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As I'm sure you are aware these have not started trading yet. Please see the following thread already underway: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=4853&goto=newpost One of the new major exchanges that has been formed for SSF can be reaced at the following website...

Your Wish is my command.

After all this past week's string of outages I think most everyone would like to have temporary amnesia regarding IB. Hope switching the switch does the trick. If it hasn't already, this latest episode should burn the term "backup broker" into every trader's cerebral cortex.

It really depends on how your datafeed sends data for the particular symbol you are looking at. But for most symbols a tick will be a trade (meaning there can be equal ticks). For some of the pit-traded futures a tick is a price change. For electronic futures a tick is a trade. For stocks...

Chris, One other question for you based on your formula. In the example you listed $400 as the max loss. Is this a per-contract loss? Thanks.

Just wanted to post this to keep up to date the rolling record in this thread for today's outages. (from the bulletin popup window) I also experienced intermittant quote outages. The reason for this as I understand it is because one of the main internet routes went down and IB was rerouted...

Or leasing a seat (like 3K/mo for CME).

Like I posted before, based on your history there is no way you can keep your mouth shut is there sabena ? - except when requested to post anything of substance then you are painfully silent! Is the website up and running? Didn't think so...

Chris, I'm trying to understand your formula. You are really risking 15% of your account on each trade? If I risked 2% of my account on a trade by your formula I would have: 10,000 x .02 / 400 = .5 or 1 contract (if you round up). This doesn't make sense to me. Am I interpreting what...

Globex was closed on Friday. http://www.cme.com/news/shownews.cfm?NewsItem=000D4E4E-BBD9-1C98-B13780EDBEFB0000 1148.5 was Thursday's 9:15 close of S&P.

I don't know if it is still the case but the CBOT electronic system used to prioritize large orders over small orders. That would be fair for the large orders but not as fair for the small orders. And to the other point I don't think GLOBEX or any electronic trading system should care about...

I'd say that the odds of the loquacious Sabena keeping mum for several weeks, let alone months is next to nil.

Allesim, What Archangel said. That is the beauty of the Globex rules - it is fair because everyone has an equal chance. There are other electronic platforms that I have heard about that give the little guy the shaft but Globex uses time priority so whoever has the quickest fingers wins...

Shortee, I must bow to your more senior status and agree that although the length of the previous posts was sufficient, relevent content was lacking so I will accept credit for one post.

sackbut See also: Music Instruments (sak´bet), Renaissance name for the slide trombone, probably derived from the old French word sacqueboute,which means pull-push.The instrument achieved its present form in the 15th cent., the only differences being a narrower bore and a smaller bell...

It is threads like these that make me wonder if posts should be required to have a minimum # of characters to count as a "post". In that case let me introduce you to a few things I've learned while browsing the web: Arctic Circle See also: Arctic Ocean imaginary circle on the surface...

I doubt he'll ever shut up even after. He'll probably call for 2 out of 3!

You mean you're going to make it all in one month and you've never traded before???? LOL :D Ask Greenie to loan you 2 Mil so you can get that 1 Mil return! Who knows? If you do well enough you might even get his personal account for your hedgefund.

ROFL :eek:

His silence tells us that the only trading he has done is Big Mac for Quarter Pounder.