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    YM Trader here... Need TRIN and TICK but NOT available on Strategy Runner Software ??

    Excellent point. I know basically what TICK and TRIN do and have seen it to be very advantageous when used with Pivot Points and S/R with other traders. And a couple of Traders have said it could be very helpful. I was just trying to get some more specific and detailed suggestions from...
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    YM Trader here... Need TRIN and TICK but NOT available on Strategy Runner Software ??

    Thanks !! Not to sound too naive but could you give me insight to what the TICK tells a trader ?? And how to apply it to a strategy when trading the emini Futures ?? Appreciate it P.S. Now anyone could tell me where to find TRIN in real time chart ??
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    YM Trader here... Need TRIN and TICK but NOT available on Strategy Runner Software ??

    Bump !! Thanks for any help or insight concerning this !!!
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    YM Trader here... Need TRIN and TICK but NOT available on Strategy Runner Software ??

    Been trading YM last couple of weeks. Trying to incooperate TRIN and TICK into my strategy of using Pivot Points and S/R. But on the charting software with Strategy Runner there is NO real time (or delayed for that matter) TRIN or TICK :confused: Any suggestions on what to do ? Maybe I...
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    Question about finding and using TRIN, VIX, TICK, A/D .....for YM Trading ??

    I am trading YM for the last month and am trying to acquire some extra helpful Indicators that would compliment my YM strategy I have developed using Pivont points and S/R. First all, would Indicators such as the TRIN, TICK, VIX,or Advanced/Declining stocks be of use to incoperate with PPs...
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    Question about calculating Pivot Points for YM ??

    I tell you what guys when I first posted this thread I was bummed the first day or so with the lack of response. But you guys really came thru and I really want to let you know how much I appreciate it !! Very very helpful !! And Mr. Hershey it would be great to know horizontal pivots ...
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    Question about calculating Pivot Points for YM ??

    Below is a earlier quote from another member. Just wondering if the ^dji is the same as YM ? Isnt it a different figure ?? And if so how could you use it like below in calculating appropriate Pivots Points for YM ?? And where could I get the Pivot Points for YM ?? If no equation will find...
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    Trading Futures is one tough cookie! Any hope for limited capital with tight stops ?

    WOW !! I have been swing trading stocks for over 7years now. And was also heavily trading Options for a few years. And recently, been trading YM futures on Simulator. And I must say intra day trading on YM is just absolutely overwhelming and unbelievably dynamic !! ( And from what I hear ES and...
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    Where can I get info. on premarket gaps for YM futures ??

    Yes just doing similulator right now. And I am basing entry and exit points using real live charts for 1 minute and 5 minute at Strategy Runner . And yes I do have paticular paramaters implemented in each trade. Particularly a target price set for profit taking and a sell stop to mitigate...
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    Where can I get info. on premarket gaps for YM futures ??

    So that previous settle of 12787 is where the YM closed Friday ?? And the Net change +2 is the premarket gap up price (so to speak) ?? Also is the change in YM price determined by the Dow Index itself or is the price directly affected by the supply and demand of the actual YM future...
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    Where can I get info. on premarket gaps for YM futures ??

    Use strategy Runner and I am fairly new to trading YM. Been starting to fad premarket Gaps at the cash open for short term gap fills. I have been using CNBC at about 9:15 am to see if dow futures are gapping up or down. And base the fade trade on this. Is there another place I can find whether...
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    Why the heck did I not get into Futures sooner ? Swing Trading stocks is for Birds !!

    Yeah been successfully swing trading stocks for over 7 years now. But the last year I have been getting tired of doing it. Analyzing hundrends of Charts a night, reviewing so many Income statements, Balance sheets that your face turns blue,getting an overnight downgrade on a holding or...
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    Why people buy breakouts

    Yeah, thats why you need to switch to trading emini futures. Listen I have been swing trading stocks for over seven years now. And I know exactly what you mean by waiting days on days in looking for potential stocks and breakouts. It really drags on you after a while. Like looking for a needle...
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    Do folks like TDAmeritrade?

    I have been with TD Ameritrade for seven years and I am an Active Trader. I have had absolutely no complaints with AMTD and their overall performance including trade execution has been nothing short of superb. And since I have been a member I have gotten all the tools their for free. They...
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    Blodget Rips Jim Cramer In Slate Article

    Chood, Your commentary is pathetic. Its quite obvious you are trying to be funny in a cynical and inhumane manner. And it really backfires .Making you look like just another unfunny little twit on ET trying to cover up his own insecurities because he has to deal with a monstrous 3k trading...
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    The Sopranos on A&E is ridicolous with commercials. No joke every 5 minutes !!

    Yes thats no exaggeration I timed it on my stopwatch throughout the hour of play. And it averaged right around 5 minutes and the Sopranos would be interrupted for a commercial. Wow !! What a big dissapointment. And I was sooooo excited to see reruns of my favorite show on A&E. But its NOT...
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    Investing Family / Friends Money

    Please I speak from experience DO NOT do this. I repeat Do NOT do this. This will be one of the most stressful endeavours you will undertake, especially if you start losing. I did it with my brother last year and proceeded to have a big drawdown in his account. He got extremely upset when he...
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    Possible to become a success with 5k?

    Yeah your right I didn't follow my advice in getting in AAPL last week at $85 on Margin . I got in AAPL the week before at $80.72 on Margin which was 12-28-06 !!! :D And holding steady :cool:
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    Possible to become a success with 5k?

    Uhmmmm...... Lets see at the time of this post AAPL was about $85. Now its over $97. About a $12 pps appreciation. So this cat who started this thread if he margined 150shares of APPL at this time would have turned his 5K to about $6800 !! Not bad . Thats over a 15% return in less than a week...
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