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my trades today: CLN07 42 lots 40.96 net ER2M07 218 lots -678.20 net JYM07 20 lots 163.39 net YGM07 1 lot 45.34 net GC

I should have noted above that I am trading ones ands twos, but it adds up. Only when the market is very busy could one do it with size, and then one has to deal with with the management of partial fills. I am swing trading and scale trading some other futures in a separate account from...

OldTrader, I am fading moves that seem to be exhausted. After a good move you see price vacillating and you would be surprised how many 5-6 point gyrations happen in a period of a minute or two. Actually the wilder the market is the easier it is to pick the extremes. The hardest is a...

The last few days have been pretty wild. I actually have been trading more ER2 because of the tension in that market is greater at the moment. I start trading CL around 7:30 EST and in most days I am well ahead by the time open outcry starts, usually pulling of 5-6 3-4 point scalp trades but...

I scalp CL, but at some point I was trading NG off CL, by that I mean I would grab NG if it was lagging on the way up or sell if it was lagging while CL was dropping. While the bid/ask can be wider then on CL the swings are also bigger so one can set one's money targets wider. This of course...

my trades today CLN07 23 lots 119.12 net ER2M07 88 lots 580.72 net JPYM07 1 lot 20.46 net GC

Definitely, as long as you don't expect 37 intraday $200 plus gyrations like in CL. IB has just introduced the NYBOT contracts with the data feed being 1 British Pound/mo. Electronic trading is the greatest thing. The increased participation it brings is going to transform most markets...

My trades today 72 lots CLN07 283.20 net 36 lots ER2M07 709.68 net 6 lots JYM07 -14.74 net GC

The Yen and Crude Oil sometimes influence the indices. GC

Ursa, I do not use bracket orders or stops. I scalp CL for 3-5 points and ER2 for 20-40 depending on market conditions and I am in and out quick, so I have no need for all those strategy features and visual clutter. I do better with a static setup, don't even use DOM because that way...

Sugar is a great directional and spread market when it's moving but I would not call it a good daytrade market for screen traders. There are so many more active contracts then Sugar, and longer sessions. (this is from a guy who used to be a local in the ring) As far as I can tell the...

I understand some people use Platt's. GC

I have tested Buttontrader and Ninja but decided on keep using the basic TWS and added Sierra Charts. Button and Ninja are both more complicated to use then TWS. Since TWS has only 5 minutes of 15sec charting and TS does not have seconds increments at all Sierra (fed by IB data) which...

yesterday: CLN07 27 lots 603.28 net ER2M07 9 lots 264.50 net today: CLN07 86 lots 454.08 net ER2M07 5 lots 60.90 net I was ahead more before CL open outcry started. GC

Are they buying the front or selling? My guess would be they are selling the front, buying 2 second months and sell a further out. Please comment. TIA GC

TS - Tradestation GC

I scalp CL from Brooklyn, technical trader, using a combination of TS and IB. GC

PJKIII, Thanks for correcting me on that. GC

As a scalper I keep track of momentum rather then key numbers(looking at too many numbers and deciphering their relationships numbs me) so, to keep it simple I have the first 4 month of CL overlayed in a combined line chart under a one minute bar chart in TS. This is not my setup for scalping...

I am a scalper in CL but I keep an eye on the spreads. The movement of spreads is always greater in magnitude in the fist and next month and lessening with each successive pair(at least that is my observation). Also the liquidity may be spotty as one goes further out. According to an other...