Recent content by skippy

what's a "tn panel"?

Lol...You'll notice that I'd edited out that question moments, apparently, before you answered it, as I realized that this, indeed, would be the case. Cheers.

Ah, thank you!

I'm having trouble following this, would you care to elaborate? You're saying....if there's been heavy selling pressure, then you don't want to re-short on a retrace?

Oy. this is fascinating, once again exposing my seemingly bottomless well of ignorance. Ok... 1) Pardon my French but, shit, premium decay. I forgot all about that, having relegated it to the nether world of options 2) Are you saying you established long-term (and medium term, for that...

Thanks. As for volume info, which SPX lacks...could one use SPYs instead?

Obviously, the continuous contracts are designed for bigger-picture charting, among other things, but I'm under the impression that such synthetic constructs take second place, for this purpose, to the charts of the cash indexes. So here's my question. Is it better to derive...

I'm not a conspiracy theorist and, frankly, I'm not sure I believe that what I'm suggesting as a possibility is even possible, but.... I'm beginning to wonder whether the FIFO rules are followed to the "t" when it comes to ES. I don't have any evidence to back this up. I base it only on...

From what you're saying, it sounds like I've made the right choice (the right choice, that is, for me) by going with MultiCharts. I find its "UI" smooth and stress-free. If it's slower than something with which I'm not familiar (AB), it's faster than something I know all-too-well...

LoL! Right, of course! Ok, well, you've clearly done your homework, and I can only compare MultiCharts to TradeStation. I just checked out the AmiBroker website, seems like a terrific offering. Thing is, I've worked hard to develop fluency in EasyLanguage, now to go ahead and learn yet...

Sporadically stopping and starting? Jittery? Could be my internet connection...just wondering. Thnx

newbie lesson #3049245-d: don't let yourself get thrown by message board chatter.