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So my QuoteTracker has an option for "Heikin-Ashi candle technique." In the linked pic, the top chart is DELL today (1/16/07) 2 min chart. The bottom half is the same chart with the Heikin-Ashi candle technique applied. What exactly does it do? The top chart seems pretty untradable, and...

I googled that word and got user results here.

So it seems like just about every chart I look at with QuoteTracker gives me some funky data around the end of the day. Does this look right? Look at the candles during the last hour or so compared to the rest of the day. wtf? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ironfistx/wtfcandles.jpg

Please do. Because I'm just starting out with intraday trading and I'm trying to find the magic system with indicators. So far I'm not doing so good :)

In for backtested results. edit - I would do it but I have no backtesting software. Seriously. If I had backtesting software I'd probably spend 5 hours a night coming up with stuff and backtesting it. edit 2 - As I read this thread I have XMSR's 2 min chart up on my other monitor, and it...

bump, because I was just about to post this exact topic but I searched first. QuoteTracker has this Ergodic indicator. it also has something called Ergodic Candle Oscillator. I also see it mentioned from time to time, but a google search didn't turn up much. It seems to be like a faster...

Interesting. Thanks.

I have an nVidia card and I have mine set to "Dual View" which treats it as two independent monitors. Their other option is called "horizontal expand" which treats it as one big monitor. If you have Horizontal Expand selected, when you maximize a window it will fill up both monitors (because...

I've never understood why people pay so much for monitor stands. I have two 17" LCD monitors. They sit next to each other on my desk. I've seen stands for two 17" LCD monitors that are like $400. That's more than I paid for my monitors themselves!! If you want 6 in 2 rows of 3, why not...

If you go with more smaller screens (not that 20" is small at all, since I have 2 17"s), you will have the following advantage: You can maximize a window and it will fill up ONLY that monitor. That is awesome. If you get two 30"s or whatever, if you want to look at multiple things each...

Whoa, they're free! In for info.

Less than 0.01%. But I only made two round trips last year :) Now, paper trading, then it would be way higher.

I said VOL, which dropped 12% on Friday. Not VLO. But you are right about VLO. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=VOL&t=5d (5 day chart in case someone clicks this link on the next trading day) Open $63.18, close $53. It was a pretty steady downtrend all day.

I guess I'm asking for tips on how to do that. Rhody, you said you use volatility as a guide. Are there specific indicators you use for this? Is there any free software that lets you backtest indicator strategies, like "go long when MACD turns positive and CCI crosses 100 going up and...

thegazelle, Thanks for the detailed post. I will read it again when I get home from work today. When do options typically expire? Is it a certain week each month or something? Rhody, I do like indicators, but I keep reading that people who have become successful tended to go from...

So is it bad that I don't know the first thing about options?

So I never realized how hard this actually is. I've got everything I need. I have a margin account. I have QuoteTracker (thanks to the Software forum for the recommendation). I have two monitors (at work and at home). I understand basic candle formations. I know many of the indicators...

I would assume that scalpers would run into this more than people that don't trade as frequently, but assuming you haven't checked "mark to market," doesn't this make your taxes impossible? I would assume that if you're making many trades per day they can't ALL go your way, so you're going to...

You were in at the low and out at close to the high? Nice.

$100k in an account to trade with. $900k in a 5% account to return $45k per year off of which to live. I could live on that much knowing that I had $900k in reserve.