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I've looked at applying the system directly to the futures markets and it doesn't hold up (with the preliminary research i've done so far). The differences are not miniscule. On a market upmove the futures markets exagerate this move and will have a bigger premium over the inexes than just a...

I have a short term trading system that i am researching which produces signals that have a high probability of success on predicting the next 2 point move in the index. However, when i looked to actually trade this, i'm finding that there is no way to trade the indexes for just a point or...

I don't know about SierraCharts, but here is a new Point and Figure program that works as an Add-In for Excel: www.xocharts.com

Yesterday (Monday, Aug 5) i had a disconnect in late morning that lasted about 5 minutes or so. Today (Tuesday) i've started to get disconnected over the last 10 minutes or so, with the connection coming back for a minute or so, then disconnect, then back for a minute, then disconnect, etc...

Is it me, or am i noticing MANY more triple digit contract trades today? Trades of 100+ contracts are not unheard of in the ES, but i seem to recall them being sporadic (a few per hour) and not the norm. Today, i'm guessing that 5% of the trades seem to be in the triple digits (and a lot more...

Although this error didn't affect me at all, i watched it unfold and it scrared me... not because of the sudden market movement, but because if i had a trade on and exited, i wouldn't be sure if i was still in or out of the trade for a ful 30 minutes! I believe that this is a market where the...

If you order thru the Small Business division (and you don't really have a business), be sure to use your name as the Business name, as the rebate checks come in the name of the business. Using some random "ABC Company" will get the item shipped to you, but you'll probably have trouble...

Thank you for your replies. EDIT: I just took a look, and would i have to Right/Left clcik and hit modify, or do i just change the price and then Transmit (don't want to play with it on a live order if i don't have to, but would like to understand the steps for when it becomes necessary to do...

If i send an order w/ a bracket order attached (a limit and a stop), what happens if i change the price on the stop order? Does this cancel the other side of the bracket? Does it cancel both orders entirely and i need to re-enter one or both? Any easy way to deal with a bracket order in...

Found the bulletin link, and answered my question. Thanks for the direction to it, and for everyone else's replies!

Is there a way i could pull up the old bulletin? Like i said, i didn't read it too closely, and i thought it was for ALL ES contracts, not just the March. I am indeed monitoring the June contract (i think that's what you meant, NOT the MAY contract), which it sounds like you are saying, was...

I saw the IB Bulletin that there was a spike in the ES market and they were cancelling trades b/w a certain time period. I <fortunately> didn't have any trades on or pending during this time period, but if i understand an electronic market correctly... why would this spike cause trades to be...

It's an annual fee based upon account value... if the account does well the broker makes more money, if the account goes down, the broker makes less money. There is NO sharing arrangement based upon profits.

I think we have this discussion just under every 3 months as somebody always gets it wrong a little early :) Any chance you could list the correct symbols for ES and NQ? If you list it for all 4 expiration months, i can print them out and not have to worry about it anymore. Thanks.

If so, what are the new symbols for the ES and NQ? Thanks.

Thanks for your reply, explanation, and warning of potential problems.... i never would have thought about the partial fill scenario.

I set up as per the above and have 2 questions afterwards (haven't sent a live order down yet).... 1) Any problem changing the first order from limit to stop limit or mkt.... does this mess around w/ any of the other functions? Can i change the hot key set up to a mkt order OR change the...

Thanks def, hopefully i'll get a set-up tomorrow that i'm looking for so i'll be able to try it out. Last Question: Do i need to transmit the whole page at once, or can i submit one order at a time? (by clicking each "T" on the order line)

I don't think it's the OCA flag, it's in the column where my position size would typically be once an order gets filled.

Thanks, that answered A LOT!! But one question remains.... I set it up so i get 1 buy order and 2 sell orders, just like i want. The quantity shows "1" on all 3 orders, BUT the POSITION/TRAILING KEY column shows 2 on each line? I cancelled the whole page and tried it again, each...