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Can someone answer whether the Non-Professional Securities & Commodities subscription which IB says includes all stocks, futures and options would include the e-minis (GLOBEX) and bonds (ACE)?

Now that I have selected Non-Pro, GLOBEX is no longer showing up. Thanks for the quick response, BTW

I currently trade the ES and was interested in adding bonds on ACE. I logged into my IB account to see about adding ACE. I already had GLOBEX selected. I saw that there was ACE and also ACE with Market Depth listed at $0.00 charge, so I selected ACE with Market Depth. After later reading the...

That's hardly the point. It's one thing to post a URL to another site, it's quite another to start copying information verbatim and posting it elsewhere.

doher - Since I am the one who has taken the trouble to gather and post this information on behalf of and for the benefit of the participants in Woodies Paltalk room, I am disturbed to find it duplicated here in whole on Elite Trader. You simply have no right to do so.

Ensign for one. http://www.ensignsoftware.com/

Freedom.

Excellent post! I have had this exact same experience. This had led me to try and step back and see a somewhat bigger picture. As a consequence, I have quit daytrading for awhile to swing trade the ES. This swingtrading perspective allows me to put on trades with wider stops and have the...

I would be interested to know if any traders here are swing trading the ES/NQ using the Trade Prospector swing trading bulletin. I have been a subscriber for some time, mainly for the SR software and daily commentary. I haven't been using the swing trading entries and exits, however. Is...

Ensign/Esignal http://www.ensignsoftware.com/ Ensign still only has 5 days of tick data, but you can build any constant tick bar you want, although I have noticed it doesn't work so great when you get over 800 ticks/bar or so.

Linda Raschke's dog trades better than I do. At least he hasn't lost any money in the markets!

Thanks Old Trader and Commisso for your very constructive help. FWIW, the swing system I discussed has been traded and backtested over the past 5+ years. It has produced 500+ points each year with a max DD over that time of 90 points.

The only thing "easy" about this is losing money :D

OldTrader - any thoughts on what would be a good direction to look for buying on weakness and selling on strength? Using the VIX perhaps? Also, I am getting confused. 2-3 points isn't worth the risk vs. 2-3 points daily makes you legendary. How many average net daily points is respectable...

No, this system uses a profit target, a crash stop and a SAR at the EMA.

Another good short term indicator might be trading the slope of a 15 period linear regression line on perhaps a 50T or 100T chart.

I have been doing some research into swing trading the ES/NQ. One system I am looking at uses a single EMA on 30 min charts. It has several years of backtesting and looks to average 2-3 ES pts per day. On one hand, this seems paltry. The travel range of the ES yesterday was something like...

I am trying to trade the ES with support and resistance in conjunction with time of day. I am using floor pivots calculated with yesterdays high, low and close. I also use daily price lines that include the open as well as yesterday's high, low and close. In addition, I have the Trade...

While I'm at it . . . What else do folks consider in determining significant support and resistance. Previous major highs and lows? Gaps?

OK, I have taken every indicator off my 5 min ES candle charts. I have displayed YH, YL, YC, Open, P, S1, S2, S3, R1, R2, R3. The obvious move in hindsight for today - 9/13/02 - was to buy the S1/Open at approximately 881 and sell the pivot at 892 for an 11 point gain. At what point should...