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Is there possibly a valid argument that as emerging nations expand that they'll take up the consumption of coffee? Also, living standards in Brazil are on the rise and they may want better pay for their coffee picking? Any comments appreciated.

What is the advantage of trading fx when the spreads may be 4 pips [for the likes of AUD] when futures spreads are often only 1 pip I'm sure this deabte has appeared on the board before but any comments welcome

Thank you seadog and goldenarm, I have done some research and it seems you're right, it's just a matter of sorting out what makes sense and making an approach to a firm.

This is a good calendar

Hello, What is the nature of prop trading, what exactly is it? Can terms be freely negotiated or is there some type of industry standard terms, what would be typical, is the risk and reward shared. How is start made. I have a good long term track record and would like more information on...

Thanks for the reference to FIX. The trade didn't seem to get the chance to be rejected, there were sufficent funds, but it didn't even transmit. It was only to buy 5 BHP shares. There wasn't any error msg coming back that I'm aware of.

I have the very lastest sept 18th build of TWS. I'll ask the programmer about the api.txt version but I suspect that any versions used would be the lastest.

Has anyone encountered an "Inactive Status"? I have a Java based API which usually works well, though sometimes the order execution stalls and the trade merely sits there, without being transmitted. The error message coming back is "Inactive Status" . I can't find any reference to this in the...

I've always maintained some diversification into Ag futures, though it seems that although in the long term they are less correlated to stock indexs, in the short term they can be very correlated (eg the way cotton, sugar etc all slumped with the market in August). In a sense it is the short...

I believe Global futures offers a range of platforms so it may differ but on my RCG RANorder I don't have any problem hitting refresh and getting a realtime update.

In terms of getting a decent volume rather than just a good price, what are the best techniques to use? So far I have considered using MTL orders, with IB. These seem to get the best priced shares available, then submits a limit order (I cancel out the limit order and then repeat with another...

Regarding the P/L shown alongside each currency, does this refer to old fx trades? In a fx transaction, involving 2 currencys in a pair, theres only one profit or loss amount and so which currency reflects the profit or the loss? It's not clear how they assign a P/L to which currency...

I appreciate the help

I'd like to trade and get the End of Day, Market at Close price. I notice IB offers this choice with the MOC order. Does any one have experience with these, do they work totally reliably? I ask because sometimes, with the best efforts with simulated orders from IB the orders are totally...

OK. "expected return over expected squared return". Six little easy-to-remember words. I can not agree it's entirely clear as described in that post. Nevermind.

I believe those bashing America are usually just spiteful. Also Americans cop it on the chin every day, whereas try a debate with other people on their country and see how they cover up. It's bad because say England or France impose their values on others, then refuse to host a debate, it's...

I appreciate all the comments on this, thanks for the link to the rule book. Yes, I was fully notified. Though, ought to query the OFFICIAL opening price, because given that it was busted at this price, why does it remain as the published opening price of the day? It seems I have to...

OK. I did not mean or infer "indicator" in the TA sense of the word, let me re phrase. In what way is expected return over expected return squared useful as a trade management figure, what does it show, what is the use or the significance of it, why consider it?

I read the posts in full, unless I missed it somewhere, it's unclear to me how expected return over the square of the expected return is useful as an indicator.

Quote from maxpi: If the distributions of the average wins and losses is tight it should not be a big problem, even if they are maybe not so tight really. Many traders use fixed targets and exits, how far can the frigging averages deviate under those conditions: Even with the best plans...