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maybe try symbol name "ER2M5-GLOBEX-FUT" that is what I need to use in another app to get data from IB

what bubble? people sure love using the word "bubble".

Government I-Bonds give you about 3.5% at the moment. If the U.S. government can't fulfll its obligations money would be the last thing to worry about. Maybe buy some gold just to be really safe, or foreign currencies in a stable country where you see yourself relocating if things go...

you'd get a good feeling for a system by looking at the equity curve also you need more trades to be able to tell what's going on

all it is is an opening range breakout from the 1hr range. take a night and try to code it up, it's not hard and you'll learn a lot in the process

perhaps take a look at this thread http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44092

in just the first chapter of "education of a speculator" there is the account of VN short (or long?) the yen for millions, where he had to sit in front of the computer for days before being able to sell off at a loss he also talks about making agreements with his wife about cutting him off...

I don't know the period your are referring to above (04/06/28-05/03/31) but yes this type of system has worked pretty well on the Russell 2000 (especially emini). Just look at the daily charts, very large and clean movements in both directions. But as Spike500 pointed out, to backtest using...

maybe you want to re-read the following portion: "Absent any improvements in June, we expect our trading results to be worse this quarter than they were in the third quarter last year, which was a terrible quarter," Dimon said during an investor presentation in New York. In the third...

ES looks insanely good, other contracts not so over several years, but tradeable...

nice way of wasting time I suppose but the solution appears more from clicking randonmly then from using your brainpower I guess the "only 4000 ppl in the world" line gets to people... but how many in the world have ever tried the game? :D

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problem with that is that certain variables work during certain timeperiods I had some fun testing 30 futures markets using a dual sma\ema cross system, works great when you optimize, but not so well in out-of-sample testing

No but real estate speculation, in particularly flipping is not productive in the same sense Don't confuse the end-result with the inention of each individual market participant if you honestly trade in order to infuse liquidity to the market then more power to you, but I have a hunch...

I must say flat5 is right on, I guess that divides the camp if ET:ers speculation is all about gaining wealth through risk, some speculation is more measured than other for those that justify their trading with the idea that you "provide vital liquidity to the market"...please...that may...

I find the no-limit games the best for boosting your bankroll In the ring-games you can be as tight as you want but really cash in when the odds are in your favor Just see your buy-in as a % trade, eg. if you have $1000 roll and you get in on a a buy in table for $20, that's 2% of your...

I have no idea what you are talking about, unless your size can't be readily absorbed, how can it become more expensive? it's all relative, commissions, slip, risk, emotions

because the ES sucks for volatility breakout systems

don't even post these threads, let alone read them either just go for it or forget it with than mantra I should just log off right now, just something about messageboards that keep you coming back....

if you're older then Kendall might be an ok choice, hell if your that "old" might as well stick to Ft Lauderdale or Boca or somewhere inbetween taking 95 south for a weekend cruise to south beach isn't that much worse from ft lauderdale than from kendall if you're younger, and by younger I...