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why would it be a wind up? Thank you FullyArticulate for a concise reply. So with options you can only ever "write" if you go short? I am used to only two types of buy/sell - options are new to me. That's the whole story. Does it mean the A*S*S*H*O*L*E*S have to come out on parade?

Ok, so I own PUT options on ES. So far so good. What happens if I want to sell them? I mean I don't want to become an option writer, right? But the CME indicates that that is what a "seller" is. What I want to do is just get rid of the options I already own. What is the process here...

just went through some backtesting of a new system and had to pull out my little book of back testing check points and realised I left out an important one: Let system profit = profit and B&H = buy and hold return for same period as system test then : profit > 0 AND profit > B&H +...

I would have thought that GC and other internal VM mechanisms actually make not just code but the whole system run quicker over all so any execution losses for individual processes is made up for by long term systemic gains (I mean my machine stays on from 07GMT until around 23GMT).

most backtesting is total fantasy simply because a bar with four values (open, high, low, close) is smoothed with respect to time. In realtime the OHLC relationship is never determined until the bar actually closes (will the close really be ABOVE the OPEN, is that current LOW going to be the...

C# better than both...

Mark Brown: "i told him they should be paying me to post." I think they should!! So few actual "elite traders" on this board makes people like Mark Brown a gift... thanks Mark, for all that's worth.

if some parameters "close" to the optimum produce negative returns then you should RUN AWAY test all paramaters across a gradient -> randomly fluctuating returns = system is CRAP run on slightly different time frames (in your case different vol bars) -> randomly fluctuating returns =...

I have check the eSignal data redistribution rules and also the CME rules and it seems clear to me that I, as a subscriber, actually own the data but cannot redistribute to others. I other words I can do what ever I want to data that I store and collect, but not give it to other people. I...

all the really good systems people out there, the ones with C manuals under their pillows and 5000+ trade forward tests will understand this comment: leave systems alone. trade discretionary, please!

thanks amnesiac, so then 0.01 - 1 tick... and 6*25 = $150... I really want to see data but I am unsure if a GLobex feed will give me NYMEX real time data...

just21 (or other miNY traders): is this maths right: QG index goes from 7.78 to 7.84 = +0.06 0.06/0.005 = 12 ticks 12 * 12.50 = $150?

does a CME Globex data subscription get miNY data, or it always necessary to sign up to NYMEX?

Guys (and Gals?) - I am searching and scanning my arse off at the moment for a particular market: 1) equity or future 2) reasonable b/a spread 3) medium to high liquidity (=5 min resolution is liquid and not discrete jumps) AND (this is the cruncher): 4) as little sideways movement...

Is it possible in Ninja Trader to set up stops that are local only to my PC? I have been having wierd issues trading SPY with IB where out of the blue a stop triggers when last trade price is nowhere near the stop and the sale that results is usually by exchange TMBR... so what I want is...

Guys, I know there are a million threads on this, but they all seem to have their own twists... I want a PCIe NVIDIA card that will support 2 DVI monitors. I think I want "passive", which means no fan right? At some point I want to load a second card, but at the moment I only need 2...

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hey guys, I know nothing about options and hope that some of you more experienced lads can help me out. I am wondering about the various options exchanges, what the difference is, who is better for what. I am very confused by how many there are! Would you all agree that the top three...

Does anyone have any solid knowledge on the way that the mini futures contracts relate to the actual ETFs in the main day trading sessions? I mean, do they move in tandom. like exact mirrors? Is there a lot of arbitrage at divergence points? As an example, could you trade CBOT dow minis...

the last reply there re: hyperthreading/multithreading is so lacking in knowledge that I will only address it by so commenting! I am hoping to get a trial of ensign - like 2ticks said there certainly ain't no universal medicine when it comes to charting packages but there are some incredibly...