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Yeah. I guess I feel bad for not even holding at least ONE thing for the long run last year. Just one big mover. Instead I daytraded away. Oh well.

Sure, I know all about the benefits of risk control and going in and out. You are preaching to the choir here. ;) But when I looked at my commissions and my returns for 2003, I wondered if it wasn't better if I just swing traded instead of daytraded last year. Probably made more and had less...

I know the vast majority of us here are short term traders/daytraders. But I was just looking over some of last year's charts. 2003 was one amazing year. No matter how you cut it. Many major markets went up 45% or more. And many stocks went up triple digits. Now, the nagging question I had...

OMG!! I can't believe this shiet! I was just shaken out of my NG shorts!! Yesterday, I took a moderate sized hit. Then today, I was in for the perfect position. BUT he was showing quotes everywhere!! I should have looked his prints. He was just scaring people since that contract is SO THINLY...

def, thanks for the info. the first night i tried to trade the Nikkei and NOTHING happens. nothing moved. oh well.

Oh man! Too many holidays in Japan! No wonder it's so slow today!

I don't get it. It's like in the afternoon now in japan right? how come the N225 is not that active? not too much action. Also, can IB switch me to a HK server now? Who do i contact? I like to watch the Nikkei. But IB US is down.

OIC. I didn't see it either. So, if it's not listed on prophet.net then it's not available on QT? Do you know of a free source of daily historical nikkei futures chart? thanks

Steve, I'm really interested in the JGB. Do you have a date when it'll be available? thanks misc

So, the profits made in the Nikkei can be used to trade US products the following day? Is this correct? Without any conversion. Since it's a "universal account" and all.

It works now. do you know how to get the historical daily chart for JNI? thanks

Let's suppose you trade both the Nikkei and the US eminis. So, will profits from the Nikkie be used to trade the US eminis and vice versa? Or we have to do conversion each time to be usable in IB? I just made my first N225 trade. For a mere 1 tick. Which is 10,000 yen. So, it's in yen now...

jerry, QT is quite PRIME TIME as it is. I used it daily for a month so far without a hitch. anyhow, how do you get HSI and N225 futures charts in QT? what's the symbology? I've tried to do OSE.JPN:@JNIM4 but nothing came up... No quotes though it seems pretty thick on IB now...

def, so, if we daytrade the Hang Seng of Nikkei futures and closed out positions at the end of each day, does IB do the conversation BACK to USD on a daily basis? I'm interested in looking into HSI and NK but I like to know the mechanics before getting into them. thanks

jerry, is there a good way to print the charts? I did the print scrn and paste it under Paint. It doesn't fit in one page. It cuts the graph into 2 pages,etc. do you plan to add the print functionality? thanks! misc

That's not as bad. I was in YM (Dow eminis) in the morning. Got stopped out 2x. I bought it back at 9927!!! It ended up the day 10,119!!! 182pts/contract. OUCH! And I had this mental picture that it would rallied hard today too. But I gave up too soon. Whenever, I ignore my intuition I get...

man... OMG! I shouldn't have covered oil last night. Then I reshorted again this morning. But I covered for a small profit. Then the monster move came. doh! but overall, I didn't lose money shorting oil. it's not as obvious as u like to think. anyhow, i think in order to make big...

andrasnm, well, there was a pattern I was looking for. It worked for me in stocks. I do this VERY SELECTIVELY. I shorted crude oil AND natural gas, which were both up HUGE yesterday towards the close. I lost a bit getting stopped out a few times. But then I shorted right before the...

OMG!!! I put an limit buy order there overnight and went to sleep hoping it would get filled! And lo behold it did!! And i'm up HUGE! well, huge for 1 contract that I'm testing out. thanks to the trading gods!

EtfTrader, dude! You gotta get off your cynical horse. I'm in no way affliated with QT. I just revisited QT in the last month or so. I've used it briefly about a few years ago but I discontinued. But I'm glad I revisited and used it. It saved me a BUNDLE! And for my type of trading, it's...