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hybrid, The system you describe is an excellent one. I blew out a clients account in the 80's trading S&Ps using a 5 over 17 min crossover. 2 pt stops are good. Don't tweak the parameters. Works well at one minute, but very susceptable to whipsaw at longer durations. The failure of simple...

After being scared off for a long time by that awful demo, I finally funded my IB account. If they can keep the system up, I can save on com. But here's how I fixed that unusable screen. 1. Eliminated the tool bar and quick stock. And since I only trade es, I only need three data lines. Then...

To tell you the truth Jordan, I almost never use a limit entry. My thinking is, it is fairly easy to train an animal with moderate intelligence, like a dog, to do a trick. But I can't even make a primitive beast like the market sit on command, let alone go and fetch my limit and bring it back...

Nihaba got me into these bands. There seems to be no end to the information they contain. What finally got my eyes opened was just watching the bands and disregarding all the price movement. You can watch what happens when the the EMA moves down through the old high on the lower band. Or what...

Tired of getting stopped out all the time? Thinking about widening your stops? Don't do it. Here's a simple solution. If you normally enter at the market with a 2 pt stop, this time enter at a limit 2 pts away. So then you will get filled where you usually get stopped out. You say, "But...

sierra has very nice charts. But it is nice to have a separate data feed in case IB goes down. If IB is down and your charts are still up, you can see if the market is moving in your favor and maybe spare yourself a heart attack.

1. enter a market order 2. place stop 10 ticks away 3. every minute raise stop 1 tick You say, "Yes, but profitseer, have you tested this sysyem?" YES! I have tested it all the way back to the days when they were asking, "e mini? What's the e stand for?" It has tested out at 100%...

I don't know how to do a screen shot, but man I have mine set up nice. Order entry at top, then pretty big chart with two studies below (3 if you count bb), then in lower left corner current fill price, then along bottom, backup quotes with time, and in lower right total funds in account...

No, I didn't think so. Mainly because you can't minimize the screen and the screen has cut off an inch off the right side. To tell you the truth, I am gonna worry about my trade anyway, so I just set up the hot keys to where I can darn near trail a stop better than any brainy computer. I am only...

zen, Yep, I think they all do. But keep in mind, that after hours stop is only as good as your connection. In reality, the stop is residing on your computer. And your computer is running a program which is connected to IB. So, you have at least three things there that can fail and make for a...

Wally, Go to settings, then hotkeys. You have to scroll down to see them all. You can set them anyway you want. But the thing is, for some reason they are much quicker than using the mouse. The first time I didn't get it because I didn't realize you could set up a hot key for Transmit. Also the...

pretzel, I checked them all out. OCT, Bracket Trader, Robostop, and Traderguard. I have a hard time when I download files figuring out where they all go. For me personally, my favorite so far is mc's E mini Manager. Maybe because after only about 2 hours of downloading and looking and...

mc, I really can't say enough good things about your little program. It is so simple. The small window makes it really fast to open, then one click and you have an entry a trailing stop and a target. One thing that was not clear to me, is the stop and the target OCO? If not, if one is hit...

Everytime I get so close, I get so aggravated. How hard would it be just to have an active demo of a typical day? Especially on weekends when I have a little time to test it. Kind of hard to test a trailing stop when you have to wait an hour for a one tick move. Oh well, I guess I'll go try...

steve, I've traded on j trader. very similar to tws. I've spent countless hours on the tws demo. I read the posts. BUT, I will say that jw got me fooling around with the hot keys, and he is certainly correct that they are a big advantage over the mouse. So, who knows, maybe tomorrow will be the...

jw, thanks. yes, I see you are quite right. But if I have my charts up, I still need to switch screens to activate hot keys. I would like something which enebles you to enter orders without taking you out of the groove which got you into the trade in the first place.

When I turn 11, I'll ask my Dad. If he says it's ok, maybe I'll switch.

Mag, I'm not here to tout a broker. It's 4.50 per side and they advertise all over the place. Click on Brokers and look down the left side and you won't see them there. I think what makes the platform so stable is it's real time, but not streaming. I have an account at IB, but I've never funded...

Don't know about them. Got a link?

Here's my idea for an order entry system. Since most of us like to look at charts, how bout a little button. You could program the little button to do whatever you want. Like buy at the market, then stop or sell etc. Once you have the button programed the way you want it, you just keep it tucked...