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    tracking the UK FTSE 100

    I'm trying to track the futures UK FTSE 100... I'm not quite familiar with which exchange I need in order to track this in real time and is there such thing as a futures mini UK FTSE 100?
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    shorting stocks, who loses?

    correction... So basically, the brokerage firm still holds the stock but has lost money on it and those losses has transferred as GAINS into your account
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    shorting stocks, who loses?

    i'm trying to understand the who loses when stocks are shorted... first of all, I understand that in order for one to be able to short a stock... the brokerage firm has to be able to allow you short the stock first of all. So this must mean that the brokerage firm has purchased the stock...
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    Daytrader show on cable tv

    My friend said that there was a tv series on cable earlier this year on the life of a daytrader... I'd like to see know if I can rent it at Blockbuster... anyone know what the name of the tv show was?
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    best site for global market charts

    i'm looking for the best site which allows you to view the major global index or index future markets at one time. Free if possible. If in real time or a slight delay. There are some sites that have these charts in seperate pages. I would like to see them all on one page or be able to...
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    time stock market opens/closes in each country

    I'm trying to trade futures of different countries (not forex) and I would like to know what time each countries stock market opens in Eastern Standard Time. For example, 4:00 AM Australia closes 9:30 AM United States opens 11:00 AM Japan opens 4:15 PM United States stock market...
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    best earnings TIME website

    I'm looking for a website that displays when does a companies earnings comes out (at what time?). If possible, display if they are small cap, mid cap or large cap. Thanks
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    Contract size and bad fills

    yes, using market order... we all know what a good fill and an unacceptable order would be. Consider what the average fill has been in the past and incorporate that in your judgement.
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    Contract size and bad fills

    Besides there being low volume at obvious times during intraday trading, can you please state how many contracts you execute at one time before noticing any major unacceptable fills. For example... Member 1... I trade YM and even at 100 contracts, I still relatively get good fills. or...
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    mini to full S&P contracts

    I'm a little confused with how DOM works... I have IB, does it have DOM? if you tell me how trading using DOM would be an advantage as to minimizing slippage. Am I pretty much putting a limit price if I use the DOM?
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    mini to full S&P contracts

    has anyone ever traded over 100 ES contracts? how is the slippage?
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    mini to full S&P contracts

    if I am currently trading 5 ES mini contracts... if I manage to profit enough to purchase another 3 ES mini contracts.... so now I can afford to buy 8 mini contracts, at what point should I consider moving on to full S&P future contracts? also, 1 full futures contract is equal to how many...
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    calculate market's fair value

    Is there a way to calculate the market's fair value? I read somewhere about putting 10 yr notes side by side with s&p's yield. Something about how much percentage the current market is off by...
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    tick by tick with Interactive brokers

    do you think it's worth paying extra just to get tick charts? I was thinking of purchasing data feed just for tick charts...never know really if it really helps with trading.
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    tick by tick with Interactive brokers

    I can't seem to get a straight answer from IB as to whether they support tick by tick with third party software such as sierracharts. I spoke to two people and they asked me to explain what tick by tick is. Does anyone know if they do support it?
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    free tick chart?

    so does this mean that there is no point in getting tick by tick if the spx updates every 15 seconds?
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    free tick chart?

    does this have free tick by tick?
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    trading china futures?

    Does anyone here trade Chinese futures? If so, how are you doing and what do you trade?
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    Any traders in Tampa, FL?

    I live in brandon too... what do you trade by the way? and are you in school?
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    free tick chart?

    Can you please elaborate on what does 10 tick means... Does this have anything to do with tick by tick charts? I'm running sierra charts right now with IB, but I can't seem to figure the difference between what a tick by tick chart versus a regular chart. I guess since it's after hours...
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