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    Are indicators overated?

    since price movement is irregular, there'll always be times when an indicator or anything else fails, doesn't work one method to overcome this is using a search or scan via the charting program looking for instruments that meet the requirements of the trading system such as the 30 MA has...
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    nhs

    one thing about the NHS for the individual and collectively it won't bankrupt you: "Indeed, a more recent piece describes a study published in The American Journal of Medicine. Posted July 15 at examiner.com, the article calls the study “surprising” because it “showed that 62.1% of...
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    Oil at $5 - $10 a barrel ?

    Prechter co-wrote with A J Frost and first published in 1979 the 'Elliott Wave Principle: Key to Market Behavior ' [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_wave_principle ] in the text 1987 was noted as the year there'd be a major bottom or top in 1987 Prechter forecast the '87 crash, tho he...
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    6E vs eurusd nfp release (news) trading

    Pippi436: shouldn't have written it 'x 10' - i was thinking of mini lots instead of lots yes the 1 hour closure means being out of the market or risk holding 'overnight' without being able to close a position there's a couple of other differences one is that fx brokers usually have...
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    Oil at $5 - $10 a barrel ?

    hah hah hah hah hah — good one
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    6E vs eurusd nfp release (news) trading

    my understanding - Mirus is $4.40 rt phone 'em: 1-800-496-1683 North America
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    6E vs eurusd nfp release (news) trading

    an fx 'no dealing desk' broker: a bank/s accepts - declines your order, however the price you see on your fx dealer's chart or the quote doesn't have relevance to what the bank/s will buy/sell at, fx brokers 'market' orders are a price range spread - not the buy/sell spread - but + 1, 2, 3...
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    6E vs eurusd nfp release (news) trading

    hope this may be instructive for would-be 'news' traders attached chart illustrates the difference between the 6E and eurusd during the 8:30 est minute following Friday's non farm payroll release, 6E left, eurusd right the 6E chart is a bit deceptive since it's now frozen, it's a 10 tick...
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    'XP Mode digs deeper into W 7'

    think the key is will W 7 work on 'your' machine or will you need to purchase a new computer ?
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    'XP Mode digs deeper into W 7'

    "Something likely to hold up use of XP Mode is the shortage of PCs whose motherboards can run virtualized software. Woodgate [Microsoft] said the company also "felt pretty good" about performance of XP Mode on new PCs and old systems "with the right hardware". Windows XP Mode was...
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    anyone trading the 6E

    Sundays often provide good trading opportunities, fairly straight forward trend trades, this Sunday's was a good 50+ pips up and then 80 down unfortunately i missed the 200 pips up that followed - sleep timeout
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    6E daily $ range 2.5 greater than ES, why trade ES ?

    is fill time broker dependant ? "order goes from the client computer to Zen-Fire computers where it is, in fact, checked for available margin and other authorizations http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170297&perpage=6&pagenumber=2 how long does the "checked for...
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    6E daily $ range 2.5 greater than ES, why trade ES ?

    i can understand you not switching R. Raskolnikov, the fx does have different price patterns and movement Mav88, i remember posting some trades quantities info for the ES, it showed that trades went thru at multiples of 4 up to 40 i'm trading simulator so i'm getting fills, just how much...
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    6E daily $ range 2.5 greater than ES, why trade ES ?

    yes, i guestimate the av d v of the ES at about 14 times the 6E and whether or not there's low v o-n, the markets Are 24 hr so major price moves can occur during that time period as they did this time last year for the indexes. i think that's why there's often an 11 or noon est v high, the...
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    what's a tick in ninjatrader ?

    a 50 tick chart of 6E, mouse wheel click under the price bar and it displays time, ohlc and volume - always greater than 50 i read 1 tick = 1 trade, is the volume related to the number of contracts per trade/tick ? and the bid/ask quantities on the Chart Trader (?) panel, are those...
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    6E daily $ range 2.5 greater than ES, why trade ES ?

    only sampled June, 22 days: ES: $20,725 - $942 . . . 6E: $53,550 - $2434 so with a much larger profit potential, why do you trade the ES rather than 6E ?
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    Alpari re: NFA Rule 2-43 (b)

    July 27, 2009 " Dear Customers, As of August 1, 2009, Alpari (US) will maintain full compliance with the new NFA Rule 2-43 (b), which requires orders be executed on a First In, First Out (FIFO) basis when multiple positions are held in the same currency pair. This means that the position...
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    ES trading volumes

    i have very little data to base my idea on but found the 8 and 9am pst had the largest volume and occasionally 1am - 4am est i put it down to the europeans finishing trading for the day, 8 for the continentals and 9 for those in the uk
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    anyone trading the 6E

    OOPS ! at least you know what i'm trying to talk about Xspurt - thanks asked for the title to be changed to 6E ok, last year i demoed NinjaTrader/Mirus trading the ES, now have a new computer to handle nt and for some reason decided to compare the daily $ range of the ES vs 6E, only...
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    anyone trading the 6E

    would appreciate appreciate you relating your experiences trading this market post or pm me if you prefer
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