Recent content by Sonofagun

Dear Esignal Support since we have your attention on this thread I have a complaint. This probably seems trivial but it has actually caused me some problems on occasion. That blankety blank disclaimer on the data manager that makes you wait about a minute before you can shut the damn thing off...

I wonder what the odds are if you have three upbars in a row that the next bar will be up or down? I would think it would be slightly better than 50/50 that it will be an upbar.

Obviously you teach other people to papertrade for a fee or write a book on the subject.

I have been trading "for real" for a couple of years now. But when I get a new idea or hear about an interesting strategy I will not risk a dime on it until I "papertrade" it for at least a couple of weeks. I know a trader that does very well with options. He papertraded three years before he...

Yes. ZN does more volume and the ticks are half the ZB.

I believe there is a limit on the file size. It may be too large. Try converting it to gif or jpg.

always nice to start the morning off with a good laugh.

I dont entirely disagree with this but even if you only get half results I still think it is better than jumping in cold.

New people coming into trading these days are lucky in one sense. I believe it is possible now to simulate live trading fairly accurately. I have been playing with Buttontrader in simulation mode with live data feed in order to learn how to use it and am quite impressed. With some frontends in...

Scientist Would you mind telling me what settings you use on P4 and P5 when you are scalping?

Boring is in the eyes of the beholder.

I watch time and sales on ES while I am trading but do not place much faith in the size. I simply try to capture the spread when I am entering a trade by waiting for a large number of trades to go off at my price. It helps but is far from perfect.

There is a small book on TA free here: http://www.lbrgroup.com/index.asp?page=DefaultPage

You dont miss much by quitting at 11:30. I watch the market all day but very seldom trade after 11:30. Good luck.