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Daniel, Thanks for correcting me. What I'm saying is that a buy-stop TRIGGER at 810 with a limit to buy at 809.75 worked in the past when the Globex stops were not native. I think there is enough noise in the minis that this type of order works overall. Of course I'm watching it very...

Garbo, You can get a home equity loan (i.e. 2nd mortgage) but can't refinance the original loan? That doesn't make sense to me, but I'm no real estate expert. Off the top of my head, I'd say the Eurodollar is your best bet to hedge against the prime rate, but maybe others will have better...

A Universal account allows you to trade both futures and stocks in the same account.

Hedging delta does not neccessarily mean limited profits. E.g., I have a few SPX Dec. 975 calls for free (I actually have the 975 puts fully heged, with some profit built in). Will the spoos go back to 975? I don't know, but if they do, or at least get fairly close, there could be some great...

I like Sweet Surrender by Sophia.

Nowadays, I don't even look at my equity curve because my personality doesn't like 80% negative days either. Let me explain: I used to trade futures options on the floor. Premium selling does not suit my personality very well (I know, I know, I need to play both sides), so I was almost always...

I gamma scalp off the floor. There's definitely an art to it, and when you adjust has a bit to do with the size of your cajones. The more you can let your deltas ride in your favor the better, because your deltas increase as the move progresses. I've seen some traders put in resting...

For some reason I thought you were using Qlink and Qcharts. Disregard my previous post if you're not using them.

You can set up an array that has prices every 5 minutes, e.g., and can be as many rows as you like. =qlink|bars!'es02z,5,90,dto,headers' This array formula gives you the Z e-minis every 5 minutes, 90 rows long with the date, time, and open. Then just run your BB formula off the data in...

Thanks Def.

A buy limit trigger at 810 with a limit order to buy at 809.50 worked before on Globex....it still does on A/C/E. Try it. Does this type of order work for anyone else on Globex or did this change since Globex orders went native?

That worked in the past, but I can't get the IB TWS to take that type of order anymore. It says it's an invalid order. E.g., the buy stop trigger is 810 but my limit is 809.75. Does this work for anyone else?

I did not know that. Thanks.

You bet it can happen. It's one of my issues that I'm working on. In my situation, I'll have a good run of trades and then give a lot back because I feel like I don't deserve it, or that I didn't work "hard enough" to get it. Screwed up thinking, I know, but at least I'm aware of it...

I had a sell stop today in the E-minis at 860.50. In the last 5 minutes of trading, I saw prices trade through this level and my stop order just sat there. I sold what I needed to when I realized the stop order wasn't executing (filled at 858.75) and cancelled the order. I'm not a happy...

What's next for LU and NT? Bankruptcy. That's what the charts say.

For futures options, the call and put are the same price when the underlying is at the strike. E.g., if the underlying is 80 then the 80 call and 80 put are the same price. This is not the case with equity options. For futures, there's no dividend and no cost of carry.

I used GNI a few years ago and I was very satisfied. I thought they were very professional.

I disagree. I think the opposite will occur so I'm much more optimistic. Technological innovations come from the private sector, and they will always be one step ahead of the government. The demand for ways to erase the paper trail will create new encryption techniques and possibly a new...

Blueem, excellent post, and I DO vote Libertarian! In many ways it's sickening what the U.S. has become, but it was bound to happen sooner or later...