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    Hello forex traders

    Discretionary trades for the past five weeks. 7/28-8/28 Strategy: interpret/monitor price action. Hold trades for several hours or a couple of days. 3:1 RR Target 120pips flexible Loss 40 pips flexible 3-5% In week 3 started trading EUR only, prior to that I would trade CHF and JPY as...
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    Symbols for futures

    http://futuresource.quote.com/reference/symlist.jsp
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    Ooooops TradeStation!

    Just this week I started using NT6-Zen fire for executions and TS for charting(10rt), been with TS for a little under a year now and 8.3 build for a few months. Theres a slight lag with TS DOM, when compared with NT with zen-fire feed. time and sales for both are practically identical. I...
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    Zen Fire Vs Tt Connection

    I've noticed some brokers bundle zen-fire with NT, does this mean you don't pay exchange fees if you have an account with them?
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    Age roll call...

    25
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    What is a profitable strategy?

    Looks like more work needs to be done. Thanks for the feeback.
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    What is a profitable strategy?

    Hello, i've been backtesting a strategy on 12 currency pairs. i've tested as far back as two years for most. It's a fairly simple strategy that generates an average of 34 signal days per pair, per year. Long short it doesn't matter.The accuracy varies widely however. On one pair it's 47%...
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    How does USO compare to CL??

    well, got the AMEX feed ($1 with TS) and saw USO trade for myself. I guess i'm sticking to CL. END THREAD
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    How does USO compare to CL??

    Hello folks, I normally swing trade but decided to try my hand at daytrading a few months back. And what better contract to learn on then CL, right? Is USO a suitable substitute for CL. I trade CL with 15-20 cent stops. but I don't like taking $200 (1 contract)hits per trade when i'm learning...
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    Nymex Down?

    Yes, Tradestation rep said NYMEX CL halted. do you have an open position?
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    TS Quotes

    YES!, me too
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    Attention Swing Traders

    I hear you Mogul. Same thing happened with BP a few weeks back, I was stopped out by 6 ticks, then market turned and hit my target of 165 ticks. Short ECU07 @ 1.3473 MAE/MFE seem interesting I suppose current MAE 7 MFE 63 with profit of 38 if I closed(current 1.3435) Thanks for the feedback.
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    Attention Swing Traders

    How do you deal with small rallies or shakeouts? if target is 200 ticks and your up 100, how much are you willing to lose if position turns against you? :confused:
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    prop?

    thanks for the info
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    prop?

    Hello, I plan on trading equities through tradestation, where I already have a futures account. What advantages would a prop shop have over tradestation, or any retail account in general? I'm willing to do 10k with prop or 30k with tradestation. Prop not SIPC insured I think. My trading...
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    Tradestation trouble

    Problem solved, I was supposed to liquidate prior to the first notice date. My status was changed from active to liquidate. Rookie mistake I suppose. Thank you for your posts.
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    Tradestation trouble

    I had two open positions, but they were both profitable.
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    Tradestation trouble

    tech support 24/7, is what tradestation claims. I called and got an automated message, call back during regular business hours. yeesh!
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    Tradestation trouble

    I can't place any trades. All my orders are being rejected. Reason : Liquidating Trades Only - Compliance setting. Is anyone having the same issue?
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    Prop firm near Los Angeles?

    Hello, are there any prop firms (futures/equities) in the Los Angeles area??
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