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Dear Mr Sub, I'm gonna miss your journal. I wish you the best :cool:

Yep, I know what you mean... There still is a difference between earning a little with a crappy job and losing a little (a lot ?) with a non working system.

Disclaimer : I don't know anything about the Trader's Paradise system. I just ask myself : How can someone could quit his job because he had a 14% return in one month and a half ? I won't quit any job until I see this kind of return during one year at least. Ok, my system is...

Here is the answer I got from IB : That confirms my thought. At this time, it seems that the pb is solved. I can connect through my regular ISP. Thanks Def, I'm going to look for another cable/dsl ISP as a backup and let you know what's going on.

My experience is the same. In the meantime (i'm in a good winning streak), I have fear that my actual results is only due to luck or market conditions and not to my improving skills. How long does it take to have such a confidence that you know it is not only luck ? I even remember a...

That is what I call a quick answer ! Do you know if it would be a permanent change ? Anyway I don't like this because nothing tells me that one day I won't have the same problem with the .com server ... :D

This morning I couldn't connect to TWS. I did a ping to gw1.ibllc.ch to check the server. I had a time out reponse. When I did a ping to gw1.ibllc.com, it was ok and in the other side I could surf on the internet correctly. My internet connection was ok. As I have a cable connection, I...

Glad to see you back ! Thanks for the details. I've got it now. Good luck for tomorrow.

Someone complained about missing a big profit by spending all his day at scalping. That is a usual thing. If he traded, let's say the hourly time frame, he'd complained about missing a daily or weekly profit... Trading multiple time frames ? I gave it as an advice. If you are frustrated with...

I don't know any traders physically but a few in french forums. I didn't even notice that IB offers stocks trading on LSE and DTB ! The only thing I heard before is that IB didn't want to support stocks trading on Euronext because of some clearing issues. Give ESTX50 a try.

In France (that's all i know about), brokers are mainly web based and their commisions are not cheap. Moreover, you've got some additive taxes (0.3%) as soon as you trade more than 7830€ (about 500 shares of a 16 € stock). However, you can short easily (no uptick rules). You can have 5x...

I had the same problem with esignal (couldn't subscribe to eurex market). I had to mail the support that dit it for me. Edit : It was a trial so may be it was a different case.

I totally agree. When you have a time frame, stick to it, be happy with it, and learn to be the best in that playground. If you want to trade a longer time frame, feel free to build another system. A lot of people are trading several time frames at once. The only good thing I can see with...

Good job JT. I'm just a bit skeptical on this rule : "Stop after first loss, unless first loss is first trade" It seems very harsh to me. My guess is that you'll be very frustrated with it. A rule wich is too hard to stick to is not a good one. I think that the 3 other rules are enough : if...

I trade the opening (9h00->9h45). I usually have 5 trades in this time period. My stop is 4 pts. The time frame is about 2/3 min. I trade 1 contract. Basically, I enter on a momentum based on charts/tape reading. The patterns that I play are : - buy on retracement / sell on a dip -...

When I saw this, I thought that I had found the reasons of your actual lack of success :D

Are you serious ?

9:00-20:00 (9 AM-8 PM) is European Time (Paris). That is 3 AM-2 PM US Eastern Time. There is less liquidity after 17:30 (5:30 PM) because markets are closed.

Aphie, you could have answered half of this by yourself, but here it is : What are the margin requirements for ESTX ? > if you trade with IB : intraday margin = 1938 € / maintenance = 1550 € Is esignal a reliable source for quotes? > 2 problems : their data lag 1'' behind IB quotes &...

Sorry guys, you are wrong. The ESTX50 contracts expiration date are March/June/September/December. For more infos, go to www.eurexchange.com