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The latest Investors Intelligence data shows: Bulls - 53.0% Bears - 29.0% This is hardly what I call overblown bearishness. History has shown this to be great contrary indicator. At a major bear bottom, these figures will be reversed. This may not happen for several years if we are in a...

Jeanmichel, I see you are using Metastock with eSignal like I am. I am interested in how you are using the System Tester to obtain results with your 1 min/5 min setup. How are you combining the two time frames into one test? I have not found a way to do this with MS. I understand that...

Does the browser edition of TWS require this port be open? If you use the stand-alone edition this may be true, but not for the browser edition? This post may be of help: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/discus/messages/153/460.html?1022706470

Thanks Def, we really appreciate your up to date comments on the happenings at IB! Keep it up :)

"It is easy to get carried away with it, but in what moderation and guidelines are there to keep the damaging effects of over optimatization at bay." Good article in the May issue of Futures magazine by Murray Ruggiero about system testing. It would be worth your while to run down a copy and...

"Or am i better off trading the SPY and QQQ instead as they would more closely mimic the corresponding indexes?" I think your system would work fine on the SPY or QQQ. You do need to try some testing based upon realtime quotes however to determine slippage. Slippage due to the auction...

Take a look at eSignal. Their new charting is the same as Advanced GET charts and for $79/month annual prepay, it is about as cheap as you will find.

rcreal, You are on the right path with the use of price patterns. These afford the opportunity of catching reversal points as well as continuations. I would continue by adding additional patterns to your system and at least a maximum stop loss. You can try a profit stop also, but I have...

That is 2 years old, but they are still active. Check their website: www.rsofhouston.com/new_index.html They have a workshop for only $4850 or a home study course for $3500. They also just did an hour and a half presentation on zap furtures interviews. Check Zaps archieves. They use...

Yes the CME $10/month applies. The eminis time can be set to "all" hours. I usually just show about the prior 2 hours to the open til the close on my charts. The $79/month(annual pay) will include access to eminis.

Essentially, the new eSignal charts are structured on Advanced GET charting. Exactly the same since I have GET. Works well.

Have you wanted to automate trades from Metastocks Experts? Well, I certainly have been wanting to do this. Luckily, I found Macro Express ( www.macros.com/index.htm ). With this program you can activate a specific macro from a popup Alert activated by your Expert system. This macro will...

Have you wanted to automate trades from Metastocks Experts? Well, I certainly have been wanting to do this. Luckily, I found Macro Express ( www.macros.com/index.htm ). With this program you can activate a specific macro from a popup Alert activated by your Expert system. This macro will...

Q. Will SSF be aforded the 60/40 capital gains for Section 1256 contracts? A. According to Robert Green, CPA, in the May issue of Active Trader Magazine, states "As a rule of thumb, futures on broad-based indices(such as the S&P 500 futures) are Section 1256 contracts, while futures on...

I use the eSignal data feed in Metastock Pro for realtime trading of the eminis. The realtime data and subsequent trading signals will not compare to the refreshed data due to corrections that occur and that are updated in Metastock. Of course the refreshed data is the corrected data, but that...

I agree with ArchAngel in that the forward testing is the most important aspect of the system development. A system that works as well on forward data as the backtested data is what you are looking to find. Good luck, it is not easy to find. Limit the number of technical variables to have a...

IB Chat...how do you access this?

Better make that 3... :D

Unfortunately, I use Metastock. Sure would be nice to see something someday to automatically send MS Expert signals via IB's TWS. Waiting, waiting...someday. :)

I am currently using IB via the stand-a-lone TWS and the executions are very swift. I also find the order entry extremely easy to use. I sure would like to know if there is anything better for the commission rates at IB!