Recent content by TradeSparrow

That link did not work. Can you provide another one? By the way, anyone else have good luck this past week with Wheat?

Answer: While messing around in Think or Swim, I ran across the following Order Execution option: 1. Right-click and select "Buy" to create an order. Click edit. http://i.imgur.com/fqbju.png 2. The "Order Entry Tools" menu will pop up. Click on the gear icon on the right side...

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I am using the ThinkorSwim platform. Attached, you will find a picture of the type of order I want to make. Explanation: I want to make an order that triggers when the market goes up to or passes, for example, 1000 cents. Once the price reaches 1000 cents, I want to submit a Trailing Stop...

I'm new to the idea of spread trading. I'm looking at both charts and can't really see the difference. Are you talking about the price discrepancy? Don't all contracts differ in price by a bit?

I've heard that the information on the CoT can be useful. Before I spend time learning about it, I'm wondering: How many of you use the CoT on a regular basis? Do you guys find the CoT a useful tool with regards to forecasting the behavior of the Agricultural Markets? If not, which markets do...

Imgur Image containing screenshot of question. The "Current Market Value" price is often different from the "Last" price. What's the difference in meaning between the two values? I did a couple searches on Google, in ThinkorSwim's documentation, and on Investopedia, but found nothing that...

Thanks for the information. It gives me a new set of questions, if you wouldn't mind: I'm very interested in knowing why exactly are you recommending these fields to me? In particular, what is taught in agriculture, computer engineering (versus computer science, if there is a difference), and...

Thanks. That's really helpful. Prior to your explanation, I was still a little fuzzy as to why the speculator stepped in. :) Maybe I'm just thick, but I don't see how that is helpful at all. emg, how do you personally use that data to make trading decisions? Any insight would be helpful...

Interesting. Well, thanks everyone for the quick replies to these questions. The people on this forum are invaluable in the help they provide. Thanks. :p

Thanks, Lornz. That makes sense.

RE: schizo I think I understand what you're saying. So, I'm a farmer and to cover my costs and make a decent profit, I'd want to sell my wheat at $7 per bushel. So, I participate in the futures market and short at $7. Now, say the price of wheat is down to $5 per bushel when it's time...