Recent content by zeptoon

Do you have a plan for hedging? I'm assuming you mean you shorted 2x on the put side.. if something messed up happens/had happened were you just going to eat the loss?

If there is a downgrade of US credit what time is it likely to be announced at? Pre/post or during market hours?

What "really" happened to DGIT at 3pm this afternoon?

If I create a Futures brokerage account with Tradestation does that let me run backtests on stocks/stock options? Or do they restrict your historical data access to whatever account type you have setup? Thanks in advance!

No I wouldn't use a technical strategy I am interested in trading just based off of the news but in a short term timeframe (eg not long term fundamental analysis).

Is there anyone out there who makes a living trading based on news alone? Is having a good source of news, getting it fast enough, and learning to interpret it enough to constitute an edge?

that's only funny if the URL doesnt give it away

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What charting/execution software do you use to trade futures spreads?

thanks for your replies, i'm using interactive brokers and i sent it to SMART. it wasnt premarket...it was probably around 10:30 am EST.