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And stocks continue to rise today ......... are these investors nuts? Rising oil prices will cripple the economy, does nobody remember the 1970's ? Oil prices seem to have no impact on stiock prices at all these days.

this company called Velocity Futures sent me an unsolicited private message thru this forum, offering much lower commissions. I inquired for rates and was surprised how low they are. They offer futures at only $3.25 PER ROUND TRIP, this compares to the $5.75 per RT I am currently paying...

No, I'm just really good. My trading profits last year greatly exceeded my full time source of employment (interent mail order sales). So why keep working when all I really need to do is trade.

I wondered how many people started trading e-mini's while still working at another job NOT related to trading. But due to their success as a trader, they no longer work at anything else besides trading. As for myself, I quit working at anything else as of January 2003, all I do now is...

I am looking to get a slight improvement on my already great trading results. I don't use any of the traditional indicators most traders use, I am a system all my own. But I was looking to perhaps use some type of indicator to get slightly better results. Does anyone have any...

You can't go wrong with e-local. I am with them almost a year now and everything has been great. Their prices are almost as cheap as IB, and the customer service is outstanding. If you ever need to phoen trade to get in or out of a position fast, they are there for you. They pick up in...

yeah, I called e-local and was told its the CME sending out erroneous quotes. that explains everything. I know the eminis move around a lot, but these quotes were ridiculous. I was told to use limit orders only if I did any trading, otherwise I could get "butchered" on the price (their...

Anyone notice the e-mini has been bouncing up and down so fast today ALL DAY that you hardly know where to make your bid? I know it jumps around a lot at opening, but its 10:45 already and it has been jumping up and down 2 or 3 points almost constantly since opening. I don't think I have...

there's an explanation at this link of when to switch: http://www.futurestradingsecrets.com/eminiSP.html

Go with e-local, you will be happy you did. I am also in canada (ontario) and have been with them 6 months. They charge $5.98 RT now for any volume level, and no minimum or usage fees. They gladly take Canadians. The service is top notch, its worth paying the extra $1 per RT rather...

I have traded over the phone with them a few times and have never been charged the extra fee. I only used the phone when there was a technical problem somewhere in the line, either my end, or their end, etc. If you trade on the phone every day, they will probably charge you the extra...

They used to have different price levels for different volume. It used to be $8.50 RT for low volume, now its $5.98 for everyone. But that's not quite true. I negotiated $5.75 per RT but I do 50+ RT's per day, and have been with them for over 6 months. But it was tough for me to get this...

I have never traded the full size, never really considered it. Isn't it more difficult to trade? Don't I basically have to be standing on a Chicago trading room floor to trade full size contracts efficiently?

Any timeline on when that Eurex thing might happen? I love trading the nasdaq emini, but the costs are getting out of hand as the cash index sinks. I am willing to trade any kind of futures product that mimics the movement of the NDX cash index, the lower my costs, the better.

The damn NDX is now under 800, and personally I wouldn't care because I am not a long term investor. But this is driving up my trading costs. I trade emini Nasdaq and the cost to trade them has now doubled since I began trading them when the NDX was sitting around 1600. This really...

I traded emini nasdaq with them, 40+ contracts a day, for 6 months. I have found them to be excellent. I am connected 99.5% of the time, and if there is a problem with my computer, one phone call to them gets me out within a minute. They pick up the phone after 3 rings all the time...

Yes, I knew that. I was just commenting on the fact the premium seems much higher than it should be sometimes relative to the Nasdaq 100 pre-market indicator. Someone else has commented that the pre-market indicator is not all that accurate, so that would explain the apparent discrepency...

I have a tough time understanding the rationality for the pricing on the nasdaq emini futures sometimes. During the day lately, they seem to trade in the range of about a plus 3 to 5 over the cash index. Yes, sometimes they trade for a bit more or less, but it is fairly consistent...

It seems the streaming lycos NDX cash index quotes are not streaming again today, just like last week. This is becoming rather annoying. This service used to be very reliable, but not lately.

wow, talk about a bad start. that's about as unlucky as you can get. 9/11 is the ultimate example of the dangers of holding overnight. I have started to hold 5 contracts overnight sometimes and will eventually go up to 10, but my normal morning trades are for 45 contracts, so my overnight...