Recent content by TWolf

Seems to be the same with SC. I'm experimenting in sim mode and notice I can input negative numbers. Waiting to see how the sim trades show up. Will take some getting used to. Just want to be sure before I go live; don't want to do something stupid. TT said to take it up with SC; SC...

Considering Sierra Chart with a TT data feed. Noticed that TT provides a single symbol for exchange defined spreads but they are all expressed with front month first. What if I actually want to be long the back month? I'm used to defining both legs seperately, long month first, and...

Def - No options, just futures. TraDaTor - Calendar spreads; have not yet ventured into intercommodity spreads but am headed that way (soybeans/corn has gone ballistic recently). Looks like they now offer them per Def's post above. Regarding depth, this is something I'm not yet familiar...

I'll need to go through the tour. Regarding indicators, yeah, I quit using most of them years ago. These days I tend to use price action for my trading supported by things like regression analysis and r-squared simply to determine trend direction and strength. Not great with C# (played...

Talked to IB rep; didn't get an answer I was comfortable with. Resulted in a confusing discussion of credit spreads vs debit spreads, orders being filled at market, etc. My current broker offers limit orders for spreads but the orders are NEVER executed properly; IB sounds like they might be...

Nice; that's a start. The Reuters EOD data costs $25/mth so that's a savings right out of the gate. Interesting about the indicators. If I understand you correctly, NT enables one to develop and apply indicators to the spread chart, i.e., you could apply an indicator, say, RSI, to the...

Sorry if this has been answered; couldn't find it. I currently use MetaStock EOD to chart commodity spreads using Reuters EOD data. Looking to do the same with NinjaTrader using Kinetick EOD data. I only chart/trade exchange recognized spreads in grains, meats, softs, and energies; no...

First, a personal thanks to Bone who was kind enough to respond by pm. The firm is OptionsXpress. It's where I started as a "youngster"; quick, easy, convienient. Provided everything I needed when I didn't "need" anything. I did not want to name them until I was certain that they were...

Thanks for all the input. Still trying to work this out. Sent through a couple of orders Wed/Thu that still weren't executed as I expected them to be. One order (an FC spread) was executed as expected. Very confusing. I'm going to call them one last time for straight answers and...

Karneval I was/am considering IB. I'm just not sure if that's where I should be. I'm still relatively new at this and don't trade any meaningful size (yet), only 30-40 trades per year. Don't feel I need a person to actually talk to as I haven't in 4 years (except to ask about my limit order...

drm7 - entering them electronically using my brokers' electronic order screen; trading calendar spreads only. Bone - I here ya, but... I submit the orders and they are executed immediately or cancelled. Is this actually being done by my brokerage firm behind the scenes rather than the...

Thanks Robert. The spread orders in general are not an issue; just seems I have no choice but to submit them as market orders which results in fills that aren't that great. Seems others claim to use limit orders but I'm told there's no such thing, so I'm just trying to sort out the...