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You beat me to it, Markus. Looks like there are spreaders in the crowd. Thanks for listing the spreads that are on your radar. i'll start just with the intra stuff at 1st and keep to grains and ED's. What charting software is that ????

Yes, Let's start one. i guess it should be started under "futures". I was also on the www.mrci.com site but was completely overloaded :) With information. Markus, if you don't mind listing them. Thanks a bunch that would be great. It narrows things down abit and lends focus. The...

Markus, Ahh, a like minded individual. I just finished daytrading listed equities with a firm on the street as well. & now I'm reassessing my approaches and find myself reading (re) Abell's book and migrating back to F&O. I don't know where to start. Have you quantified an edge ?? How...

QBD, Cut to the chase. What's the deal with Joe Ross??? Do you know anything about his spread trading approaches ??? Or anything else he is peddling ??

Has anyone out there currently spread trading. Ross is an advocate of it. I used to watch floor traders on the NYBOT spread cotton and OJ. But those are floor traders whom can see the market. Researching the approach. & trying to .... 1) quantify the edge if any. 2) Obtain current...

I've been trading firm capital in listed equities for a year now. I know the type of trader I am and am attracted to and have been to spread trading for awhile. I was reading thru Ross' PDF (haven't completed) and he talking about 1-2-3 formations. That sounds like that silly Ken Roberts...

Sounds like paradise to me. You trade all the instruments(makes sense) and the ocean is at your feet. I lived in St.Kitts/Nevis for 2 years. I rented a condo that overlooked the Atlantic side of the island and I was about double the distance from the water. Need to go back. NYC to ruins me.

Yes, if the bahamas are anything like the Eastern caribbean, those tradewinds blow away a good deal of the humidity. Do I ever miss the Caribbean. So what do you guys trade there in the bahamas ??

Hello everyone, This thread is exclusively devoted to the discussion of long-term trend-following, specifically that involving the turtle style of trading. So if anyone out there currently trades or papertrades the style wishes to chime in, & talk about your current tasks at hand...

Forget the class. You run the risk of being fed retail BS by some guy who doesn't trade day in day out. The tape will teach you more than any class will ever. The other option is to try and befriend bank F/X dealers.

WarEagle, That makes sense. Just as in the same manner in which a NASDAQ marketmaker would in a similar OTC market. Pick off someone else making a market or someone else reflecting an order, or utilize one's orderflow. IC, I understand now. Thanks, J-Law

WarEagle, Then the question arises... How does a bank dealer discern direction ? Yes, he may have the spread in his favor, but even he has to have an idea where the market may move to.

Thanks, mm2AU. maybe makes better sense to apply for a job with them instead. Who wants to trade in the position of the last/least to know ?? Especially, against someone who can see the (their's at least) orderflow. :)

Coming from trading listed equities, I'm always able to see the size. How is one able to trade if you can't see large bids or offers ??? What I'm getting at is how do you trade without seeing size ???

Keep it coming. Thanx. Guys, appreciate all the feedback. Have a background in futures & options trading and currently trading NYSE listed equities. Looking for a change of venue. Would be nice. regards, J-Law

Anyone who is currently trading F/X know of the firm FXCM.com ??? Are they reasonable ?? Is it a decent way to trade F/X via the web ??? Disadvantages ?? Advantages ???? J-Law

You will need to find out how much they will charge you per share on bullets. Bullets, if you don't know, enable you to sidestep the shortsale rule and just hit a bid when a stock drops. It's a put option with a 1 day expiry. When a stock is pluging there is never an uptick to enable you to...

You still need to figure the "how much"question in proportion to your account. Entries and exits are just that. Entries and Exits. What about the risk ??? That's when the system takes on a 3-D perspective. I bought the system a few years back. The text was in great need of editing...

The primary issue with trading outside of the US would be conncectivity. The speed of your connection is everything. I would think that you would be put at a severe disadvantage if you where trying to hit bids or lift offers once a stock is on the move. Especially, if it's from a 2nd world...

We all know that momentum is no longer in vogue. Another approach is buying weakness & selling strength. The opposite was buying strength & selling weakness............ The 90's. Buy wk/Sell strg is not easy because sometimes you step in front of a moving freight train. But doing it...