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    Trading vs. Trending

    Simple answer to OP question: No; thats why its called trading, not stealing. Complex answer: I find that, with study of price, and maybe a moving average of two as visual assistance I can detect probable trend initiating vs non trend initiating behaviour in A market. Probable is the...
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    Markets are in trouble.

    So do mine. Can I expect HSI to move from simply psychotic to utterly fucking nuts?
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    POLL: What is your trade length

    Will this result in emails inviting me to increase my trade length ... or telling me my girlfriend will be more satisfied if I stay in longer? We have an offer that will make all your 'se^xual dreams come true. Forget what you've known earlier. The new era for you has come! Girls will love...
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    long term trading makes a lot of money

    And he committed suicide.
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    Looking for a Trading Coach?

    Good post Mike. I thought grob's one about the problems being "learnt" and physiological rather than psychological was interesting. Although as usual he was overcome with grandiosity and couldn't recognize when he was in agreement with people like steenbarger. Steenbarger talks about...
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    My personality issues: am I a chicken?

    Google Denise Shull. Download her video's. Look for ANNA. Then feel the fear, hear the thoughts, and take appropriate action. As you already know, it requires work and energy but its doable.
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    Beware! Print out your statements

    Given that a statement change could be a correction in an error (which this one with KOSPI might be given that dont was arguing with CS about the right way to treat these things) ... Wouldn't you be better off printing your executions on the day? Then you have the raw material to do the...
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    Fx: Oanda or IB

    I have long believed that the two best choices for Fx were likely to be Oanda and IB. I once had another fx account but didn't enjoy the impure bucket shop model they practiced. I liked IB for the ECN model. I liked Oanda for the size flexibility and fully self contained well respected...
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    Bracket Trader + IB execution error

    Certainly the IB demo has always been "just a demo" and not suited for anything more. And all of the front end suppliers rightly discouraged using it (as does IB ... it just gives you a feel for tws commands). I don't know about the paper trader account. If you open a real account you can...
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    Bracket Trader + IB execution error

    Many of the ET survivors (look multiple years not multiple months of membership) have found the IB API to be very reliable for thousands of trades over many years. Then again we probably don't believe that everything has to be coded in C++ to give useful performance. That's not to say that...
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    Bracket Trader + IB execution error

    I've never noticed a problem (using zeroline trader and lots of bracket orders every day on ib live account) Two things you could do that might improve things by increasing TWS's performance and system priority - 1) Change your TWS load sequence to use the -server java vm which is faster...
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    How familiar is this at IB

    Its only guaranteed if the thread is really stupid or it attracts a bunch of the really stupid. Although sometimes one is enough for a little sport. Dont make me tell you who :)
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    Trading New Zealand stocks

    Why would you want to do that. Can't you find thin manipulated stock somewhere else?
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    How familiar is this at IB

    Find a full service broker and ask you about the things they will do for you. That's hand holding. IB was one of the original discount brokers (Brown was another who were even stronger on not hand holding). Their business model is low cost, high automation, high speed, broad access --- and...
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    IB Update speed on futures bid ask size insane today?

    If you use Sierra Chart for your charting then you can set the chart refresh rate to suit yourself. Then you can leave the dom bouncing at full speed for those times you need it.
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    IB midnight reboots (Eastern time)

    Its after the main close of the US markets. http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/systemStatus.php?ib_entity=llc
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    Button Trader ?

    I like Sierra. Re standalone vs off the web. Not unless you have specific java vm commands you want to run. Both run java and Ib uses the same vm commands for each ... its just that the web version pulls down the latest version if there has been a change from the one in the java cache.
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    How high can the Hang Seng and Shanghei go???

    I like that theory Cutten. It also goes well with Harry Dent's work on demographics/technology adoption in the main market places for the Chinese growth engine. And also some less reputable cycle work :)
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    NinjaTrader/IB HSI volume bar backfill doesn't work

    Time to change to Sierra Chart if the problem you are talking about is occuring with the HSI futures contract (currently HSIU7) :) It does show volume (and volume charts) and tick counts (with backfill time granularity being the limit) for backfilled data from the futures contracts. It...
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    IB Update speed on futures bid ask size insane today?

    Agreed with the earlier posters. Thanks IB. Also, with the question: is this on HK, Eur yet?
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