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    TWSDDE.XLS: Regular Trading Hours Open Price for NQ

    Hello, I would like to send a buy and sell order 1 point above and below the Open Price of the regular trading session for NQ Futures using TWSDDE.XLS. Since the NQ trades continuously from the pre-market session, I cannot capture the Open Price without using the Historical Data download after...
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    Interactive Brokers TWSDDE - Hong Kong CBBCs

    Hi All, Anyone know how to setup Hong Kong listed Hang Seng Index CBBCs in TWSDDE.xls ? thanks, Steve
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    Need help with IB TWSDDE.xls

    For those interested, the MOC order type is not available for all asset classes. Instead you can use GAT (Good After Time). Hope it helps. PM me if u want to exchange trading ideas :)
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    Need help with IB TWSDDE.xls

    Hi All, I need help attaching a MOC order to a Parent ID and trailing stop order. At the moment I have a STP buy order with Trailing Stop attached. I want to be able to close the postion at the end of the day if the Trail is no triggered at the end of the day to avoid holding the position...
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    direct statistical trading a "clearly" defined approach by NTW31

    Hi Nuke, This is an awesome post and I want to thank you for opening my mind to this idea. I've used your ideas for a long time and I'm happy to share some ideas. - I continually calculate the Expectancy for each trade. ie. if I'm making 2pips and losing losing 9pips at 80% hit rate then...
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    Getting a "real" job as a trader

    For the people who want a serious trading job here's my advice. You need solid programming skills, preferrably in C, Python or VB and strong excel skills. A passion for trading and programming skills will get u a job as a developer on the trading desk. This will help open your mind to trading...
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    an excel DDE link with yahoo finance

    Try this: http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm Its not DDE but its free and I guess u can simulate multiple button presses to refresh continuously or say every 1 minute. Hope it helps :)
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    Index Futures Trading System - Please comment :)

    Correct. 20 is roughly 1 mth. You can experiment with other numbers.
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    Index Futures Trading System - Please comment :)

    Hayman, The Day Low is the current day's low. So if the market keeps falling then the Long Trigger will be adjusted lower. And trading is abandoned once the average daily range is filled. Also note that as the market keeps falling, it may trigger the Short Trigger. What do u think? Other...
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    Emintrader trading system

    Hi All, Emintrader was generous enough to share his ideas and post results daily. I understand that everyone wants the complete system but we shouldn't be mean. And if you want to reverse engineer L5%, at least don't disclose it on the thread. I've been using something similar and have posted...
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    Index Futures Trading System - Please comment :)

    Hi Everyone, Here's an idea I've been using for a few months and has been doing ok. I'll go through the details but not going to post any results. OK, here we go :) Suppose that the average intraday range (say 20 days) on a stock index futures contract is 3.00%. The sytem will assume...
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