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They have mixed liquidity. Horribilicus's chart represents the liquidity better. FWIW Open interest is a measure of liquidity because it shows how many contracts are in trade but I find daily volume to be more important. Also, some contracts are more or less difficult than pure liquidity...

No. IMO Candlesticks and specific patterns of Cs's are just one of the ways people find to read the market and trade profitably. I dont like them because I find them fat and obtrusive - and much prefer a chart like the one attached - but thats a personal choice. <img...

Then add Eur/usd and usd/jpy futures contracts. Then perhaps Corn, Wheat, Gold, Cotton, Live Cattle, Rough Rice.

If one's a trader ... why would one care? FWIW my pick is lower lows before the end of October ... but I really don't care :)

I enjoyed the book and think the guy's got something special - bust once or not. So, does anyone know how he handled this little May bounce?

The thing about trading is that there are so many ways to succeed or fail. And one persons way to succeed is anothers way to fail. Ones boredom is anothers interest. I have a 69pt target (yep) but I know another trader who would trade the same contract with a 10-12 point target. And both...

Not just medicine ... I believe a large proportion is due to public health engineering and safety engineering. Clean water, food thats fit to eat, warmth, not as many miners.

What, no response on why Aussie Bond futures are important to lots of IB customers? :(

Darn, I can't keep up (skill wise) with all the things I can trade. Please IB, feel free to NOT add the NZ stock market. Work on something more important. :) Why would you want to trade Aussie Bond Futures? I can understand being keen to see the Aussie Stocks added to the mix but...

I am shocked by the pleasantness of the responses to this wanker. What a complete twat !!! And introducing french in an attempt to appear cleverer than his betters. Merkur, your thread is a stupid over-reaction to IB's advice. Your labeling the advice, even if they decide to charge you...

Brett, An interesting article although I don't believe that it encompasses "all successful traders." It is however interesting that it represents a group with whom you have recently interacted. Personally I have observed other ways to success --- although my sample is also small and it...

You may find that Cheesy's solution helps but doesnt solve the problem if the market's downward moves have different characteristics to the up moves (many do). This can be caused by laws, different participants (who goes short vs who goes long) and different psychological responses. Why not...

Not an issue. I just noted the language.

It looks like your buddy is a Chick Goslin follower but I see no mention on the blog. Is that true?

First you criticize someone's spelling (lol you might check the sentence above just for fun) then you suggest that we should believe that insects are born in flames. I hope your trading method is better than your debating style and more valid than your metaphor.

You might want to have a look at this old thread which discussed the merits of different charting types: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34084&highlight=tick

jem, Also a good post. Good to see some information in both cases :)

Good informative post Aok. The disorder you're seeing here is called Schadenfreude. It seems related to the serial failure to see the value in others ideas as people search for the holy grail (and then blame the providers of those ideas).

Don't tell me we've got so low we're correcting spelling? In the histories of flaming thats a tactic thats so old its looked down on by most. :)

Absolutely. I wonder how many ideas that I've rejected could have given me the keys if I'd only worked them hard enough at the time. The magic grail search may be responsible for more spurned guru's than any lack in their material?