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1 needless death from terrorism is too many. aphie

taodr, LOL. Yes, I have heard about the "virgins in paradise" interpretation of death, too. Did you know that, in order to deter some of the arabs, the United States considered burying Al Queda members with pieces of pork? aphie

Tupac was killed 6 years ago today -- It was after sundown, too. He wasn't Jewish, though (from what I know). aphie

WarEagle, Are you from Boston by any chance? aphie

egotraitor, Thanks for the kind words. At the very least, I'll become an expert of moving averages. :D aphie

dottom, That was an excellent site! Thank you for that information. I'm going to do more research on the JMA and wavelets, but my mathematics level only got up to Differential Equations -- I never got into number theory. aphie

Deep, I'd like to discuss with some of the people at Esignal a more advanced and robust method of data delivery into a program outside of esignal's resident program. However, I was using it this morning around 9:45am on the ES e-mini's (just testing out some of the interface gadgets), and...

dottom, I am probably reinventing the wheel, but when you program and actually look at the data yourself, you get a whole new appreciation for just how amazing the mathematics is behind all this. My observations are just on ES -- index movements. I'm not concerned about stocks at this...

Deep, I am using Visual Basic Version 6.0. There are API's to interface with IB, and esignal has a DDE connection to their data streamer. I put my program right next to esignals and it was just as fast, even though DDE is ... what .. a 14 year old technology? I asked them about any...

resinate, Right, it isn't a flaw. However, there are a few situations that I see occuring. I am watching ES tonight when it goes very slow (and the spread widens up pretty nicely). When you see that LAST SALE price move around, it could either be: a) A buyer buys at ask and moves...

The use of the MA would be to help establish better exit points for my system. I was aware that weighted MA is based on volume, but does it go so far as down to the tick level based on number of contracts sold per tick? aphie

After manually reviewing tick by tick data for a few hours, along with their respective bid x ask levels and number of contracts, I've determined that there is a method to come up with the ultimate moving average. First, let's review what a moving average is -- a moving average is simply an...

But I was introduced at a very young age to investing, financials, etc. I can remember going to the library with my grandfather and pouring through Valueline reports on various companies. This was back in the early to mid 80's when the Smurfs were popular and New Kids on the Block were the...

davez, I totally agree. Look at any chart -- as the high is approached, you get a lot of spikes towards the sky and as a low is approached, you get a lot of long wick shadows. By themselves, they don't tell the whole story, but like you said, if you have another indication that the market...

This project is getting a lot more ambitious on my part. Not only have I successfully been able to interface with esignals Turbofeed, but I have also been able to come up with some interesting ideas on an auto-trader function built-in to the program. I am thinking about making it...

tntneo, Thanks tntneo -- I really appreiciate the kind words. I am looking forward to the futures trading experience, even if I do lose money. I cannot wait to go live shortly, start my journal and see what it is like to actively trade futures with real $$$ on the line. aphie

[Number of Contracts] x [Number of Points] x 50 = $2,000 So, whatever variables you know, you just substitute in. If you trade 5 contracts, you make $250 per point, so you would need 8 points to make a $2,000 profit. Similarly, if you trade 10 contracts, you only need 4 points of movement...

u130747, You are supposed to get drunk after a losing day -- not before. But hey, congrats on the win! Pabst, Thanks for the kind words. :D aphie

LOL! Now my strategy is crappy?? :p They said do the opposite of what you normally would do, so I'm going to try and buy the highs for the day and sell the lows. :eek: aphie

WarEagle, Thank you. I am still learning who to listen to in here. I took his post seriously about scalping the half-points. You are right -- what it will come down to is the end-result from a live day of trading. Then I will report back to everyone exactly how I was feeling compared...