arnold palmer once confessed that quite often he would take a shot of scotch before starting a round as a way to relax the swing
i don't drink before trading but Jack is a good aide when performing post-mortems the night before getting into the ring
cheers
I'm a user of esignal's charting package and I've found it to be very reliable... it has only gone down once in the current year.
I'm curious about the futures workstation and unfortunately they don't disclose the price... I hate to call and experience the sales pitch
The opening range time frame is a matter of personal preference... some people like 30 mins but impatient folks like me prefer a 5 minutes opening range.
I use the 5 minute opening range in the futures markets of my preference and add a stretch above/below similar to the one described by...
I like to see the market through my own eyes, so instead of using technical inidicators I look at the chart and determine where the market is trading in relation to previous highs/lows.
The bulk of my trading takes place in energy futures where I use 5 minute and 1 minute charts... I use the...
energy markets only close for 45 minutes per day during weekdays, so to hold a position after the pit settlement with a trailing stop might not be such a bad idea
In those rare occasions in which I'm able to enter at a very good price and the market shows more thrust on the final minutes of the pit session I keep an open position with a trailing stop.