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I'd trade the front month... More volume/liquidity means better fills. Slippage will kill the short term trader. Trending strategies work great for corn - when it's not range trading. It's not finding a good trend strategy that's the problem... the trick is knowing when to play it. If you...

What explanations can you off for the sept wheat contract out performing the March today? Is it a fundamental that I am not seeing, or is it simply that the Sept contract was pulled up with corn more than the latter months? Insights much appreciated, thanks. Here to learn

Never mind. I found on IB site where it shows scheduled server maintenence. Should have looked harder the first time!

Can anyone else log on to IB today? I'd call customer support, but they are not available on the weekends. I'd like to do some strategy development, but can't get past the login... Just me? Thanks

Ordered the Joe Ross book... We'll see if it's worth $100. Trading books are either good or garbage.

Anybody trading or plan to trade AJC on the MGEX? Maybe they haven't officially rolled it out yet, just curious how the new product is going to work out for them.

Thanks everyone for sharing. Bone, you raised some further questions... Why is your data inverted compared to IB's? You show price at -130 where I show +130? Also the trading philosophy you teach, is it purely technical, all fundamental analysis, or a mix of both? And content on your...

I'm trying to increase my understanding of calendar spread charts in IB. Any info/suggestions are appreciated, but I have two main questions: When charting such as in the screenshot, the candlesticks show long tails on both ends... is price fluctiating and orders being filled at these levels...

I'm fairly new to automated trading and have dabbled in strategies based on indicators and a little soley on price action. I'm asking the question: "Where/how are traders finding profitability in automated strategies?" From what I've noticed, traditional indicator based strategies are...

Can anybody recommend a good resource for learning energy futures calendar spread trading (books/articles/websites) or a resource for news on such (newsletters/market reports/commentary/etc)? Much appreciated!

Any broker recommendations for online trading of NG Pricing Points? For example, a person wanting to buy/sell Mich Con, NNG Ventura/Demarcation, Chicago Citygate, etc. Doews anybody here trade this type of basis spread? Thanks!

Can a person trade the various basis pricing points for NG(Chicago Citygate, NNG Vent/Demarc, Columbia, Mich Con, etc.) through Interactive Brokers? If so, how? Also, if you can't do it through IB, then any other broker recommendations for trading NG Basis? Thank you!

Obviously, there are many many more consideration in trading than simply betting Red/Black. But in its simplest form, stock prices either go up, or down. Does this make the chance of blindly picking a winning stock the same odds as flipping a coin? Or, am I missing something. Short...

I'm new to trading Grains. Most of my experience is in stocks. When looking at corn for example, I see many fundamental factors to consider like yields, value of the dollar, oil prices, weather and more. Does anybody trade grains soley using technical indicators? Or is doing this a quick...

What do you feel is the best way to determine whether the market is in accumulation or distribution? Do you prefer fundamental analysis or technical analysis for this determination?

In regards to increasing a position as the stock is on the rise or increasing a position as the stock falls believing a rise is on its way, can both strategies be successful? Many say never to average down. What are your thoughts?

Would this be different with a larger broker?

What does it mean if my broker (Scottrade) gives me a message that reads "Currently, there are no shares of BAC available for shorting." Got this shortly after open this morning. Was it the stock conditions or the broker service that caused this?

If it were a joke, I ought to change my name to Here2Joke... But thanks for your help.

I'm new to automated trading. I am finding many packages like ninjatrader,bracket trader, etc. but none that sync with Scottrade. Are there any automated systems that can be integrated into a Scottrade account? Short of getting a new broker, what would be the best route to start?