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Awesome entry (one tick from HOD?), congrats!

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I use the 5' ATR as a rough guide of my maximum stop and see if I'm comfortable with it (so right now I'd be trading with a 30 tick stop), or if I'm not, I don't trade. However, if I see the euro or the S&P turning sharply against my position I tighten the stop. Also I try to start my trades...

Well 5 minute ATR-14 stands now at 33 ticks... My experience with trailing stops is that they work if you play them really tight or really wide (and then exit at some target), but if you try to go "middle of the road" you tend to get stopped out at the worst possible points. Now I move...

Nice trade! Yes, I think the same

My second day trading CL (a couple of years ago) I lost 1500 USD (one contract) on inventories - careful!

Mabenn, you are aware that Oil stocks are going to be published at 16:30 ET and that you should expect a gap and considerable volatility at that time, right? (Just checking ;)) Best trading, Jorge

Ouch! Thanks WaveStrider, same here (it's missing the first hour and a half, though).

Still no news on this?

Yes, I use it too to time my entries in all risk-related assets, so it really sucks, but it's better not to get too upset about it or it will affect your trading when the datafeed is restored.

I'm in Spain - no data here yet. My account is with IB **UK**, could that have something to do with some people getting data and others not?

Granville, Yes, they have an outage report at their web page, but they don't specify what the problem is. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/systemStatus.php?ib_entity=llc I'm getting the data through thinkorswim, but it tends to lag a bit. Best trading, Jorge

Thanks TrailingStop, I know, but right now I'm not getting any data at all, that's why I was asking (to see if it was a problem at my end or theirs). Thanks for the clarification, though. Best trading, Jorge

OK, thanks Granville. Best trading, Jorge

Hi, I'm not getting any TICK data in IB, is it just me or somebody else experiencing the same issue? Best trading, Jorge

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/business/28trader.html?scp=1&sq=traders&st=cse Johnny is alive and well. He had the sense to prepare himself before putting his money at risk. Best trading, Jorge

Scalper, thank you for the hint. Problem is in NinjaTrader every single window (order entry, charts, quotes, etc.) counts when you click through, so you could easily have to click through 20 windows. Thanks anyway. If anyone uses hotkeys with IB or with NinjaTrader 7 Beta, I would love to...

Take a look at that spike in gold. They think it was a torpedo and it seems they (the South) fired back at another ship (the North's) http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/ Best trading, Jorge

Also: Best trading, Jorge

1) Get a (second) job 2) Save as much money as you can for a couple of years 3) At night, read on trading and study the markets You may still fail then, but at least, if you succeed, you will make some money - nothing more frustrating than having a good spell with a micro-account. Best...