'm making something wrong. Futures are enabled for my account, and I get quotes for some of them (e.g. ym or es), but I just can't trade some of them Also, I was thinking if...

Yep, but they have also called all of the market crashes There are many false positives but when you actually look at repeating omens (like 8 or so) most of the false positives are removed and it's actually possible to have a probability edge for protecting your portfolio with puts for a...

Have you found a reliable way to check, day by day, the occurrence of hindenburg omens? I know how they are calculated, but I only have access to IB TWS and thinkorswim for data, and can't seem to find a way to see if a hindenburg omen from there.. Specifically, I'm having trouble finding...

Please excuse my noobish questions but I've just been reading about yen carry trades and there's a couple of things I'd like to understand: 1- you short the yen and buy a high-yielding currency, then pocket the interest difference 2-at this point, you're open to (often leveraged) currency...

Frosty, could you please tell me what software and broker you are using to backtest and actually run the bot? Thx

The only way you can prove me you've got a point on warren is by becoming richer than him.. then you can talk and I will listen

Buffett lately can't beat the market because he IS the market... He's got way too much money to manage and he just can't buy small cap growth+value companies like he used to, nor does he have the time to actively manage them like he used in the 60-70ies To all others throwing shit at him...

Sorry but price doesn't mean anything, it has no value whatsoever in determining a company's value (other than maybe an impact on liquidity e.g. a BRK.A stock at 110k is not as easily trader as a 10$ stock)