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hehe....this would be funny if it wasn't so tragic

I think we're looking at slightly diff times ... in general, ibfx is spot on the market, just a tad slow to react, in fact ... I know this because I have an app that uses ib/efx feed to arb off.

gmt

Here's a snapshot of the offending chart. I have friends using ibfx as well and their charts look totally different to mine. And the fixed spreads promise is garbage. eur spread regularly blows up htroughout the day and almost always now around figures. Imho, ibfx is a fine so long as you trade...

either I've been a victim of some serious individual pricing or ibfx really isnt worth looking as. On most days when volatility gets to a certain level the spreads go wild. eurodollar freq goes from 2 pips to 8 pips. Admittedly I sometime take advantage of the slow feed they have but to...

I dunno if this reply was to my post, but the exit strategies are used to price your stop level. Take a look at the link and you'll find that most of the recommended exit strategies are based off volatility

take a look at some of the exit strategies employed here. http://traderclub.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?107/107 I find that a combination of a number of exit strategies works best to account for most market conditions. The proportion of your position you want to assign to each strategy...

If you're on a long haul flight, not tired and have seen all the films why not trade if there's the possibility to make some money? OF course there's overtrading but I would rather work my ass off now and retire early. Whether or not you think trading on a flight is a good idea, the fact that...

oh dear ... s/Bucketshop/shut up equaliser/g

find someone you know with bloomberg and you'll be able to get everything back as far back as you want

weco g7

any reason why? I've noticed that quotes sometimes stop and the level2 data doens't always get events to cancel certain prices but apart from that I also wouldn't mind knowing what the main issues are with them.

I don't understand why so many traders refuse to believe that black box systems can be profitable, is it the fear of letting a program make decisions? I totally agree that the majority of profitable black box systems will never outperform the same percentage of profitable manual traders but it...

*yawn*

What's the problem with that. Shoudln't you be takign advantage of the different quotes? I know I'm making money off that. Anyway, if gwac is looign at longer term movse a few pips shouldn't make a difference

*phew* ... eyes popped out a bit when I saw 50%

50% or 50:1?

def, your reply is very encouraging. However, there is one thing that I'd like to clarify. For me, during a fast moving market, it is essential that I get filled on a trade and I am more than willing for this to happen at the 'new' market level if it has since changed (to within a certain...

perhaps yup!