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daily or intraday?

Look at the Dow mini's over at CBOT. They were up and running during the Globex outage and a lot of folks hedged over there.

I think you're looking for the OCA (One Cancels All) order. I use them all the time and they're great for my swing trades. You need to activate the OCA column first (see the help file). Then when you enter the stop and target order, put an OCA code in that field. For example, I'll enter a...

Check the Forex forum. Might also try www.moneytec.com (sorry, Baron).

Preferred is right before common, if i remember correctly. Usually means squat with the debt load companies carry nowadays. They can't even get all the bondholders paid off in full.

Congrats flogger! Certainly encouraging. I'm still waiting for the click.

The above prompts a question to the group: I'm averaging about 2.5 points per day on ES, but I've only been at it off and on for a few months (after stocks dried up). Is this 2.5 a reasonable figure to continue to expect or am I in the beginner's luck phase?

Two possible ways come to mind: 1) Measure the percentage of time ADX is above 25 (pick a number) and increasing for each time frame. 2) Calculate the effiency ratio on each time frame, taking net movement and dividing by the gross (up and down) movement. I think Kaufman did some work with...

I've been trading the ES only a for a few months and I don't get to do it 100% of the time. I mainly trade off the price and volume, s&r, and patterns. My trades can be anywhere from 10 minutes to all day, typically only 1-5 trades per day. I don't do overnight. I'm the "slow and steady" type...

I concur. The first hour is decent. Then pack up shop. I've just never had much luck trading the Fed news, with all the fake outs. Perhaps if my patience improves..

I have severe doubts on Kmart. They will be operating under a lightened debt load and perhaps an upturn in the economy will put wind in their sails. However, the boat's still leaking. Do you remember Service Merchandise? Near my house we've got a shuttered Kmart right next to a shuttered...

Check with the broker. There's usually a way to sell it and officially close out the trade.

I don't about the 1500 est, but there is a Fed meeting tomorrow and Cisco (after the bell I think).

I'd suggest this thread be moved over to the Journals section.

You want your reoptimization period adjusted for the timeframe you are trading. It would be silly for a swing trader taking 3-5 trades a week to reoptimize weekly. If it were me I would use a reoptimization period that typically covers a statistically significant number of trades or setups...

I had a problem when placing a bracket order with a stop limit entry awhile back. Since you couldn't attach a bracket to a stop limit I'd create a new limit order, hit bracket, and then change the order to stop limit. Come to find out the bracket orders were only good for the day, although...

Oh Lord, I see another wedge forming. Or is it a flag? (11:20 est 1m on ES) Damn things are all over the place..

Just another example of people seeing different things. I see your point (now). It was a good Fib support level. But at the time I saw the hard breakdown below the support at 910 (likely sell stops lurking there aided by eco news right about then). This followed with a very minor pullback in...

I used to have the same pblm when I first used IB's TWS and loaded the Java applet. Try unchecking the Use Java box. Leave the 3 MS VM boxes checked. Make sure you quit and restart IE. This fixed it for me on Win2000. When I update the Java applet now there's a spot where it asks me to use...

A lot of data providers use the "=N" option to filter NYSE prints on listed. For example, something like "IBM=N" works in eSignal and First Alert (don't remember syntax exactly). I used to see the same thing when I did opening orders. Some idiot would take an ecn bid or offer way out there...