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    Exotic Options

    Hi all, I would like to get a thread going about exotic options, specifically: American Barrier "One Touch"(Digital or Binary) & "No Touch" (Digital or Binary) Options. I would like to discuss strategies for using them: Hedge underlying positions using options... Hedge option...
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    Simulation software or website

    Zeppelin, Not sure if this is what your looking for but it helped me when I was getting familiar with options, it will help you simulate different positions and see what can happen when different greeks change etc... I don't know of any actual real time trade simulators...
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    Best Backtesting software

    Can't even believe you forgot that one wdbaker
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    Anyone Using IB for FOREX?

    This was at 5:14 pm Mtn time eur/usd 1.1031/33 usd/jpy 117.12/15 usd/chf 1.3296/00 gbp/usd 1.6064/69 These rates smoke about everyone, the eur/usd is almost always 2 pip spread I trade here daily wdbaker
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    traderNik, I was in your shoes also until I moved to the 1/2 tables, It seemed like I couldn't get ahead at the .50/1 tables on paradise. I don't want to tell you wrong but you might give it a try on the 1/2 games. I have less variance now and slowly grinding out the wins. Just a thought...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    Ron In-a-sauna, Not that I should be giving advice since I'm new but you might try going with some small to medium pocket pairs in middle & late position if you don't think you'll be raised and back off on all but the big suited & unsuited connectors for draws, when I'm doing bad the small and...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    All, Someone pm'd me and wanted to know where to learn hold'em so I put together a list of all of the things I have checked out so far that seemed worthwhile. http://www.twoplustwo.com is like the elitetrader.com of the poker world. many great authors & tournament champions post there...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    All, I started playing hold'em seriously saturday, total of 5 hrs between saturday & sunday, took a $100 off of the 1/2 tables. Not a lot but looks like I might be doing something right. Need more time obviously before I can be sure it wasn't just luck. Just wanted give you all a progress...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    All, This is great software, my game has definitely begun to tighten up, I think I have stopped the leaks and hopefully will start seeing some profits soon, started playing two tables at a time today, keeps me from being bored and playing cards that I shouldn't. This is so much like trading...
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    Tips for writing a mechanical Trading program

    I think they were hacked, all of there partner links go to cnn.com wdbaker
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    Thanks Mr. Subliminal, I will probably take you up on the help, I started with lineup0.lup and was smoking it, just playing like most of the books tell you. Then I tried lowlim0.lup and I was the one who got smoked bad, even following the advice I got my but kicked. this is exactly what...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    All, I got my package in the mail today, works great, now if someone will tell me the best way to set it up so that I can learn to beat the Low Limit games on Paradise Poker... Man there are a lot of ways to use this thing, definitely not just your average casino card game program that you...
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    Ensign vs. Amibroker

    I like it alot :) And although some may think the programming is complicated, I believe it is much easier to get started with and much less complex then TS or WL, I looked at these before I found Amibroker. As stated above, their forum is prolific and the author will bend over backwards to...
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    Forex trading with Oanda

    No, I trade at OANDA and have had no problems, during the hours that other major countries trade almost always a 2 pip spread on eur/usd. I can not speak to their solvency or licensing. wdbaker
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    All, I'm glad you are all saying good things about this software, I think it was about $89 or so, not a lot of money but glad to know that I didn't waste it. I guess I should have checked with you guys first, didn't figure anyone here would have used something that specialized for poker ...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    Thanks Mr. Subliminal, that makes me feel better about my purchase, tell your mom I said Hi :D wdbaker
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    Hey all, Decided after much research to purchase the Turbo Texas Hold'em Software from http://www.wilsonsw.com it sounds like it would be comparable with a high end strategy back-tester along with the ability to play hold'em and be coached while you play, wish they had something like this for...
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    FX questions, trailing stop

    All, I am currently using OANDA to trade, does anyone know if there is a way to use a trailing stop on this platform, if not do you know of another platform that has more advanced features like this. Has anyone found intraday data for EUR/USD for like the last year, need it so I can back...
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    Poker and the Beginning Trader

    All, I am trying out this hold'em thing and am amazed at how I get the same feelings that I do with trading, I think that this will be a good way for me to get emotional control with out risking huge sums of money, for example, I was winning nicely at the .05/.10 tables and then move to the...
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    Software for Scanning/backtesting

    Try amibroker.com I think it will do what you need, good yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ one of the most prolific groups for a vendor product that I have seen. You can hook it up with esig realtime and it is the least expensive I've found. imho simplest language to...
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