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I"ve read a lot of these types of threads and the "advice" given in them, and I couldn't disagree more. Life is about taking risks and following dreams. It's also about doing something you are passionate about! Don't let people tell you to stay in a job because it's safe. If you are...

The only way to get opening price in Canada is with a market order entered pre open. There is an opening price in Canada. It's an electronic system that picks the open based on supply/demand that will leave the least amount of residual orders after open. If you place limit orders then they...

tks. just want to set up some demark indicators to get an idea of accuracy for intraday stuff. not scalping but holding positions hour or so at a time.

anyone using Demark....what time frame do you use intraday for your bars? Have you found any advantages between different time frames? tks.

thanks...believe it or not i did search before i asked the question. Not sure how I didn't find that thread.

so a very conservative all in rate per side would be 2.50 approximately ($1.14 exchange fee and 1.20 brokerage)?

What are the current exchange fees for trading ES? The reason I'm asking is I'm trying to figure out what an all in average trading cost per contract one way for trading ES is? I have a number built into my profit model, but I think I am low. thanks.

tell the truth! It's the only option. If you have a series 7 it's going to be on your U-4 anyways and they will see it. Everyone deserves another chance. Being honest about what happened will help you get that second chance.

I think the success rate numbers thrown around here are very misleading. It needs to be broken down further to look at amount of capital/funding. Those number are probably accurate for people with a low (less than $25k) of funding versus those with much higher funding, in my opinion. I think...

what is a normal round trip commission per ES contract? is $7 r/t average?

another question... Do you guys have your tradeouts automated? meaning once you get a fill the system automatically knows to place orders to buy/sell the position at pre set parameters or do you just trade out on your own manually?

I am conservative. i'm seriously considering doing this on my own as opposed to at a bigger bank, that is getting out there on the risk curve for me!!!! :)

thank you...so answer is for intraday it is negotiable with clearing broker. the $4500 is overnight. Jimmy...thanks for the advice. I have been trading these for awhile but at a bigger bank but for hedging purposes for overall positions. margin never an issue. thinking of doing this on...

ok so 81k for 10 contracts. 45k initial marg and 36k maint.

so...just to state the obvious to trade 10 contracts i wud need $45,000 in my account minimum.

thanks...can you just interpret one thing for me. what does that mean for trading es as spec $4500. need to put up $4500 to buy 1 contract?

What kind of margin is normal for a retail futures account with a 25k - 50k deposit?

thanks...i found it.

Where can you find the net tick data? Does anyone use bloomberg? If so, is there a function on bloomberg?

my opinion....Knowing the theme of the day most important. Could be anything from a stock specific story in one of the big dow/nasdaq stocks to a more macro theme (oil, gold, interest rates etc) and secondly premium/discount to fair value. No reason to watch the cash indexes which are...