Recent content by xtk

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    Favorite tick chart size

    Well after all the voting,,, Tallies are in. And it looks like 233 has been voted top choice! Apparently all other tick sizes were so despised, not a single vote was garnished for them.
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    Favorite tick chart size

    For those using tick charts, whats your favorite size for WTI? I go back and forth depending on volume a given day. Brent on other hand I like 233 across the board.
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    Shit someone beat me
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    Energy Spread products and brokers don't have them?

    Yea they def my clearing. I needed to discuss margins a couple times with them (whereas tradestation tradedesk is ineffective). I feel like they just treat everyone that calls like a brat cause they realize there's no real requirements to sign up so majority of people are not serious...
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    Energy Spread products and brokers don't have them?

    I understand. And I do have CQGIC. Reasons for keeping Tradestation were that I've just grown to like and have programmed some fun charting designs, and its not costing me anything. The clearing for Tradestation is RJO, which is apparantly also a partner with CQG making any financial...
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    Energy Spread products and brokers don't have them?

    Thanks for the input. And yes, I like trading WTI/BRENT, and other crack spreads. The actual spread products exist on the ICE exchange for those spreads (for example as source symbol WBSBRNS0 in CQG) Even though I also pay for ICE through tradestation, I was just surprised I had no ability...
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    Energy Spread products and brokers don't have them?

    I find this odd. I pay for ICE through tradestation, but can't seem to find/get access to the energy spread products. How can it be that if I pay for ICE data I only get some? I went to CQG for good data on this, but i don't Daytrader. I swing trade just using primarily daily charts. I...
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    European currency Futures?

    Does Europe have Currency futures like the US has the /6e and /dx? And if so, would I even be able to trade them? I'd like to compare/contrast volume, etc
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    i think 16 screens is good. I just put the same chart on all of them with big red alerts. This way there is no confusion as to which way the market is going :)
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    ...until traveling into a tunnel ...getting stuck there with a 3hr traffic jam ...going into the after hours trading session ...while short /cl ...and without managing to get a stop order in place yet ... ........ haha
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    absolute necessity? no.. but i'm able to correlate items better. so it works for me :) If I didnt have access to cheap components and good knowledge of hardware I may not have taken this route.. Good synergies between my company and trading
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    all dell e2311h I got a bunch of DELL PC's for clients and most didnt need replacement monitors, so I just upgraded them for a few bucks and on they went! Otherwise woulda been $$$ Some day I'd like to get high end deals, but these work pretty well for now.
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