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    Eurex Liffe Futures scalping: eSignal or RT3-Europe compare

    eSignal_futures on EUREX LIFFE 1. For EUREX and LIFFE eSignal updates Volume in the quote box in realtime but DOES NOT SHOW (in T&S) bid_size, ask_size and MOST OF ALL does not show trade_size Note the above is true only for EUREX and LIFFE, for e-minis eSignal is perfect Since for...
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    10 most liquid futures on LIFFE and EUREX

    Thanks Rickty 1. While watching your list displaying ranked futures worldwide I wanted to get a closer look to Open Interest and Volume for those most liquid futures I always assumed that O.I. is calculated on yesterday's trades: then at 10:30 AM ET I went to eSignal quote box and I saw...
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    10 most liquid futures on LIFFE and EUREX

    1. I am starting to trade futures on elocal. Can somebody help me to better research which are the most liquid contracts on LIFFE and EUREX and their tick value (EUR, GBP)? See attached form I will appreciate 2. I also believe that none of them will have a liquidity close to NQM2 or...
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    Trading platforms

    I heard that some brokers have better "links" to globex. If you place a limit order BUY ES at 1150 using TWS-IB and there are 20 orders already sitting there, then you are the 21th to be filled. OK. But my questions are: 1. Pit traders: do they have the possibility (on Globex, not on...
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    eLocal Drops $500/month charge

    As I see in a thread, it seems that elocaltrading can offer at no additional cost a realtime charting package (I recall CQG?) can somebody confirm it? I currently trade on IB TWS and I am looking to add a charting package for EUREX LIFFE and CBOT (for emini I use eSignal), and the idea of...
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    Trading platforms

    This thread was so interesting Can somebody update about J-Trader TWS BEST comparison? Thanks
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    API can help to have better fills on IB TWS

    Dear Tripack Dear DEF Thanks to both of you for your smart and useful posts. And thanks to IB for trying to improve their quote issue. Can you, Tripack please spend more words about your post? I do have eSignal as source of quotes I trade futures emini (NQM2 ESM2) Yes I do...
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    esignal is now provideing CBOT emini free: what about IB?

    dear Steve Thanks for your reply The point is the I did not trade CBOT (only CME eminis) up to now because I would have to pay twice the fee: once for IB (US$30), in order to trade, and the second for esignal US$70), in order to see charts. That I felt was too much. Now esignal is...
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    esignal is now provideing CBOT emini free: what about IB?

    Dear DEF I see that esignal has started to provide CBOT emini free, since CBOT changed their policy and provide free as well: what about IB? Thanks Is eSignal supporting the new CBOT free e-mini promotion? Yes, effective 02/21/02, the new CBOT e-minis are available in the...
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    ActiveX@IB futures-scalping: automated strategy for exits

    I use IB to day-trade (mostly scalp) emini futures NQ and ES. I am not a programmer. But I wish to implement the following strategy using new tools Excel ActiveX Can somebody help? I can pay for the service. I wish to create a small application, no matter in excel or else, to fully...
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    eminis NQ and ES following their index

    I have a doubt Emini NQH2 and ESH2 and also their full-size parents are suppose to closely follow their respective index, right? But since they are also a trading vehicle, (while their index is a math calculation based on current underlying stock prices) they come under market pressure...
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    elitetrader down on weekends

    I am experiencing the following issue: starting from Sat morning to Sunday night I rarely can access to www.elitetrader.com. Sometimes pages come very slowly, say 2 min to open a page, (as software-forum). However from monday to Friday, I can access very fastly: 2-3 secs per page. I am...
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    HK emini futures contract: rt charts

    Via IB, Hong Kong Futures Trading (contract: HSI and its e-mini MHI) is available and commissions are very reasonable (less than 2 USD for MHI). Can somebody recommend a chart commercial software which provides data-feed and realtime charting for HKFE ? esignal and rt3 don't access Far...
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    realtime chart for HFE

    Via IB, Hong Kong Futures Trading (contract: HSI and its e-mini MHI) is available and commissions are very reasonable (less than 2 USD for MHI). Can somebody recommend a chart commercial software which provides data-feed and realtime charting for HKFE ? esignal and rt3 don't access Far...
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    Best online brokers for European stocks and futures

    I may disagree. I am now monitoring several italian brokers whoclaim to provide - short selling on a large pool of euro stocks - commissions from EUR10 down to EUR3 ( - even realtick3 RT?! at EUR89 (waived if more of 40 trades are executed monthly) see below (mostly offer only italian...
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    Best online brokers for European stocks and futures

    It seems that IB charges for LSE, XETRA stock exchanges are extremely high, if compared to very low for NASDAQ/NYSE/ US Futures (USD35 commission for trading EUR40,000 equity equivalent to 1000 shares of BMW.XETRA at 40, in Nasdaq you would spend USD7.5 ) So can somebody suggest a good...
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    @Def: IB, Excel, Conditional Orders

    @def Hi def I read all about MOD, there is not much to learn about it, so I cannot understand what we do need to modify in our 3rd sheet, in order for the conditional order, when met, to proper act (that means it should trigger one stop order, not 5 or16) Can you please spend more words...
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    Leading indicator for trading E-mini contracts

    Hi FibProTrader Thanks for your reply: I am very interested in automated systems, since I do believe that altough risks are there (e.g. unexpected stops activated, due to spikes, malfunctions) they can override the psycological problems of trading. Can you please tell 1. the costs of...
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    @Def: IB, Excel, Conditional Orders

    @def 1. if it matters I just wish to add that I am using WindowsXP OfficeXP (Excel) This “strange multiple” triggered STOP orders, (linked to trailing orders) I experienced with "downloadable TWS + DDE" I did not try "WEB-Based TWS + DDE" 2. I cannot figure out if possible, using...
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    Leading indicator for trading E-mini contracts

    Dear 2_B What you say is interesting, but, please can you add some more explanation on $tick: how is defined and how to best interpret it? Thanks you wrote: $TICKQ, note however that Esignal only updates this symbol every 30 seconds per the support page, so if scalping based only on...
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