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Hi All Has anyone attended the Peak Performance 101 Trading Workshop which he runs in NC. I have wanted to go for some time but would welcome warts and all review. Best Arb

All Is anyone aware of any apps that i can use with my IB account as an automated trade log / trade journal. I want to be able to record all my trades (stocks and futures) and keep a detailed set of records of each trade. I am doing this manually but its getting very onerous. Either...

All Is anyone aware of any apps that i can use with my IB account as an automated trade log / trade journal. I want to be able to record all my trades (stocks and futures) and keep a detailed set of records of each trade. I am doing this manually but its getting very onerous. Either...

Sentiment indicators all jumped in the last week. AAII Index up 10% Week on Week Market Vane up 1% WoW FC Market Sentiment up 1% WoW I think week looks bullish as people begin to reallocate away from bonds into high yielding stocks with growth potential. Arb

Hi All Do people think there is still room in either HF's or Prop Shops for people who simply have a proven 'gut feel for managing risk' and obviously the profits to prove it. Rather than say a specific methodology or approach? By this i mean people who can feel out a trade without using...

I have read on the issue of money management and my synthesis is an allocation of maximum of 2% of funds on any one trade and i risk up to 8% of each of these 2% trades. On a $1m capital base this would mean a maximum trade size of $20,000 and a risk of $1600 per trade. Obviously this is...

Hey Risktaker ..why dont you take a positive risk and say something positive for a change... remember the Karmic nature of the markets!! Way to many bitter and negative people on ET these days! Oh well.... Arb

Hi All Is anyone aware of face-to-face taught commodity futures trading training / courses. Intermediate / advanced would be ideal and would prefer to stay away from the hard sell brigade like Online Trading Academy etc. East coast or Mid west. Best Arb

I would say a better buy if you want exposure to cell opportunities with an Israeli and a more global spin insee Amdocs (DOX) listed on NYSE. Nice price action and looking to head higher.

Hi Winston / Salvador The reason i use the term lumpy is nothing to do with liquidity - which is great but rather that you have to buy or sell in $50k +/- parcels. Sometimes i want to scale in and out at the $10k level rather than saying increasing a hedge from $50k to $100k all in one go...

Hi Yes you got it - that is exactly what i do. When you say the SPY i presume you literally mean the SPDR ETF and not just any S&P500 non-leveraged ETF? Thanks Andy

I know they have timber hill but i thought that was just options

Do interactive Brokers clear their own futures contracts? A

Hi I am looking to hedge a trading portfolio of mainly long S&P500 equities of typically 8-12 stocks and an investment portfolio of similar number of stocks. Trading portfolio stock typically held for 1-4 months, investment portfolio probably closer to 6-24months. Given recent volatility...

Hi All I have been using e-mini futures contract ES_F (S&P500) as a short hedge against my portfolio for a number of months. Whilst it has worked well since i only hold a few contracts max at any one time it is very lumpy when i buy or sell as i cant scale in or out. I am therefore...

Hi Thanks for the advice. Very helpful. I will call and drop them an email. Best A

Hi All Is it possible to visit the floor of the CME or CBOT outside of an official tour. I am visiting the city next week and would love to get a chance to visit. Andy

Hi Suri Thanks for this. Both groups sound very interesting and the WTSUG meeting is 10 mins away. I am not currently a TS user - will this matter? How many people typically go and what kinds of backgrounds? thanks A.

Part time but serious trader - transplant from London to DC looking to build the same kind of network in had in UK. Interested in Equities, Futures, FX. Global macro bias / fundamentals so always keen to shares ideas with technicians and other quants. Thanks A.

Hi Thanks for rrecent posts. Trademax does indeed look good and i will investigate further. Captools website is awful and the software clunky. Does not look like it is web based which these days is a total must. Thanks for the info on both however, Andy