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I use an adaptive moving average on the tick chart. I need to do more tinkering though mostly for exits. Chinook

I also use a moving average. I have some more tweaking to do especially for exits. Couple of times, I took my profits at resistance/support and then the trend continued like crazy--I couldn't believe my eyes. Then I started letting the profits run and trail and ended up leaving very nice profits...

When things are slow, using tick charts compresses the time axis. I think overall indicators behave better this way. This is more useful for smaller time frames like 5-min charts. If you're using 30-min charts, then I don't think tick charts will make any difference. Chinook

You're right, the market is almost always open. It's easy for me to see the charts and say that I missed the good moves while I was sleeping! I'm still tuning my system. I use tick charts. It's similar to yours but I'm using tick charts. 2000 tick bars instead of 30 mins chart. Of course, the...

I'm trading EURUSD futures for the last 3 weeks. I also trade ES but I'm not a scalper--I'm more like an intraday swing trader. My biggest problem is my location for EURUSD trading. I live in US Northwest. Most of the EUR action happens during my regular sleeping hours! Maybe I'll move to...

It's one of these rare peaceful threads. I guess trying to scalp ES/NQ are making people bitter :) Chinook

Yes, thank you guys for warning. Let's keep this thread alive for all of the new upcoming TS versions. I'm not upgrading anymore unless there's a new feature/bug fix that directly affects me. Chinook

Thanks Baruch.

Hi, Does the following calendar list all of the economic release times that might affect USD/EUR? My main goal is not to get caught in a whipsaw while trading EUR futures. http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar/Calendar.html Also, 8:30 EST times are given as 12:30 GMT--shouldn't it be 13:30...

I agree with you. Globex native stop limit orders give me peace of mind. I still can't understand why ecbot doesn't have native stop orders! Chinook

No, not for globex stop-limit orders. Globex Stop-limit orders always reside in Globex. Chinook

I exited TWS and restarted it several times. No change. Thanks.

I haven't called them but IB replied to my e-mail within 20 minutes. They told me that the exchange received my order. But still, the order status is blue.

Steve, I'm in the US. All of the local desks are closed now. Thanks, Chinook

I put in a protective stop-limit order for my ES position earlier today. The order status was green but now it's dark blue. I checked the limit orders and they are getting the green status. Is anyone seeing the same problem? Chinook

One needs to take a long journey to be a succesful trader. The only way to learn this game is by suffering through losses, missed profits and blowing your account several times. If you get lucky, and double or triple your initial trading account in the beginning, you'll take more risks and blow...

My call is 1110.50. Chinook Edit: I changed my mind. My new call is 1110.25 :)

ArchAngel and ElecricSavant, thanks for your suggestions. Chinook

Laptop users, I'm planning to get a laptop for travel and as a backup for my desktop. Is it worth paying extra $$$ to get 2 or 3 year warranty for the major brand laptops (IBM, DELL, SONY)? Thanks, Chinook

What are the chances that we'll see ES down at 1100 today? I give it 10% chance. It'll be the move of the year! Chinook