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  1. Sam Mcgee

    Scalp Trading Challenge

    It's free to register with LBR but here's the link: https://www.lbrgroup.com/images///tooI_kelvin1.pdf You could also test the method with Ensign Playback or some other playback but it's not as easy as Autotrader. In most instances you have to set a target of 1 point and stop loss of 1...
  2. Sam Mcgee

    Scalp Trading Challenge

    Here's a challenge for anyone interested. You can sign up for the free membership for Linda Bradford Raschke: https://www.lbrgroup.com/index.asp?page=Login On the articles tab, there is an article from Kevin Ho, called "Scalp Trading Methods". In the article he lists 6 different trading...
  3. Sam Mcgee

    Some investment advice?

    Bufferman, Someone told me today about ASL Direct. I talked to a "Adrian Limus" there at 1-800-404-4891. Tell him Marcel sent you. I found out that I could purchase Abria Arbitrage fund through them and any retainer fees or commissions would be refunded to me, which could be thousands each...
  4. Sam Mcgee

    Some investment advice?

    I was looking for something like that too this week. Something that would pay more than just 1 or 2% bank interest but nothing too risky especially considering the high valuation of stocks and bonds right now. I believe that you're from Canada and that's where this company is based. What I...
  5. Sam Mcgee

    Level 2 DDE Link

    I'm at work so I don't have access to the file to check it but I believe that the dde.xls file that comes with your TWS download can display level 2. If you have TWS on your computer, you can find the dde.xls file in this directory: C:\JTS\excel
  6. Sam Mcgee

    Something like a hedge fund at Interactive Brokers?

    Thanks for the tip cashola, I was thinking of doing that, just checking off the question about the million dollars to become an accredited investor. Guess I'm going to be a millionaire a little sooner than planned. Do you think the auditor will believe me if I tell him our Beanie Baby collection...
  7. Sam Mcgee

    Something like a hedge fund at Interactive Brokers?

    Here's a web page I just found: http://registeredrep.com/ar/finance_hedgelike_funds_mr/ The funds are kind of what I was looking for. Whether they are easy for me to purchase or if their performance is as good as some of the better hedge funds with a high minimum is another question.
  8. Sam Mcgee

    Something like a hedge fund at Interactive Brokers?

    Would anyone know for Interactive Brokers, if any of the ETFs offered are similar to a hedge fund? In Ontario Canada there is a strange rule that unless you have $1,000,000 you need to invest a minimum of $150,000 for any hedge funds so I'm searching for alternatives.
  9. Sam Mcgee

    Spyware Runs Rampant, Study Says

    The loss of privacy from spyware is a concern but the bigger problem I find with it is that it can slow your computer to a crawl.
  10. Sam Mcgee

    IB/Excel time orders

    I prefer alanm's suggestion of entering a timed order right in TWS but there is a "dde.xls" sample file that comes with the TWS download. You should be able to find it in the "C:\JTS\excel" folder on your computer. You could modify that file and use the "ontime" function of Excel's visual basic...
  11. Sam Mcgee

    converting numbers to shades

    You have 56 colors to work with but you can customize those colors to 56 different shades of gray as follows: On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Color tab. Click the color you want to change, and then click Modify. To restore the default color palette, click Reset on...
  12. Sam Mcgee

    Manual Backtesting

    I find in most cases a manual backtest is lot faster. I can scroll through a chart and check a method for about 30 trades much quicker than I could program something. 30 trades is usually enough to tell you if a method is worth further investigation. I've attached a simple spreadsheet that I...
  13. Sam Mcgee

    Free CBOT mini data feed QUESTION?

    You can use the free data from Scottrade and run it in Quotetracker. You won't have emini data but you can get data for DIA, SPY and QQQ which should be pretty close.
  14. Sam Mcgee

    Could anyone advise a cheapest chart software for e-mini futures.

    Free: http://www.quotetracker.com/ <$10 a month: http://www.sierrachart.com/ Nice trading playback/order entry program that works with either of the above charting programs ($60 to register): http://autotrader1.home.comcast.net
  15. Sam Mcgee

    Can anyone recommend broker/software for Canada?

    TD Waterhouse has a minimum commission in Canada of $29. If you can afford to pay this at least 10 times a day you must be doing pretty good! I'd love to learn your methods. Take a look at Interactive Brokers Canada. They have Canadian accounts and they're supposed to be adding RRSP accounts...
  16. Sam Mcgee

    Sound effects .wav

    You can make custom audio files here: http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html Check off "Display a link for the audio file" so you can save the file to your hard drive.
  17. Sam Mcgee

    Iraqis Drag U.S. Corpses Through Streets

    There's a solution for all the woes of the Middle East in America's own backyard: http://www.growley.com/war/can-oil.html (Beside's I'm long on a lot of Canadian Oil Companies)
  18. Sam Mcgee

    Anyone know of E-libraries?

    I agree with this reply. I have a shelf full of Trading books that I've spent a small fortune for. In retrospect, I could have gotten most of them on interlibrary loans. It's not as quick or convenient as ordering from Amazon but at least when I find a book that's useless I'm not out $50 each...
  19. Sam Mcgee

    Excel Technical Indicator Formulae

    Thanks sptrading, I looked at Analyzerxl but they have all the formulae for the indicators hidden.
  20. Sam Mcgee

    Excel Technical Indicator Formulae

    The formula for RSI is as follows: RSI= 100-100/1+RS RS = (total price gains/n)/(total price losses/n) n=number price changes RSI could be calculated in Excel as follows: Set up a column of 14 prices in column A. (A1:A14) In column B, calculate the difference of each price...
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