Recent content by YMOCA

I have to agree with the other posters here, regarding SIM trading. Until you actually place the trades in real time (in SIM), manage them in real time and exit in real time, there is no way that you are going to prove to yourself that what you are doing works. Your end of day review is a good...

Once you have your plan worked out and have done enough SIM trading, and you feel like you are ready to trade for real, then you could always start out small by trading QQQ. This way you can size your trade to an amount where the money matters enough to keep you serious, but also keep it small...

BonScott, Looks like you are still trading the Sept contract. Futures contract rollover happened last week, and there's more volume on the Dec contract now. You may want to switch over.

kp, Just pointing out to you that things are rolling over into the Dec contract, and that that is where the most volume is today. The lower volume on the Sept contract may have been the reason you weren't filled on the first short you tried, and you are also more likely to get slipage on any...

You can go to the Ninja Trader website and get a free copy that you can use with your IB data feed. As long as you are only using it for charting, it's totally free. :)

Hooti When you say TOS does that mean Think or Swim, and you have a TD Ameritrade account? If so you could try Quotetracker. See the thread here on ET titled "QuoteTracker To Be Finished End of 2011" for more info. (there are a few things you need to do to make it work now since TD...

Maybe it's just IB's data, but check out the crossed Bid/Ask on the QQQ's Not only crossed but the Ask is 8 cents below the Bid!!! Was like for at least 30 seconds from when I first noticed it. Pretty scary!! edit: time is MDT

Gringo, Thanks for the kind words and advice. :) YM

While watching everything unfold this morning on the NQ, I said to myself "I bet fortydraws got long after that test and quick rejection of 3072" I also figured your exit would be about where it ended up being. I took the same trade in SIM this morning, but exited at the first congestion at...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll switch TWS accounts between the computers and see if anything changes. At least it will eliminate that variable.

Thanks for replying Jerry. I was hoping it was something simple that I am overlooking on this particular computer, since it's the only one that it does this on. Looks like I'll have to try a clean install of Windows, but was hoping you knew of a simple solution.

Jerry, wondering if you didn't see this when I first posted it, so here it is again. Running Quotetracker 3.9.8a on Windows 7, with IB. Several times a day it loses it's connection to IB for 30 seconds to a minute or so. Here's what happens. The L1 light on the bottom goes yellow and when...

Hi, Wondering if anyone can help solve this issue. Running Quotetracker on Windows 7, with IB. Several times a day it loses it's connection to IB for 30 seconds to a minute or so. Here's what happens. The L1 light on the bottom goes yellow and when you hover over it the little window...

Sounds like the vertical scale is messed up. Right click on the price axis and make sure that "Dynamic" is selected.