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  1. mervyn

    New IBKR desktop beta, not TWS.

    Looks cool, simplified tradeingview, but TWS is much faster I feel.
  2. mervyn

    New IBKR desktop beta, not TWS.

    Ib never have any tick charts
  3. mervyn

    Shorting Treasury Bonds

    Probably should close short bond etf now, maybe one more rate hike and we are done. TLT broke 100 is a sign. Anyway, I trade futures only in rates, long zt but ready to sell on the good/bad news, not holding it until rate cut discussions start.
  4. mervyn

    Fed has a duty to stop this rapidly forming bubble

    just buy tech and use the profit to buy a house ot two or live in or vacation, housing is not important anymore, people are mobile these days.
  5. mervyn

    TradeStation Inactivity Fee

    I think all the folks have 5k balance at least, no?
  6. mervyn

    Transition from Stocks to Futures

    These ETFs are not enough leverage. Once you get into futures, you’ll be addicted, purely gambling.
  7. mervyn

    Fed has a duty to stop this rapidly forming bubble

    If you read Mike Wilson's memo, and others, the market (rich people) is doing the P/E expansion while companies' EPS is in contraction, not the Fed or any agency. The alternative is buy DIP on T Notes and Bond futures since the expection for the rate cut is real this time. You are in the...
  8. mervyn

    Transition from Stocks to Futures

    technical aside, you need a large account to start, day trade or not. find an instrument to focus on, budget drawdown to 3-5% a day.
  9. mervyn

    daily stop loss

    can't agree more, other than pray, mine is at a rolex mark.
  10. mervyn

    Shorting Treasury Bonds

    coin flip https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/28/the-dow-missed-its-14th-straight-gain-a-coin-flip-could-have-done-that.html
  11. mervyn

    Shorting Treasury Bonds

    in the green $500, want to hold for few days to see if a pure news cycle can can move the yield down a little, then exit.
  12. mervyn

    Shorting Treasury Bonds

    Long 3 contracts September ZT, 101’14, seems bottom is near or close to. Don’t expect fast drop in rates like it came up. But small ticks can’t make lunch money fast. TLT also broke 100, I’d buy if I am into ETFs.
  13. mervyn

    Twitter and Musk

    this is nothingburger in call centers. my summer job in late 80s was in a customer service center to troubleshoot computer, i don’t like it. customers are dumb, we are the smart kids. everyone wants the rma number to send the computer back for diagnostics, which costs company money and time. all...
  14. mervyn

    Meta pops on earning…

    zucchini is the least favorite dish
  15. mervyn

    Which way? China

    I think this only says about how comfortable their middle classes have become. If the family is still struggling financially, kids will have to work. Here we called them lazy.
  16. mervyn

    Tax free trading in Bali

    not many can afford living in Singapore as an expat, they are discriminated foreigners in terms of pricing.
  17. mervyn

    Ken Griffin’s $63 million Chicago condo selloff is not going well

    For these guys, it is a deduction, lol
  18. mervyn

    Hunter Biden Goes Down Big Time

    What happened if weiss said fuck, let’s just drop the charges? trump judges are unpredictable and political swindlers, and weiss is r ran over by the bus.
  19. mervyn

    Tax free trading in Bali

    Bali is an awful place to vacation, imo, lot of drunks. if you are a U.S. Person, it is never a tax free place, just the first 90k deductibles.
  20. mervyn

    ES Journal - 2023/2024

    SPX new high in low volume, not sure but Mike Wilson capitulated, maybe the retracement will start now.
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