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the event is extraordinary and caught us all deeply. the thread remained open and it's fine. but it was exceptional. As zboy already pointed out, when business resumes we go back to business and the forum's rules and policies will be strictly followed. neo

that's great ! The CME is also doing the same with $1 million, and many other financial institutions. that's the way to do it, since we cant help on the ground neo

who knows about a fed cut.. However. let's realize it is very likely and probably needed soon anyway. history does show a positive bias after all the selling is done. well, of course, there is no other way than up when noone is selling anymore. The selling could be fierce though, really...

The standards are the same for all parts and discussion sections. So what zBoy mentions is true for the other moderators as well. Just wanted to make it clear. neo

break even is the worst place to be. When you make money, you are done. When you always loose money, you may consider reversing what you do. When you are break even there is no place to go.. not really.. imo, you could put extra efforts in money management, risk control and position...

+ Futures (NQ and soon ES) + S/R and True Range trading very small targets (even 1.5 smaller than in a normal market) To be clear, I was out the last 2 weeks :( because I moved. Volume is back so I should have more fun now, than in august (very good for me). + purely intraday. no...

armaniman : could not say it better myself. see.. I don't even try. The futures section of this forum is getting more active as more and more traders move to this type of trading. It looks like the same effect than when electronic daytrading started on Naz and ECN became big. Same kind of...

Wow ! I see many different opinions here. I stand by mine. But I must recall everyone that reliability and speed is also a factor of your ISP and where you are related to the servers. I know several having great experience with QCharts reliability while it is very poor for the other half...

in short : forget it. poor graphs, limited features. I could go on but really it is not worth it. Just consider PCQuote's motivation : Orbit is a low cost program to compete on the market. They could not make it too good to prevent loosing market shares with their higher priced...

well, I think the point and silver lining is this : IB TWS 4 with latest Java works perfectly on Win98, NT4 and NT5 aka Win2000. I even use multiple IB accounts at the same time for hours of course. The network card suspicion makes sense. I use realtek and 3Com without a glitch, the whole...

eSignal is $99 + fees.. You don't really need the more expensive subscription. The Dax feed is very good too, I have a subscription for it at my company. livecharts is good as backup, it is not always reliable. NexTrend is another (better) backup, search the forum for info about it. It is...

CQG rules. but it is pretty expensive imho. I use eSignal, second best and now with tick volume for futures.

All the previous posts are very good imo. One piece of caution, very, very important and easy to forget : Optimize as little as possible. It is tempting to adjust all your parameters to get the biggest.. whatever (perf, R ratio etc..). You mention stability so I guess you are aware of the...

this is beaten to death.. bored... :eek: If by now, a trader doesn't know what to do, he's really in trouble. There are many people able to read in the future here, it's great.. they should trade too :D at IB or elsewhere I don't care anymore after 15 pages in this thread alone. With...

It is encouraging. Too early to say if this is a shift. This week getting closer to expiration and with a gloomy market near its med lows could be reason enough. No doubt, I welcome more volume. There is plenty already, but the more the better. neo

it depends on your time frame. I can have 10 trades in a row or more with a profit. But could you do it for longer ? I am just kidding. 100% successful does not exist. If you really mean your question, then you are looking for the 'holy grail'. It does not exist. neo

this is civil and I agree with you. so everything is fine.

WarEagle : very well said. period. I am sorry for those who disagree, 'cause obviously Tharp helped so many traders, including myself. That is in sharp contrast to so many bulls** out there. The other breakthrough books [much more expensive!] were from Tony Oz and Bill Williams [not larry]...

oopss.. this is getting out of hands roger. I don't want to answer for tymjr he can do it himself. But since I was part of the misunderstanding I can try to respond a bit. I am afraid you are repeating the same misunderstanding and we should calm down. 70% to 80% of traders loose money. I...

agreed ! market efficiency theory is a joke. Certainly 12 months cycles are tradable profitably [and probably longer, but I am no expert on these longer time frames] this is possible because the market is not efficient. I believe the market is a chaotic fractal system, so inefficiencies in...