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I too have been watching this wheat make this unbelievable run, but I have not joined the frenzy as this market goes not only up but down in seconds. True it has finished limit up for 4 consecutive days, but there have some pretty violent swings. I have read from a pretty reliable source...

what broker do you use with CQG?

I can read: Pricing OANDA will charge a license fee of USD $600 for the Library, after which the customer is entitled to two free months of use. Monthly fees of USD $600 will commence following this two month period, discounted by USD $50 for each USD $1M in trading volume generated on the...

i concur - you must use external charts with IB.

I have been an IB customer for just over a year after using etrade for 7 years. About 3 months ago I decided to give forex a go and for some reason did not even consider using IB. So I did my homework and decided to go with OandA. I recently closed my account and now use IB to trade...

where can you trade Minneapolis wheat? by where, I mean what brokers?

i read the same chapter and found it quite interesting - so I funded a new account (separate from my regular trading account) and promptly blew 5 grand trying to trade ER2 "between the candles" so, a word o the wise -- when playing with real money, don't trust anything you read.

All predicting the downfall of the US as an economic power need to remember NO BODY consumes like an American. It is in our DNA to spend and eat to solve any problem. Without the US consumer spending every penny earned, the Asian and European economies don't exist. Heck - even Saudi Arabia...

got your pullback last week in wheat, but it didnt last very long -- new highs in place - whats next??

I also use jTWScharts - but it is best geared toward intraday trading - if you plan on swing or position trading you might not want to try this.

Investor/RT by LinnSoft - has Ichimoku charts which I found hard to find in most charting apps.

Great Advice! I have been trying to trade grains for about 1 year and you have hit the nail on the head! I have found that the charts can help you, but you had better have deep pockets and strong conviction - as the grains will push you like no other market. I have had my best trading days in...

I know volume in equities usually drops off during this time and traders should go on vacation. My question is, does the same rules apply to the commodities (wheat, corn, soybeans, etc) and forex?

yes - there are some bugs. i can only execute stop orders since I upgraded to leopard.

just upgraded to leopard and can only do stop orders now. odd.

Just noticed you said you were running leopard and Ib was buggy - I did not upgrade for just this reason. I read a lot about Java and leopard not playing well together.

what was buggy with IB's TWS - I have been using with no problems for just under a year.

Can you expand on this? What exactly was happening. I had a couple of issues back in Aug with some grain contracts, but the developer released a barage of updates in Sept. and I have not experienced any issues since.

i use http://www.cannonfutures.com/ - only been with them a short while ( as a second account) but so far so good.

IB (http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/main.php) with Investor/RT (http://www.linnsoft.com/) and AutoTrader (http://www.autotradersoftware.com/) - 100% mac setup. You can trade & chart just about aything with these tools. note: I run from a macbook with an apple cinema display...