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OK, Alt instead of Ctrl did the trick :)

16 trades, and tons of cursing from 2pm onwards ..... -0.75 pts nett. 6 winners. Missed the lunch break runner - I've decided not to trade lunches - as well as the final cratering at the end since it was 4pm already (although in retrospect, that was a nicely formed wedge). I need to find...

Well, back to the drawing board. I was completely destroyed by the chop in the first 45 mins, a problem compounded by the fact that I jumped a few signals and paid the price for it. What made it worse was after the 4th stop loss in a row, I noobed up and doubled my size. Of course, the market...

Better to be late than too early (i.e. wait for the damn signal to finish forming!)

Ok, did anybody else's Window Grouping button (you know, the little coloured boxes next to the Minimize button that links your windows together) in TWS dissapear? I'm using the browser based version, and I can't find it anymore since this morning!

How do we take a screen shot of the Trades window for IB? I hit Prt Scr, and it takes a shot of all my monitors in a tiny lil pic ..

+10.75 points on the ES, 6 winners, 3 losers, 1 b/e. Missed 2 points from the start - I still havent managed to figure out a consistent way to take the very first signal at the open. Took a gamble on NENG and was once again reminded why not to buy losers: -$1,500

Scratched out 1.75 points on the ES. 13 trades 7 winners and 1 blooper that caused me 2 points. Tough day overall for trend following systems, and as much as I hate scaling out, it cut me some slack on the stops today. For the week, I'm up 22.75 points, +18,247. Most of this was from...

Sierra Chart allows the display of indicators in numeric form? Nice! I used to have it on my computer in the past but never bothered to really play with it much. Thanks for the tip!

It looks pretty decent if you're RTM

Newb trader here with a quick Q if someone is kind enough to help out: For CL, what would be the equivalent to 10,000V charts on ES ?

thanks for the answer, Nodoji. Didnt realize we were not supposed to have discussions here! Taking every signal is something i'm working on too - i know in the long term, its the only way i can trade comfortably in size. One way I try which is effective is to grit my teeth and tell myself to...

Oh, and seeing as this is a P/L thread, I managed to eke out 2.50 pts on the ES today. I find it easier to scale up if I keep track of my results in pts rather than $.

Nodoji, I apologize if I am prying, but do you rank your signals by strength? Because I've seen you mention on a couple of other threads how you skip signals, and I was just wondering, if a signal is a signal, how do you decide which to take or pass?

Thanks for all the replies. I'll check out IB's partner program for some quotations, though I suspect for what I require, a college grad is all I really need. This debate / discussion on fixed fee vs commission is interesting though. I can think of a few other strategies I'd like to test and...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone with experience working with system developers on their strategies could share some of their thoughts with me. I'm a computer noob - working with formulas and basic macros on Excel is fine, but I don't think I can write what I need without a lot of intensive...

Hi, Anyone with experience with the IB API, is it possible to display the results on TA indicators in numeric form, instead of just on the chart? For example, lets say I have a list of stocks, and I'd like a column to show the 50-period SMA based on 5 minute bar close. I'm looking to...

If you mean an offshore company, there are plenty of firms that can do that for you. The two I have experience with is Ocra Worldwide and Equity Trust - slightly pricier than the single office private firms, but they have locations globally, which helps alot in what I do. Incorporation will...

The jibes are well-deserved, I should've phrased it better :) What I meant was, if I wanted to test out RTM strategies, would 20-MA Bollinger Bands and x std-deviation be an approximate measure on a daily / intraday basis?

I apologize in advance if this is a really dumb question, but when I read about RTM strategies based on x number of std deviations, how does one calculate that on a particular stock/future? Is it based off a MA, like Bollinger Bands or Keltner? Thanks