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Hi Def thanks any comment on this. I need fast data into the cell.

I still don't understand what you are doing with entry stop or even how much money you have to trade with.

I think that these pairs are too efficient. This is very complicated mathematically to pair trade. You have the index value, the capitalization of the ETF, then you have the share price, and multiplier on performance....traditional spread trading modelling suggest using implied volatility...

Hi guys. I am intimidated by the IB API syntax. Please help! GOAL**** 1) Send RTD into Excel Cell from IB API (10 cells -- 10 symbols) This it. I need RTD into the cells. I can't find any REALLY basic instructions on how to implement this functionality. All I want to do is have the...

Much better instruments to spread against each other. You didn't say how large your margin equity is. These instruments are not capital efficient! 1) You want to obtain LONG/SHORT exposures to index like NASDAQ 100. You should buy NQ future and sell ES, YM, or RTY futures using same...

Actually, I was in college doing a math degree and I didn't have any money for opening brokerage accounts/data feeds. I was using forex demo accounts to practice trading in my spare time and needed to be able to test indicators that I was interested in on real data. I ended up just...

It's giving me de ja vu. Remember when ELON squeezed the shorts on TSLA with a couple of hot TWEETS? TRUMP is doing it bigger and better with U.S.A CORP and the SEC can't touch him! The TEFLON DON!

The general public does not understand futures. It's kind of like options. The instruments themselves are complicated. The material advantages of Micro's over an ETF, like capital efficiency, ability to fine tune notional exposure, spread risk, and trade overnight are probably too complex to...

T-BONED AGAIN! LOL !!!

Jeff, you're mission is to become a quantitative synthetic futures speculator! You have the perfect background to do this! Just read my thread https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/index-spread-traders.335197/ and make sure you understand ALL of this stuff. And I mean all of it. Forget...

Let me just make one thing very clear. ---------- I DO NOT TRADE USING AUTOMATION ---------- So all of the comments about getting hanged using an automated system are just hot air from this idiot REDP1800. When I said systems I meant using ThinkScript to develop custom studies and...

RTY is a great contract for trading small and learning. You have to learn how all of the indexes relate to each other and how they behave. Dow 30 NASDAQ 100 SP 500 MIDCAP 400 RUSSELL 2000 RUSSELL is the smallest of the E-mini equity futures. It's $50 multiplied by the value of RTY which is...

I want to say that Bone probably knows more about this than me. I really do respect him because he is one of the few members on this forum that is careful, thoughtful, and intelligent. His advise and comments helped me find an edge. So for your question. HFT CASH AND CARRY ARBITRAGE. Let's...

Go ahead and read my other comment. I got edge for days bro.

I'm interested in trading the index options. Now, currently I trade index futures but I am considering the NDX options and SPX options in the future. I am familiar with Reg-T for stocks and SPAN for futures but know nothing about index options margining. Just a couple of questions. I like the...

I'm the even smarter guy that knows how to use this to see the future!

The HFT firms are performing arbitrage with ES, NQ,YM, and RTY against the underlying stocks, as well as synthetic portfolios that approximate the performance of these indexes. This arbitrage uses colocation and program trading. The secret part is that some very smart people with deep pockets...

I guess I'll give my two cents: 1) Spread positions and control exposures. 2) Trade Management is absolutely crucial. I like flexibility in the positions I have more than anything else. 3) Situational awareness. What are other related instruments doing? 4) Secret sauce. I monitor...

Can get small, swing them, whatever....similar to the new micros in some ways.

I prefer ES outright, but those index spreads are useful for some types of price action, that's all I'm saying.