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I wonder whether anyone in the investment management business, or otherwise could advise on the best practise approach to trading account record keeping - I'm interested to learn of the standard approach to calculating performance after additions, withdrawels, interest payments etc. One...

Hi Global Trader thanks!! Is there any way at all to determine which times of the day are most active on the USD/Euro market? Eg is there more activity when US equity markets open, less during US closing hours, or does activity remain high 24 hours round the clock?

Hi can anyone point me to a site that offers this - It doesn't matter whether it's delayed - I'm simply interested in looking at the volume of trade at different times during the day for the past few weeks & months. Thanks J-S

Excellent thanks everyone. http://www.csidata.com/uawebcharts/MarketReport/FuturesCorr.htm

Does anyone know how to do this? I'm using OHLC data from CSI- Will excel be able to import this and run correlation tests between markets? I wonder whether anyone is able to tell me how to do this? Unfortunately I'm a complete novice with excel. Thanks in advance J-S

I hadn't realised that this data was feely available from the exchanges, I'll go and have a look. many thanks for your help J-S

Hi I've got a load of markets to follow on my system, but I'm perplexed by the number of exchanges available to trade them on. Can anyone lend me a hand in figuring out which ones I should be looking at? I've listed markets and available exchanges below. I don't have volume and open interest...

Hmmm maybe I'll have to design one! I guess excel will do all of these things though a ready programmed bit of software would save an awful lot of time. Any ideas where else I might look? J-S

Hi - I'm looking to log all my trading activity in one peice of software. Ideally I'd like to track my equity curve, see calculations of correlation and sector weightings of my portfolio, calculate commision costs etc. I'm going to be adding cash to my portfolio on a regular basis - Ideally I'd...

That's an excellent help & gives me some good ideas about what to focus on. I've noticed that some of the markets are traded on more than one exchange - Is there anywhere that gives info on which exchanges are the more liquid for the markets I listed? Thanks again, I really appreciate it J-S

I've got a list of 26 different markets that I'm looking to trade or at least follow & I'm a bit stuck - I want to be looking at the most active exchanges based on volume / open interest. Is there an easy way to find out which markets are the most liquid? It would be a nightmare to have to...

Hi I've got a few questions - many thanks if anyone can help. Which Nikkei futures contract is best to trade - 225 or 300? Is one more liquid than another? Also can anyone help me understand the difference between T-Bills, T-Notes and T-Bonds? Also what the british LIBOR is too? thanks...

Hi - Can anyone help? I'm looking for the best and quickest way to measure the degree of correlation between different markets. Is there a specific indicator, or piece of software that will do this for me? I'm looking mainly at currencies and commodities & trading a trend following...

I'm using Tradestation 2000i & I'm wondering what the difference is between a Strategy and a Signal in easy language? I'm using a help doc that I downloaded from the internet on Easy Language & in the eg on creating strategy states it states - 'Open Tradestation, File-New, Easylanguage Tab...

I'm looking to trade the UK Gilt & wonder whether anyone might be able to enlighten me to the difference between the 10 and 15 year contract? Are there any things to consideer such as liquidity etc.... Many thanks J-S

IMM - Can anyone tell me which exchange this is? Am I right in thinking that it is part of CME? Thanks in advance J-S

That's what I thought. I've been looking at Dunns portfolio weighting & listed there as one of the Futures markets traded it simply says Euro Currency. It's the same with the following - Jap yen, Swiss Franc etc Is this short hand for saying against dollar, or are they likely to be trading them...

Does the term Euro Currency on its own imply that it is traded against US$ ? Thanks J-S

My broker is quoting Eurodollar (int RATE) for Dec 2002, Sep 2003, Jun 2003 and March 2003. Am I looking at the right market for EuroDollar? The quotes are around 97.95. I'll be position trading & wonder if this is the right market - which month & year I should be looking at? Many thanks...

Hi I wonder whether anyone can help me out? What's the difference between EuroDollar and Euro Currency? thanks in advance J-S