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The point in bringing it up is because it was relevant to the problem I'm experiencing and it was relevant to the questions I was asking. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83604&perpage=6&pagenumber=483 So then my thinking was if you annotate an FTT a bar after...

I spend hours a day searching ET and reading. That's not the problem. You've provided me with some very useful links, but they are links to material in the journal that I have not yet reached. If I read your links I will be skipping ahead. If Spyder wanted us to read about these earlier...

Thanks Callmate for the links. I'm definitely going to be studying them. They're from the month of September and I'm currently finishing up May so that's why I haven't seen them yet. I love spyder's charts and that's why I check the IR thread to see the charts and compare them to mine...

I must admit I have conflicting feelings on this advice. On one hand I trust you and will take your advice. No more sim until I get to the point in the journal where you say we should sim. On the other hand, it seems unfair that the people who participated in the futures journal were able...

Hi ivob. It's great to hear from you. I especially appreciated your feedback in the futures journal and it's great to get personal feedback from you here. First I will admit my annotations on the chart are not perfect. I often draw in the tape before the 2nd bar is finished and sometimes...

Avi 8, thank you for your feedback. You address an important issue with the MADA and the sim, and I think this can help me with some further clarifications. I remember seeing MADA but I'm not sure where. I don't remember seeing it in the futures journal. Was this introduced in the...

It was exactly two months ago that Spyder told me to crawl, walk, run (http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1807702&highlight=spydertrader+cunparis+walk+run+crawl#post1807702) so I thought it would be a good time to ask for some input on my journey. In that 2 months time...

I've read that you have to call and ask. I'll let you know, I'm going to ask to change to the European (Swiss) servers. Kiwi - thanks for the info. If all goes well I'll be trading more eurex so that I'll have a more normal 9-5 job. So I'm going to try the european server. I'm not sure...

I trade 50/50 German euro stoxx 50 & US S&P ES. If I change to the swiss server, will TWS shut down at midnight my time or midnight US time?

I'm wondering the same thing.

Interesting. I also found this: http://twsdde.wikispaces.com/Ticker+Data+Demo for my limited needs I think this will work. I'm going to try when IB comes back online..

I have an excel file with my portfolio and I'd like it to automatically update with the latest stock prices (as it is now I copy/paste them every few days at EOD). I know this is possible with DDE & IB but I can't find any documentation on it. Can someone post an example?

I was looking up the StockScouter ratings on some stocks in my watch list and comparing them to IBD's stock checkup overall rating. I found several that IBD had in the upper 90's and StockScouter had them as 9 or 10. So I thought they were in sync. But then I found several more stocks that...

ET99 - This thread has been very helpful for me. I didn't know anything about HSI before finding this thread. Well I knew that it traded odd hours that could potentially be interesting for me, that's it. I'm now following it (watching, not trading) on a daily level. Analyzing the charts...

I use quotetracker, but I want to scan for stocks from the entire stock universe.

I spend a lot of my time scanning stocks manually to see which are bouncing off trendlines.. I'm wondering if it'd be possible to use a scan for this. I know the drawing of trendlines is a bit subjective, but if a human can do it I think a computer can too. So does it exist? Is it possible?

IB software is pretty basic. The charting isn't good at all so I use something different but I place trades using their software. I think I might purchase buttontrader or brackettrader or something like that though once I learn the limitations of IB's software (for now it's ok)...

This year I'm trading 2-3 days a week and working as a consultant the other days. I just spent 2 hours reading through threads and google searches on the issue of taxes and one thing isn't clear to me. My expenses are next to nothing, unless one counts commissions. Internet, books, and a...

This is what I'm interested in doing. Can you tell me, are the normal trading hours the 9-4 of the US? Do europeans trade this? I don't understand how this works. It's weird to have people stop trading the futures at 4 while the rest of the world keeps trading forex. Also, how do you...

I added both euro fx 6EH8 (and today 6EM8) and euro e-mini (E7) to my IB watch list and I look at the charts. The volume seems to be a lot less than the ES & YM. Is this the case? If so, wouldn't that make the spreads bigger and less advantageous for trading? Also, what are the best...