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    YM data feed on TradeStation

    Quick question... I've been reading around and I'm a little confused on the price of the data feed to trade the YM on TradeStation. Several posts here have mentioned $55 but when I look at TradeStation it says $10 for the CBOT mini contracts. From TradeStation: CBOT Data Package #1 -...
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    Loosening up your stops?

    Thanks for the tip on ATR. I'm not too familiar with it but will look into it a bit more and try backtesting with some stops based on ATR and see how that plays out! I don't typically do trailing stops with my setups but that too might be worth a try...
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    Loosening up your stops?

    Yeah, that makes good sense. I know playing Monday morning quarterback is really easy and I tend to do that with trades; looking back and thinking "what if..." But as I looked at today's trades and last week's (which isn't typical, but lots of volatility nonetheless) I just started noticing that...
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    Loosening up your stops?

    Thanks, Victor. Yeah that's more of what I was getting at: setting the stop larger in the first place, not adjusting the stop during the trade. I think I'll give it a try here over the next few days of certain crazy volatility and see how that works. Thanks, again!
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    Loosening up your stops?

    I've just been practicing with paper money here while I formulate gameplans and such for trading the YM. I've been trying to stick to a 20-point stop in all my trades and more often than not I'm getting stopped out. While I understand the setup is the most important thing I'm just finding it odd...
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    Hello from a new trader with questions

    Let me clarify this, for the record... I was more implying that I wasn't going to be asking about strategies RIGHT NOW in this thread as I'm more interested in the topics at hand (broker, software) and would pose these questions down the line possibly in different forums. As for "gut...
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    Hello from a new trader with questions

    Thanks for the heads up on RightEdge; I wasn't familiar with them!
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    Hello from a new trader with questions

    Hello all! I've been reading here for a while and really love the support and advice given here! I’m currently doing swing trades on stocks and looking to become a far more active trader and think that I’m going to give day trading Index futures a go. I’ve been trying out paper trading...
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