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For NQ intraday trades for which I won't sit through any retracement, I use a 1.5pt stop -- all depends on how quickly you know you are wrong.

Don't understand how they can have ES fine but lose NQ feed -- what is that?

Good point, companies that report better earnings based on currency fluctuations and not real growth in demand usually don't get rewarded with buying. If the dollar has to keep going down to sustain this level of "growth", it won't be pretty further down the road.

Someone has to fix something :(

Speaking of, when exactly is next rollover for gold futures? Is there a site that shows when each rollover date occurs? I take it gold futures do not rollover on a regular pattern like spoos (december was front month for a while now).

This argument might just boil down to method rather than semantics, with the momentum/trend crowd on the "what you see" side vs reversal/trend-fading crowd on the "what you think/anticipate" side. Show me a blind trader and I'll show you a trader who doesn't trade what he sees :)

We did fall 80 points on the NDX in the space of 3 days, and considering how close to the highs we were when it started this descent, a bit of a bounce shouldn't surprise anyone here.

what is limit down for nq and es these days?

Seems like market only wants to reward bears with balls -- trying to initiate shorts intraday is an exercise in pain and futility. Only those willing to sit overnight can cash in I guess (that was a quick 70 NQ points since Tuesday, eh?).

First time in a while where I traded without "tape reading" the bid/ask/fills on the NQ/ES, watching only the charts -- definitely helped me stay put longer on the profitable trades.

Can't they just make a contract based on the biggest 120 or 90 (or some other odd number) nasdaq names? If trading is offered at much lower commission rate, I don't see why people would stick to some arbitrary CME index.

I'm guessing they wouldn't want to implement anything which would prevent you from generating more tickets :)

Is Buttontrader the only software that handles risk management settings (max loss per trade, max loss per day)? Is there any other alternative if one is just looking for this feature and is happy with tws entry?

A down wave in equities -- any forecast for precious metals or treasuries on this fateful day?

Does anyone know where IB gets it's YG quotes after the pit trade has closed under the Accounts tab (where it calculates account equity)? I always see strange numbers that don't coincide with the electronic quotes. Are they taken from a big contract after-hours market (if there is one)?

Is there a simple way to implement risk management controls (loss per trade, loss per day) without having to overlay new interfaces? All I am looking for is a "shut off" point when a certain percentage loss for the day is reached.

What would happen to Chinese internet names if the yuan were to be revalued? Hearing that this may be a method of slowing down an overheated economy there.

Thanks that worked :)

cant even log in

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