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No. I am long emerging markets bonds as a hedge against dollar drop and as a good income stream. I do not want to touch long USTs. The only USTs I like are on frontend of the curve.

I am not bullish per se. I am 100% in cash and bonds now. I just think it is more probable to have an upside move over next month or two. I also think this because of Katrina will have a positive effect on growth. Congress just passed 50B more aid on top of 10B already allocated plus insurance...

Look at put/call ratio: http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SharpChartv05.ServletDriver?chart=$CPC,uu[r,a]daoannay[df][pb10!c10][i][J11764230,Y] it looks like we have a lot of potential upside ahead or at least some swings but sell off is unlikely.

I think you should start with stocks first. It will take you longer to blow up your account so you will be able to learn more. With Forex you can blow up in one day.

Do not fight the trend and the intermediate trend is definitely up.

BTW there is no such thing as price per se. There are last trade, bid and ask. The price for you is also delayed. You know the price only after you make a trade.

Interpretations of the price are the same as price but different view on it. There is nothing wrong with them. The problem is how you use them.

Nothing beats your own backtesting software. It can be highly optimized for strategies you are trying to test.

I am not rushing :cool:

Are you kidding right? He is talking about weekly chart. One day means nothing.

We will find out this fall :)

Both are lagging indicators.

If you love pain then - yes. Go short.

Ahh, I see. That is not what I am looking for. I think Java based TWS will work faster in this case but thanks for your suggestion.

Can I use IB as my broker? Just curious how do you do that? Did you reverse engineered IB's server protocol?

According to your web site http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/minimumDeposits.php it is $1,500 for First Connection Minimum. Are there any future plans to provide some stand alone library which does not require Java?

Is there a way to submit orders to IB without running TWS on the background? I want my automated system to submit orders and I don't want them to go through Java on my end. I understand IB has FIX but it is a little expensive.

I would also check if they have exported functions from their dlls because it is easy to call them too.

I did similar thing to Fidelity's ATP. I was lucky they use COM objects so it was relatively easy to disassemble their system. Check if they use COM too. Because if they do it should be easier than grabbing text from winows and sending clicks.

Oh, please. We need guys like this. Just post your trades on this thread so I can be on the other side of them.