Recent content by svtrader

--- so long as you have a disciplined trading plan! I know I've made some trades that I wouldn't have made a month ago, but just lucked out.

I've been at this for a lot longer than 4 years. The combination of sometimes making the same mistakes over again, the lack of a viable short term trading plan, and lack of substantial $ trading resources has meant a s-l-o-w bleed. However, I have definitely figured out that I can make a steady...

I trade based on technicals - even though I see what I'm looking for, that often changes 2 minutes after I've entered the trade in the first 30 minutes. What I'm realizing is that once the dust settles and people have a chance to reflect on what's happened during the first hour or two, the...

I find that in hindsight, entering in the first 30 minutes (9:30 - 10 am) makes for the best gains, IF I can get the market direction right. More often than not, I get whipsawed in those violent market moves, even though I often trade pairs. If I wait and enter in the direction of the...

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I've been trading with IB and TWS for several years, but because my trading strategy involves hedging with multiple futures contracts, I am considering a broker with $500 day margins for futures. I really like TWS, and don't need any complex capabilities in a platform. Just the ability to...

Thanks! I do trade through IB, but hadn't bothered to check out their charts since I've been using QCharts.

I subscribe to QCharts, and version 5.x had intraday options charting that unfortunately went away with QCharts 6.x. Does anyone offer intraday options charts?

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Because my trading strategy for ES and YM always involves hedging, my profits and losses usually tend to be very small, unless I ignore my own rules (and then I take a big hit). Those $500 margins at Global Futures would help to increase my trade size with the trading capital that I have...