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does anyone know if the quote speed is the same when using a Univeral acct to display both futures and equities as opposed to the other way ... for quotes futures acct up and running equity acct up and running I hope this is an easy to answer ...

and the occasional hot stock or big cap stock

are a strict tape reader this is important but if you are using real time charts with volume you can see the big blocks anyway ... ps if you trade 800 - 1000 shares at a time you might as well use IB for trading e mini nasdaq futures

problems intermittently all morning including overnight lucky for me I do not have much of a position right now I was told by help desk they are working on fixing problem

SSF 's when offered ? IB claims they will only charge $1 per side

Message to Instinet Customers from their website ... "October 1, 2002 Temporary Trading Suspensions At the end of September, Instinet triggered volume thresholds in SPY and certain other small-cap listed securities that subject Instinet to regulatory requirements regarding public...

I think the e minis and mini dow stock index futures might lead but not by much and not all the time the arbs keep it in line usually

get some graph paper and mark your daily P+L use some scale like each box = 25 or 50 or 100 etc $$$ see if you can slow down when you see your boxes sliding down like the DOW ( sorry no pun intended) good luck I am using this approach to help me control my risk better also...

trade much compared to its bigger brother? whats the average daily volume lately in the HK futures contracts ?

gold futures trading on the big contract traded at COMEX there are plenty of brokers including my former firm RCG I do not think you can trade COMEX gold or silver on computer like you would e mini sp you might have to enter orders via phone to broker if you mean trading the...

e mini gold and silver traded on ACE system of CBOT not sure how good the volume or spreads are between bids and offers compared to open outcry pit contracts traded on Comex Division of NYMEX exchange

if a remote trader is doing 500 plus rt a month what might be the lowest commission broker for him / her ? not saying the best one , or the one offering the most products to trade ... just curious if anyone has an opinion on comm. after all fees including non exchange fees (I see...

better to scalp the ESTX50 futures contract ?

is much simpler ... only 1 monitor 17 inch cable (do not get up to your speed , so I am envious) I can do 10 - 50 mini stock index futures trades and 50 - 200 equity trades in a day my broker is IB ....

the G7 meeting this weekend is uneventful in 1987 the monday crash was right after such a meeting? I will keep my eye on the futures overnight and the spot FX quotes just in case ... :eek:

"You should stop trading for that day if you've lost more than 1% of your capital. If you've made 2% for the day, you stop trading for that day if you gave back 1%." I am trying really hard to manage my risk better I am using boxes on graph paper to visually help me see my gains vs...

10 lots of e minis ? sheesh .... every point then = $500 theoretically if you caught fridays range you would have made close to 15 grand you must be one of those 5000 share Inca mister softee all star mister softee / IBM monster prop traders !!! good luck and health in your...

that they have success with 10 point stop loss on ESTX50 Is 20 points too much ? thats about a $200 stop loss correct ?

start Tuesday Oct 1 ... with IB IB Slashes Commissions on the CBOT mini-sized Dow Even Further As a result of the CBOT waiving all fourth quarter exchange fees for Dow stock index products, IB's mini-sized Dow futures commissions will drop to $1.26 per contract, beginning October 1...

if anyone feels the ESTX50 generally leads or lags the SP500 stock index futures overnight? I seem to think they take turns making the first move but in general when one stops moving in a certain direction the other one stops shortly thereafter ... maybe due to the possibility of...