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  1. rb7

    Bad experience with Cannon/Gain 2

    I gotta give you that. You chose the right alias name!!!
  2. rb7

    Tradezero - Execution problem

    You can't drive and pay for a Lada but thinking it will be a Ferrari. Or, in other words, you pay for what you get... ps.: I don't know anything about TradeZero except that they offer commission free trading.
  3. rb7

    Anyone using StarLink to trade?

    Probably, and snow as well for those living up north (or in Texas!!!). In the old days, many homes were connected to satellite tv, and the signals were weakening during bad weather.
  4. rb7

    Bad experience with Cannon/Gain 2

    Who's paying for this site to be live? Is it you? The posters? No. It free and open to anyone who'd like to participate. In exchange, some entities are paying to advertise on this site. I guess not everybody is understanding that capitalism concept. It's surprising cause this is a forum on...
  5. rb7

    Bad experience with Cannon/Gain 2

    Shit can happens. Especially with technologies. And trading involve a lot of it. We have our computer, our ISP (Internet), our brokers, the exchanges, the market data vendor (who provides market data to brokers), and everything else between them. There is no way to be at 100% ready for...
  6. rb7

    Futures verses Options

    What makes you say that?
  7. rb7

    Tribute to Brooks

    28 posts so far today... You are very prolific.
  8. rb7

    Getting Funding for Trading?

    You don't seem to accept that your 'given proof' is not that solid as you think it might be. I would just end this by saying that you should follow the suggestions that many here have proposed you. It may not give you anything more, but at least you could tell that you have tried. Keep doing...
  9. rb7

    Getting Funding for Trading?

    Seems like the way you 'proved' that you are a profitable trader didn't convince a lot of people so far. So, either you stick to your idea and stand still, or you adjust and move on. Trading is much more than predicting stock prices. That's why people usually want to see trading statements with...
  10. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    Auction mechanisms were originally developed to allow crosses (internalization) in the US option market. The incentive given to the regulators were to give the opportunity to retail client to get price improvement on their orders. For an auction to start, it needs 2 things (simple example cause...
  11. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    From the retail trader perspective, it's only 2 option orders. From an exchange perspective, it's a single trading instrument, meaning that when the spread trades, the 2 legs have to trade. One leg cannot trade while the other does. The spread print has its own price, from which leg prices are...
  12. rb7

    2021: Pictures Of Your Trading Stations

    No UPS?
  13. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    Auction allows the original order price gets improved. Since you don't seem to get that simple concept, I give up and wish you good luck.
  14. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    'The Crowd', I mean market participants in general. It can also means you and me. Auction notifications are usually sent via the exchange's market data feed. So anyone who has access to these feeds can see them and respond to auctions. This is not hidden or a dark thing. Auction mechanisms are...
  15. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    Each option exchange has their own set of rules for auctions (for those supporting it). Not sure if CBOE allows AIM on Complex Order. Some exchange does. It doesn't have to be a market order. As long as the order may be improved based on the current market conditions.
  16. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    This is for options, not futures ('...trading S&P 500 Index options (SPX) and S&P 500 Index Weeklys options (SPXW)...') Like you said, it will be for orders equal or less than 10 contracts. ('...for trades up to a maximum size of 10 contracts.') ('AIM auctions are designed to allow...
  17. rb7

    sp500 index options electronic auction mechanism

    Not sure what other info you'd like to know besides what's in the press release: https://ir.cboe.com/news-and-events/2021/02-16-2021/cboe-enable-electronic-auction-mechanism-sp-500-index-options-products-beginning-february-22 It's pretty self-explanatory. But it's maybe just me. I've been in...
  18. rb7

    put - no volume

    Moral of the story: Don't trade what you don't understand.
  19. rb7

    Tribute to Brooks

    You have said many times here that you are a profitable trader. So, why are you trying to demonstrate the trading efficiency of Books in a demo account?
  20. rb7

    How do you know when your strategy stop being profitable vs a short drawdown period?

    Do you mean that your system is long-biased only?
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