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The last trading day for the Dax and Euro Stoxx futures is the third friday of the month (as the calendar shows, although it is hard to understand the calendar). The roll to the next contract month as the "front month" occurs on the prior day -- the Thursday before the third Friday of the...

There are many firms that keep a database of hedge fund, commodity pool, and commodity trading advisor (CTA) results. Some of these database companies are Barclay Group, Cogent Hedge, Hedgefund.net, Investorforce.com, etc. What their listing requirements are is up to them. They might require...

Yes, both get the 60/40 tax treatment.

If you want to mix programming with a love for the markets, I would recommend learning java, visual basic, visual c++, c#, or some other programming language rather than easy language, and then looking for a position with an investment company. Easy language and Tradestation are typically...

What was Hitman recruiting for? A proprietary trading firm like Bright Trading?

Once again, Don, thank you for sponsoring Elite Trader and keeping it free and thank you for all the valuable information you've posted on this board. You are my favorite contributor.

I realize you prefer to do it yourself, Don, and are probably not interested in having someone else manage your money. Hedge funds are for people that don't want to or don't have time to do it themselves. Like all the people in mutual funds could research and invest in stocks themselves, but...

Do you think people would be interested in investing in a hedge fund that traded the opening only orders? Schindler Trading has had success with this strategy in our proprietary accounts and are considering including it in the Schindler Fund and/or creating a separate, pure opening-only...

On the one hand, that 8:15 or 8:25 reading in the S&P futures that you use to calculate your buy and sell limits from is pretty stale by the time you are 15 minutes into the new day. But on the other hand, maybe the stock is opening so late because there is a real big order imbalance and it's...

In the "reviews" section on Amazon.com someone says they paid $1100 for the book. I've got a mint condition of the book on my shelf. I've now moved it out of reach of my 1 year old. :)

Thanks, P2! The Schindler Fund has now completed its first year of operation with a nice positive return for the year. If our second year is half as profitable I'll be pretty excited. I'll be interested to see your fund documents when you have them.

See the NFA publication "A Guide to CFTC Registration and NFA Membership". It says you don't need to register as a CTA if you have 15 or fewer clients. The NFA publications are available on their website at www.nfa.futures.org.

In the e-mini S&P, 4 ticks equals a handle, no?

*laugh* Ain't it the truth!

That's my favorite! Or my version... Elitetrader.com ....you won't feel guilty about wasting time here because it's easy to convince yourself you are really working. :D

I know the DDE and API links IB provides can be very useful, but it takes some time and skill to figure out how to do anything from scratch. Having a template like you provided gives programming neophytes (like myself) a big headstart.

"All-in" means including all exchange and NFA fees. Check www.interactivebrokers.com for information on Interactive Brokers. We currently trade through Interactive Brokers but are evaluating Ffasttrade. Btw, we heard about Ffasttrade from a post here at Elite Trader. One annoying...

For trading through Open E Cry I was quoted $5 per-side all-in for the e-minis. I don't plan on using them.

The roll for the e-minis will be from Sep to Dec (not October!). The roll happens the first Thursday after the first Friday of the month of expiration.

For calendar spreads the Merc has a table for finding the margin. Look on their website. I think they call it "performance bond". Now, whether your broker is sophisticated enough to give you that exchange minimum margin amount or if they will charge you a full margin for each position, is...