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Bronks, I have been reading your journal everyday and find it very interesting. You have been getting a lot of good advice about finding an edge or setup rather than trading on hunches or what you think the market is going to do. You stated you don't know how to develop a method. Here is...

Spark, I don't think your first question can be answered, there are too many variables that are unknown. Generally, futures offer more leverage than stocks, but that is a double-edged sword. Visit http://www.cme.com/httpwrapper.cfm?wrap=/wrappedpages/clearing/pbrates/PBISHomePage.htm for...

I think that you are mistaken about Refco shutting down the prop trader platform. They are shutting down the Refco electronic (formerly PMBe) platform. Take a look at http://www.pmbinc.com/ and read the first paragraph.

Spark I use tradestation 6 (http://www.tradestation.com) for real time charting. There are many other subscription services that also offer real time charting. A couple that come to mind are quote.com and esignal.com. Also, take a look at CME.com. I think they also have real time charting...

No here are the margin requirements http://www.cme.com/httpwrapper.cfm?wrap=%2Fwrappedpages%2Fclearing%2Fpbrates%2FPBISOutrightEQ%2Ehtm&beginAfterRE=%3Cbody%5B%5E%3E%5D%2B%3E&endBeforeRE=%3C%2Fbody

If you are referring to the quote.com live charts you can get the 24 hour charting by clicking on the chart tab and then selecting "all sessions (24 hour chart)"

Craig, thanks for the offer, I am happy with what I have for now. If things change, I will contact you.

I have to log in from a website, so I guess I don't have the stand alone version. To my knowledge I don't have PIG in the Dome area. I don't use the dome feature much, so I am not that familiar with it. I enter most of my orders from the hot keys or from the hot quotes window by either...

Thanks GeorgeSoros I have two separate accounts, one uses 2.8.0.2D and the other uses 2.8.0.6D. I hate to show my computer ignorance, but I don't know if it is standalone or web based. How do I tell the difference?

How do you uncheck the verification? I have set up some hotkeys in J-Trader, but I still have to verify my orders and would like to eliminate that step.

Trader777, I just figured it out. Thanks again.

Trader777, thanks for your help. I have set up a trade ticket with a market order which will pop up with a function key. I guess the default is set to buy. Is there a way to set up another function key to bring up a market sell order ticket? Thanks again for your help.

Can anyone help me with setting up hot keys for market orders in the J-trader platform?

I should clarify that the $2,925 loss per contract is based on the opening price on 9/17. The other major market spikes that I can remember in the last three to four years have been from surprise interest rate announcements by Greenspan. If I remember right, a couple of those surprise...

I don't trade the dow e-mini, but I do trade the S&P 500 e-mini (ES). To give you an idea how much you would have lost if long the ES when they closed the market on 9/11, you would have been down 58.5 points, which is equivalent to $2,925 per contract. I would practice by trading the actual...

Is any one else having problems today with the charting? I am able to get quotes and time & sales but my charts are all stuck at 8:20 (Pacific Time). This week, I think I have had problems with TS almost every day. Prior to this week, TS had been very reliable for me. Is any one else...

inputs: FastLength( 12 ), SlowLength( 26 ), MACDLength( 9 ) ; Plot1( MACD( Close, FastLength, SlowLength ), "MACD" ) ; Plot2( XAverage( Plot1, MACDLength ), "MACDAvg" ) ; Plot3( Plot1 - Plot2, "MACDDiff" ) ; Plot4( 0, "ZeroLine" ) ; { Alert criteria } if Plot3 crosses over 0...

Sterling, Do you know where to get the Linda Bradford Raschke CD you mentioned.

Mike, you are correct in that SuperCharts and Tradestation were independent software packages that required an independent data feed. I am not sure of the evolution of the software, but the latest version of Tradestation that works independently from Tradestation Securities is Tradestation...

Read through this thread http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4225