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Swish, There is a free charting program called QuoteTracker (www.quotetracker.com) that has multiple data feeds (some free) to choose from. There is an add-on product from www.engo.com/tradingtools/ that will allow you to pull quotes from QuoteTracker into Excel (I don't know if it works...

Haas, Here is a thread that came up last month about futures prop trading. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2764 The reason there aren't the same type of shops as stocks is that the business models are different. With stocks, the main driver is having access...

No. However, if you missed it, qwik had the top 5 methods for raising capital. Here's the repost from http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2941: 11-18-01 07:57 PM Top 5 ways to raise that much cash.. 1.- Rob a bank.. yes, its an oldie but a goodie.. all you...

Thanks nitro, I should have included the TS6 version too (why did they have to change it anyway :)?). In TS6 they make you specify "next bar", but in 2000i, it executes the same way, but is not required in the syntax. I like the old way better, but I guess they think the new way is...

Hi guys, I was a little reluctant to post this, because on the surface it seems pretty good, lol. But since I've gained a lot from this board, I decided to do it. I have only done some preliminary testing, but the results so far are good considering how little this system is in the market...

Hey Qwik, Have you decided how to spend the extra $50k you are going to make this year? :) And people wonder why IB gets so much attention here... Kirk

Hi Tom, I think you are refering to Kent Calhoun rather than Ken Calhoun. I had the same concern when this came up before on ET, but checked the CFTC complaint and saw it was a different guy. I know nothing about either, good or bad, but wanted to point out the difference. Kirk

oops, my bad, you are right, I meant t-bills.

Richard is right. When my account was with Lind-Waldock, I could buy T-notes in $10,000 increments. I have not seen this option at IB, but the commission savings more than made up for a little interest. Kirk

Hi DT, Maybe I am misunderstanding you, but it sounds like you are assuming that the best parameter settings (i.e. optimized) in the past, as long as there are "a lot" of trades will also be the best parameters in the future, or will somehow remain close to the best. The problem with most...

There is a list here: http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=15940134 Also, do a search here on Elite or browse the Futures section, there is a lot of discussion of various futures brokers. Kirk

The futures will no longer be free anywhere because the CME is now charging a $10 monthly exchange fee. The quote.com/qcharts symbol for the March '02 futures are: S&P e-mini: ES02H Naz e-mini: NQ02H Kirk

I'm with Turok. It wasn't porn. But was it the Princess??? Hitman? If so then anyone who has been reading his journals for very long knows its totally on-topic. Kirk

Ponder this one for a bit JOHN... I don't know who the heck you are talking about. Fortunately I have never been in business as a system vendor. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. KIRK is my real name...as Don Bright puts it, "not an alias". No need to get personal because your...

Doing a search on www.bankersalmanac.com found 1,964 international banks, so listing them all is probably impractical. I assume most, if not all, international banks participate in forex as a normal course of business. I hate to state the obvious, but have you tried www.google.com ? That is...

Exactly. Sentiment is best used as a contrarian indicator. Kirk

DT, You have to look at the whole picture. When using averages, you can have the results skewed by a few outliers. If you look at the average trade (incuding losers) the average time in a trade is only slightly less at .0475 days with an average trade of $418 or ~ 8 e-mini points. That is...

Jim, I just set up a sell limit hotkey...nothing special. I believe IB uses "sell" for both selling a long or shorting and lets the software sort it out. The great thing was that I never had to worry about an uptick, my order would stay in until the condition was met or I cancelled. Most...

DT, There are some differences between 2ki and TS6. I don't think in TS6 that I can backtest at the tick level, it seems that 1 min bars are as low as I can go under the backtesting resolution. So you will have an advantage there and may be able to do what you want. I am still relatively...

Yes, it is conservative. That is how I have to trade. My goal is to be trading tomorrow, next year, and in ten years. Its the only way I can ensure that this will happen. I might not get lucky and have 20 contracts on when the market runs 100 points in a day, but I can't rely on luck. For...