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It is sure futs help thanks to leverage. On the other hand, you can use margin with the cubes and soon with increased margin room, it will become more rewarding. Why not futs ? Well, I prefer futs, but I must consider all traders. Trading the futs often means open another account and split...

For an independant evaluation of systems for futures look there : http://www.futurestruth.com/topten.htm Some of these systems are working for a while. But it can be misleading too. For instance the Onix system seems very good, it is number one. But actually since march it is constantly...

Yes, Jeffrey is right, it is easier to trade when it is not your money on the line. If you always only traded for others I can imagine you have a very hard time on your own. Psychology is also critical in system trading, just like in other types of trading. It is not true that because it is a...

Of course you can make money with system trading. There are many ways to make money. The reason it is interesting to trade other people's money for a fee is leverage. At least for me. I have several systems, but trade only one with my own money. The other systems are traded for other people...

Well, I still do not understand why you do not look at the brokers evaluation section of this EliteTrader web site. The brokers you mentioned are there with many comments from their customers. Now that you know which ones do allow foreign accounts [please add Interactive Brokers to the...

Hi Def, Is it true IB uses it ? But I guess we can't access the API anyway through JTWS.. just curious. vpiNeo

what is the FIX protocol ? Where can I get info about it ?

hardware latency is important. But cable may suffer complicated routing forcing many hops by the packets. This bring delays. Results vary per location, hardware and provider. The only way to know what is best at one is to try it and measure the time it takes packets to get from your...

Yep, that's THE problem with cable. Performance depends on where you are precisely. There is no other way than trying and then again, it can deteriorate when more users get connected later on. A good 33.6 modem dial up is much better than a poor cable connection :( If you have ADSL...

IB takes very little bandwidth.. In fact most internet software takes little bandwidth. I did use a 33.6 dial up [much more stable than 56K depending on modem/ISP compatibility] to IB, eSignal and later QCharts and chat etc... no problemo. IB does not use level II [many level II active at the...

Armaniman, Right On ! and that's true for Nasdaq index too, of course. There are some other good comments in the 'intraday indicators' thread. HawaiianTrader, I agree with you it was a mistake to try to chase the home runs. How many died that way ? Changing time frame is another serial...

just do a search with these names. There are several threads discussing these and other chat rooms to death.

Cesko, I am not sure this thread is only about entry setups. At least it moved beyond that. I agree with you the exit is the most important. It is related to what I wrote about money management and position sizing. They are related to the risk [in other words : the exit]. I pyramid IN and...

Remember we are talking only about daytrading I agree with Price/Volume being the key. I use systems and indicators. And no, surely I would not use a system widely available and 'public'. I see Price/Volume and their fractal movements as the internal structure of the market. To make...

It is the firewall, no doubt. You would need to ask your network administrator to open a route to IB server. The information is easy to get from IB. It might be more difficult to explain your boss why you need that :) Some proxies may have a 'client' program you run on your PC. Then the...

MyTrack has another feature which is nice and should be with any broker imo. They offer Order Cancel Orders, this is explained above and work the same. They offer also Order Sends Order. This means when one of your order is executed, it sends right away another order. This might be an...

you can likely use interactive brokers from Italy. Price is good and for your style of trading no problem at all. check them out : http://www.interactivebrokers.com/

vvv wrote ; > hehe, who cares about calls?? I tend to disagree. Calls are not the most important thing in trading. that's true. But most traders need them, they can scan for them themselves or follow others, but still you need calls, so a source of good calls is a good start. As a matter...

The thing is you can very easily check it out for yourself. Join Waxie for his free trial and be amazed. When you read Waxie talk about himself you'd think he's either a God or full of himself [or something else]. The fact is, his calls are good and if you understand trading you can make very...

Well... you missed Waxie at Trendfund.com