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I currently use a couple tradestation setups to do my scanning and charting. With tradestation I also have a very old version of DeMark Indicators and some that I have coded in Easy Language from reading Tom DeMark's books. I have been thinking of getting a Bloomberg terminal for well over...

A very interesting and trying day to say the least. After shorting gold futures two days earlier I woke up to find that gold had gapped higher and Iwas a little more underwater than I wanted to be. I was ready to take the stop but felt the first half hour will tell me if it is going to be a gap...

Not a whole lot to report today. I traded gold back and forth as I received a short sell TD Combo 13 on the daily chart. The last time I see that it had a 13 it opened higher and then fell hard through the day. I would expect about the same tomorrow or very soon with gold. It is next to...

Wow, another month gone and back to school items on the kitchen table. I sure like spring better than fall, but fall is not bad. It is the cold Wisconsin winters that I can do without. I really wanted to go long the market on Friday. It seemed like a no brainer, and I talked about it...

I have been shorting the spoos today. Surprise surprise,... I have found success at every entry point. I left a lot on the table so far but took a lot as well. TLT hitting new yearly highs

I finished reading TRADESTION MADE EASY and here are my thoughts. If you have Tradestation or you are thinking of getting it you are not alone. Many traders and investors use its powerful features to aid in searching, analyzing, and even automated trading of stocks. If you are using it...

Hey John, Thank you very much for taking the time to say so. I appreciate it !!! My futures trading always seemed to get buried in between trading stocks. I used to trade currencies full time (back in the 80's) and I blew up when I was long the Yen and short the dollar in the summer of...

Well I am glad to see my thread is still here. I thought I was going prop and get my S7(still might) so I needed to come up with new names as I use my real one due to compliance. Anyway, I been trading everyday for the most part and working my tail off programming, reading, writing (except...

Assuming you are focused on stock options, your counter-party is the OCC, option clearing corporation. They have an 800 number and vast website of information. google their number or do some digging on the site and you will likely find what you are looking for. Plus you will be getting it...

All things considered it was a pretty good day. It surely could have been worse or better but I made it through to the other side in one piece and will live to fight another day. REGN somewhat tortured me most of the day. It somewhat made nice at the end of the day though. I faded the move...

Hello Asterix, Thanks for your reply. I moved it up to 2512M and that seems to have solved it. Thank you very much. Robert

I was able to get the IBController to work THANKS JACK !! but i get an error a lot and it freezes up TWS java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen 09:44:44:69 AWT-EventQueue - 0: Error It also seems to have other errors but it keeps scrolling up so I have not been able to capture it. But...

Hey NoDoji, I can say that I have the whole chatroom as witnesses that I wrote my article on SIRI the day before it crashed.....LOL Whats my system worth?? Gotta be more then two veggie burgers and a beer... Hope you find all your eggs Robert

A very busy and very good day today. after the downgrade by Goldman Sachs with SINA the stock fell out of bed. I covered some of the short and I am holding about half through the weekend as I switched from covered short stock to using naked calls as a synthetic short.with the premium as...

A pretty light day today. Traded SINA to the short side. I sold some out of the money calls and I also sold some out of the money puts as a hedge due to the high premium that was being offered. The net effect of selling covered shorts is the same as selling naked calls. SINA will most...

Today was by far the busiest day of the week as far as trading goes. I had many VRUS options with both put and calls expiring today. VRUS overall was a losing trade but I am unsure as to the amount. I will have to reconcile the reports after the month is over. Fortunately these type of trades...

Today started out a little shaky with a raised price target for VRUS but that appeared to be more of a sell side promotion than a real opinion that VRUS is going higher. VRUS gapped higher at the open and quickly found the way back down. By the end of the day VRUS gave back most of the gains...

Tough trading day today. Not only did I not get any real trades today but the big holds from yesterday worked against me as well. MCP did give me a brief moment to get out whole but I had already stopped out and moved on. VRUS continued to move higher today. I record a gain with the stock but...

Hello HotTip, Thank you for reading my journals both here on ET and other places. It is great to see people take the time to read them. Thank you also for taking the time to comment on your thoughts. I am sure that there are a great many people who have qualities that are beyond my...

Today was a good ending to a good week. I am currently in a hotel that has a waterpark with my family so I will make this post a little shorter than today would normally warrant. Today was option expiration day and while a little scary at times I was able to capture a fair amount of premium...