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Breakout, Sorry, what period does a 133t chart use? I gotten used to a 10-min coz I felt that there would be more false/fake moves in the shorter periods. But I think you are correct that there are more breakouts/breakdowns. In your case does this mean you take very small gains (like...

sorry bout that. I'll try to clarify better. I trade based on 10-min charts and take positions when small bases either breakout or breakdown. I usually just use a simple moving average to get the trend (and use it to watch out for resistance or support). But lately, I've noticed that after...

I dont take overnight positions and trade on 10-min breakout and breakdowns. I was wondering though, what are good indicators that allow you to 'confirm' the momentum of the breakout/breakdown and what signals you guys use make these confirmations. Thanks.

That was a good explanation. my question now is if your margin is 1000+ and let's say you are down a few points, ex. you bot at 1 contract at 900 and now its at 860 (so loss is 50*40= 2000). How does that work? you're out of the game?

When you guys speak of futures does it always mean the e-minis? I can't seem to understand (I'm sure I'm confused somewhere), when experienced traders keep saying that futures (I'm not sure which ones) can be used to circumvent the PDT rules. Because in what I've read so far, it seems...

I trade stocks and read a few interesting posts on futures, but I don't really know how they trade. Where would be a good place to read on this. And what 'issues' do you guys suggest I monitor to get a hang of it. I use IB, & I know they have futures trading available. Also, how do...

I'm not too versed on rebates, how does that work. Do all brokers give that, and on what types of volumes?

I trade on breakouts and breakdowns, but am curious how guys trade the range between support and resistances. What are the indicators that you look at and when do you cut on a trade (what would the signal be)? Also, just as there are issues that breakout/down more than others, I noticed...

Just wanted to make a survey on how scalpers cut their losses and how they take profit, do you use: 1. absolute terms to cut? if so how much? 2. %-tage terms to cut? what %? 3. chart pattern 4. others? pls specify. Thanks. Just trying to see how you experienced gurus make the best...

does anyone here use ib's tws platform with a 56k modem/ISP? reason i ask is that my backup will be such a 56k line, and i noticed before with some brokers like datek, it is very difficult to go around navigating the buy/sell screens, porfolio, etc with that speed. just wanted to get some...

so is there a way to easily check your 'balance' so as not to get a call, without having to stop and calculate for 10-15 seconds when you're about to place an order? or it isnt as easy as that.

I just opened my IB acct and am getting used to the platform at this point. I'm only a stocks guy so my acct is a stk margin one. The account has been funded, but I cant seem to find where it says something like "funds available for trading", which I assume should be 2x, considering I havent...

hope you guys dont mind my ignorance, what are SSF, and what do they offer? Any place to read up on them? Thanks.

are bullets only available in prop firms? are there any retail houses offering them?

that's good to hear, coz i heard some others have problems with it. I think cybertrader cant go behind one (or has quite a bit of trouble with it). Thanks guys.

I'm not too versed in futures, so just wanted to ask how much of a leading indicator does the nas futures show for the nas' actual movement? and how good of a correlation? thanks.

i'm new to IB and am using a router connection, which works fine. Just wanted to know if any of you guys use IB behind a firewall and if it works well or not. I'm thinking of using zone alarm. Thanks.

whats the code for nas futurs in ib?

thanks for all your help. got the funds in today.

This may sound silly, but in the deposti notification of IB, I filled out the amount and bank/broker only. Is this enough? And under bank/broker, I put Ameritrade, which is what I assume is the new entity. Should I have put Datek? Will this cause a problem? Thanks again for all the help.