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Currently 7 against 37. Just trying to keep things straight and legit as all the hindsight traders on this board might try and vote after the cut. Dow down another 207. Crap will hit the fan if the CPI numbers tomorrow are hot. High inflation in combo with this credit mess. Things could...

At 8 to 1 thus far against a surprize intraday rate cut, it looks like a lot of people would be caught offsides IF THE FED DOES CUT RATES. This gets back to one of my original questions, and why I put this into the "trading" forum. Is anyone changing or altering their trading plan in case...

What's the possibility of an intraday rate cut this week? If the liquidity injections from last week (and possibly Monday) do not work, and the PPI and CPI numbers are relatively tame, there is a strong possiblity Helicopter Ben will drop the Fed funds target rate a quarter or possibly even a...

Beside the fact its off 30% from its Feb high, possibly people are anticipating that the large lay-offs during the coming recession will lead to an increase in SBUX sales as cafes are a favorite hang out for the unemployed. Whenever you go to buckies in the middle of the day, didn't you...

Does anyone have an opinion on the Coiled markets website. Their strategy looks simple enough, but I can't guess what is generating their buy/sell signals. I don't want to pay 2K for another MACD crossover method. Any insight from someone who knows the method would be greatly appreciated...

The worst part of the merge is that the combined company will no longer be offering Futures trading. What's up with that. I guess I will have to move again. It really kind of sucks. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good futures broker--other than IB. Already tried them.

How much do you pay in commission to trade the ES? I'm hoping to negotiate a lower price. It seems like a rip off to pay $2.50 per side. What's the best rate that non-exchange members can hope to pay. Thanks.

When using this method, I understand that someone would reverse, hold, or exit depending upon whether one sees a FTT, BO, or FBO. With that being said, does anyone use a hard stop loss, or do you just continue to hold until you see one of the end effects? It would appear that without a stop...

After reading the link post by bluedemon77, its appears that the Tradekeeper software is a lot cheaper than Gainskeeper--especially if you have thousands of trades. I would probably check that out first.

I use Turbotax, but I now primarily trade futures, which makes taxes really easy. However, when I traded stocks I used Turbotax in conjunction with Gainskeeper. Gainskeeper can be bit pricey, but it sure make figuring out all of the wash sales a lot easier. Gainskeeper then can be imported...

Thanks everyone for your input and feedback. I especially like the your stories Austinp. More of the same from other would be great. Wave, that was great article of the effects of 9/11. Thanks. To address a couple issues raised: 1) Yes, a blowup from a 5% move does mean I'm trading too...

I am curious to hear anyone's thoughts about the potential of the emini's to quickly move 5% due to global-political events, trading errors "fat fingers", ect.... I only daytrade eminis and I always use a hard stop when trading, but sometimes I worry as to what would happen for example, if...

Yippee!!! That's awesome. Can't wait. Thanks for the info.

Anyone know if its closed due to Veteran's day holiday. I see there are no economic reports that day, but I didn't know if that was just coincidence or because the market is closed. Globex looks open. Thanks for the info.

Tried to go long this morning on ES @ 1279, but Cyber was belly up. Unbelievable. Oh well, part of the business I guess. Would have made 8.5 points on the paper trade. Funny thing is after the market opened back up I had a loss of 1 point on a trade, but then I got bumped on the system...

I'm wondering if anybody uses time stops for intraday trades. For example, I've been trading continuation patterns (ie bull flags) on the ES, with entries when price moves out of the pullback/ consolidation to resume the primary trend. As with most types of trading, the best trades are always...

Here's a question for all of you that buy or sell pullbacks/retracements for intraday trades. Specifically, do you wait for a pullbacks to a certain level (ie 20sma, 50%Fib retracement, trendline, ect....) and buy at that level as a limit order? Or alternatively, do you wait for a pullback...

Does anyone here successfully fade (or trade against) classical trade setups/patterns, ect... For example, divergences are thought to signal a possible reversal. However, they fail so frequently, especially when countertrend to the high-time frame trend, that I wonder if you could use them for...

I've been trading the NQ lately with some success and I've started looking at the ES. I'm wondering if anyone who has traded BOTH the NQ and ES could comment on the different "characters" of these two contracts beyond the basic stuff of volume and tick size. Thanks.