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But people were already saying the dollar's rally was unsustainable. And now more financial giants are collapsing without a bailout. It doesn't sound bullish to me.

Can you explain this better? I was watching the currency futures this morning and the DX (Dollar Index) went from -0.6 to -1 to 0 and now it's -0.19%. The euro went form +0.6 to -0.1 and now it's crossing zero. it doesn't make sense to me.

Can anyone explain why the dollar went back up after going down? I first noticed it down 0.64% and then it went down to -1% and then positive and now it's basically at 0. Meanwhile the British Pound & Euro both went down. Yet the Yen went up. Can someone please explain the dollar's...

I am trying to figure out how to get the CRB index with IB. I put CR for the ticker and select dec 08 but I don't get any data. I signed up for NYBOT/ICE and I do get data for the Russell 2000 so I don't know why it doesn't work for CRB Index. Anyone trading CRB Index with IB?

I believe this as well. Since I trade based on EOD data, I like to program my orders before going to work and I can't count on being at my desk to watch them. OK, cross is 1-2% of daily volume for nasdaq and 3% for NYSE. I should keep my volume to be less than 10% of the cross volume, which...

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Hi Sam this is a fascinating discussion. I originally sought answers to these questions many months ago (in another thread but also in this one) and I'm very pleased that you stumbled upon this thread. Can we look at a specific example? On 9/11 I shorted 500 shares of BAP on the NYSE. I...

I just recently got set up with intraday data so I'm going to do my backtesting and check to see if an exit at close, 30 minutes before, 1 hour, etc. which is best. Up until now I was going for close because that's the data I had for backtesting. How do I get the opening cross volume? I've...

Thanks for this explanation, your logic is very sound. I trade an EOD system and often I'm not at my desk at the open (I'm often at work), so I can't watch the open and try to time a trade. So I've been using market open. From what you've said it would be better for me to use market on...

Very helpful. You've explained what I've been observing (I'm kind of new at this so not really understanding what I was seeing until you explain it). Can you explain the advantages and disadvantages of putting in a programmed order to buy/sell at 9:30:01 @ market instead of MOO? Which would...

This sounds interesting, can you explain what the difference is inbetween the two?

Ok I subscribed to NYBOT and I now get the data for the big russel but not the emini. Weird. I tried oct & nov and no data. The big one for december is ok. I really had a signal today so I just sold the big contract. Hope I don't regret doing the big one. :)

How do I get the russel emini? I put ER2 and get september but dec doesn't have any data. For RUT I don't get anything.

I have a question about the dollar and the Committment of Traders reports which show that the commercials are very bearish on the dollar and are very short. While at the same time the large speculators are very bullish and are long. My question is how to interpret the COT report. I've been...

I'm quite surprised at Gold's price action. I look at the COT data and I see the commercials are buying and the large & small speculators are selling. I'm curious what this means. Under what circumstances can commercials be so bullish and the price not go up? Or is it just a matter of...

Stockfetcher is one of the scans I use to create my watchlists. Unfortunately it's end of day only (entry & exit are open or close) and for the stoploss it's very limited. For example you can't set the stop loss to the 5 day low at the time of entry. In your Amibroker example, I do not see...

Perhaps you are correct. Would you mind telling me how I could implement this "simple" system? It is very simple to do manually but to automate it, it seems to be quite complicated and require custom programming. Maybe Amibroker is better adapted for this? 1. scan a watchlist for the x...

I thought I'd update the thread with my status. My requirement has changed a bit, not only do I want to create my own index, but I want to run breadth indicators on it (for example advance/decline ratio) and not only that but I want to be able to use this in backtesting. So actually I'm...

Hi Tums, I found that post by Spyder. If he's using it that's a good endorsement. In fact, many famous trades use Genesis, there is a list of endorsements on their website. It's expensive and their data is expensive, but it just may be worth it. I'm currently evaluating NeoTicker. My...

I've got it narrowed down to these two but I can't decide. Installing the demos and learning them will take some time so before doing so I thought I'd ask here if anyone has compared the two. That could help me pick one to start. If not I'll post my experience in evaluating the two. One...