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I just started following the ZN this week (I usually trade YM or ER2). What are some indicators or indices that tend to be positively or negatively correlated to price movement in the treasury futures (similar to how one might use tick, trin, and stock indices in trading stock-related issues)...

Thanks to all for the responses. They were very helpful. I talked to her about it yesterday, and she understood and agreed not to ask me during trading hours; although, as I suspected, she said she can generally read my face to tell whether I'm having a good day or not before she asks (I've...

My wife is encouraging about my daily trading, and, academically, she understands that losing is as much a part of the game as winning; however, in reality she gets wildly enthusiastic about wins and gets a crazy panicked look in her eyes over losses (I have a successful full-time, non-trading...

If you're a US taxpayer, you're breaking the law simply by failing to declare ownership of 10 percent or more of any foreign company. The tax havens do tend to have very strong privacy laws, but is it really worth the risk?

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I think of moving averages as similar to Edmunds (edmunds.com) True Market Value price for a particular car -- an indicator of what everyone else has been paying for the same product. Even though it's old data, I know that, in general, I don't want to buy above the average or sell below it (I...

It sounds like 5 free cancels for each execution.

Sorry, I misunderstood your question. You might be certain that in a particular batch of orders, only a small percentage of shares bid will get filled; however, that would be gambling for your broker. What if all of your orders got filled resulting in an amount of money that exceeded the...

I might be mistaken, but my recollection is that stocks which trade below a particular per share price ($5.00), are not considered to be marginable. So it may be the stocks you're trading and not your broker (although the specific share price cutoff may be determined by your broker).

I use Briefing.com's platinum service for real time news. I would appreciate some feedback on how this service compares to some of the more expensive services such as Reuter's, etc. with respect to being timely and thorough in reporting. Thank you. Regards,

You are correct in your basic assessment of scalping. It’s a strategy that less dependent on specific market conditions and less likely to result in an account crippling loss on a single trade (although many small losses do add up quickly). Stock positions that are held for less than a...

Jerry, I don't have a number below the bandwidth, just a "-". I do notice that the bandwidth is now around 250 to 350 since changing to IB quotes and IQFeed backfill (and the 0.10 refresh thing).

Jerry, IB quotes with IQFeed backfill is working perfectly now. It appears that I have all of my historical ticks, and my quotes are coming a bit more quickly. Thank you.

Jerry, Right now I'm only getting a half-second delay from IQFeed relative to TWS, and my bandwith is floating between 1700 and 5500. I don't know whether those are large numbers or not. I mailed support as you suggested, and they sent me the IQFeed backfill update files. Thank you...

j_medved, Thank you for the info. Perhaps you can help me with my backfill and quote problem. I'm using QT with IQFeed, but I'm unhappy with the 2-3 second lag on the data stream to the charts and T&S window in QT (relative to quotes in TWS). I was hoping that I could use IB for both the...

Does anyone know if this is possible, or does the 1-week backfill that IB now offers only apply to the TWS charting? Thank you. Regards,

I would appreciate any recommendations for books that get into a lot of detail on the effects of tweaking indicator parameters, application and suitability of indicators with respect to specific types of markets, etc. Thank you. Regards,