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Brother Nitro, I will have to disagree with you. Knowing what the news is not important, imho, it’s the market’s reaction to it that matters. However, I do believe its’ important to know when the major reports come out so you can stand aside. Now, let’s go back to Friday’s price...

Dowfish, There is a lot to learn about futures contracts. First, in commodities where physical delivery takes place like oats(your example)you can stay short up to a few days before contract expiration before you offset your position with a buy because no one can force you to make delivery...

Listed, Go to the control panel and double click on the display icon. A window called display properties will come up and it shoudl be showing the theme tab. Go to the pull down menu under themes and you should see the choice Windows Classic. That will give you the older look. Good...

Hi Baggerlord, I noticed you are using Nextrend for charting. How did you write on the chart that you posted? Backwardation

Thanx TMtrader. Backwardation

Does anyone no the proper symbol to chart the globex traded euro with quotetracker using IB as the datafeed. Backwardation

Quote from Girlpower, [/b] Hi Natalie, I believe you have reached the proper conclusion. Backwardation

I just fixed it by updating my version of quotetracker. Thanks for the quick response TM. Backwardation

Is anyone else unable to login to IB's datafeed with QuoteTracker. Backwardation

Hi Guys, I use IB and run Windows XP on my machine and I am not experiencing any problems. Try this, go to internet options and click on the avanced tab. Scroll down until you you see the Sun Java box. Uncheck the box and reboot your machine. My TWS works great and I do not have conflicts...

Nitro, I'm available to talk about spreads in person. What do you want to know. Backwardation

Hi riskreward, What you describe in your post is not spreading. Spreading focuses on the differential of price between instruments and one's belief that the the differential will get larger or smaller over some time period (days, weeks, months). If you Spread 5 eminis es against one big S &...

Hi Girlpower, What you observed the chinese people doing in the park was Tai Chi, its a form of exercise. Chi , Ki, etc. are the same thing, the name varies with language and culture. It refers to ones inner strength or power which is very important to the practice of martial arts. Its is...

Hey Nitro, I assume you are talking about options as a way to enter the soybean trade. Options are a very different ballgame. Trading spreads are like other types of trading as far as holding periods go. Keep scalping the Market Backw

Hi Markus, In all honesty I missed this entry, but I would have entered at around 72.00. When I look at this type of trade. I like to see it bounce off support before I enter and based on Friday's price action you could have of covered your costs in the trade and made some profit with part...

[/b] Markus, If it breaks above -69.00 I am with you. Backw.

Here is another interesting spread chart. It demonstrates the concept of entering a spread at a support level that has held in the past. This will be the second time this spread has traded down to this level. Will it hold, time will tell. Backw.

Hi Wavetrader, I looked at the NOB spread today after the close and it looks like a potential opportunity to sell the the NOB on 5/6/03 if it trades below -35.00 I have attached a chart for your review.

Has anyone else had trouble logging in to Nextrend the past 2 days?

Thanks you J