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Check this out: http://www.optioninvestor.com/futurescorner/fc_052703_01.asp Chinook

Dave, IB is usually fine. But about 3-4 weeks ago, I had couple of disconnects/day for 2-3 days. Also couple of times, I remember seeing IB broadcasting messages for some stops being cancelled (not mine). Anyway, these problems are kind of rare but you need to account for them. Chinook

RAMOUTAR gave you a very good list. #5 is very critical; always check your trading demons during a trade. Pay more attention to them than the market!Once you learn to co-exist with them, you will not let them control your fingers. Chinook

Well I just couldn't believe my eyes! Is this from an alien spaceship :)

Dave, Since you're an experienced programmer, I don't think you'll have problems with programming your trading logic and connectivity for IB API. However, when you start talking about unattended trading, I warn you that there are so many things that can go wrong during the trading day. How...

I just learned that ACE doesn't transmit all of the trades for YM. Somebody posted this in Tradestation world. ACE transmits data every 1 second for YM. Maybe this explains why YM chart seems to look like "stops being cascading" in real-time more often than ES/NQ. I think part of this effect...

I wonder if they'll go public one day...I should definetely find a way to get their IPO if they do :)

Everyday after the trading session ends, I print out a single sheet of paper with my rules and a table where I log each trade--this is for next day's trading. In this table, each row represents one trade. I have several columns for each of my rules. I use this as a checklist before entering each...

No matter how much you study, read and simulate real-time trading, real lessons will come from the pain induced from seeing your account approach zero. This will force you to start studying yourself along with the markets. Years and many $10,000s later, you'll finally master yourself and be...

Robert, Thanks for the clarification. Chinook

Maybe you can emulate it by only tarding stocks with the highest weight. For instance instead off emulatin it 100% you can only use stocks which approximates the index 75-80% (this'll probably be less than %50 of the total number of stocks). Chinook

Robert, Do you mean we can report a part of the capital gains (from Form 6781) in Sch C instead of Sch D? Could you please clarify what you mean by transfering some gains from Sch D to Sch C. Thank you, Chinook

What do you mean by "all the stocks constituting the index are not available in futures segment" ? Thanks, Chinook

I think this might be tied sulfide sensitivity (red wine and headaches). Everybody has different threshold for it. Anyway, the thing with red wine is that while you're abusing your liver, you're getting some antioxidants.

I posted this in another thread and would like to revive it. I think it also fits in this thread. Chinook -------------------------------- Again I only trade section 1256 contracts and assuming a profitable year: 1)File 1040 as an individual. 2)Report trading gains and losses on...

I hope you're drinking red wine! Please don't tell me that you're drinking Coors Lite! :)

Lets' take a look at SPX, NDX and INDU. All of these cash indexes have their futures contracts traded in the pits and e-mini versions electronically. I'm trying to figure out how and why the cash markets move when the futures market make a steep move. Last example was the 08-21-03...

Thank you ArchAngel!

I have a discrepancy between IB and Tradestation. I have the following as closing prices at 4:15 EST according to TS. ES 1001.75 NQ 1314.5 Are these right? Thanks, Chinook

But when I talked to one of the IB reps, I was told that they have a list of accounts with unreported ACE executions. My account was not in that list! Here's a brief summary of what happened after I was long YM on 8/14: 1) Placed a native sell stop order at 9287 at ACE around 16:00 EST...