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    Does anyone here have experience with Nadex

    Hello, Does anyone here have experience with Nadex? If so, what are the advantages and disadvantages? under what circumstances is it better than regular trading? In what situations is it less effective? Thanks
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    What Forex Broker would be able to help with these trading strategies

    Hello, Is there any Forex Broker that has the capacity to work with these following strategies: 1. I want to set up a contingency order where if a stop occurs and the price returns to my entry point, the platform will retry the trade. 2. I want to set up a contingency order where if a trade...
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    Question about weekly options straddles and strangles

    Hello, What are some good dates and times to buy straddles and strangles on weekly options on the major stocks? Thanks
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    What Forex Platform is best for Contingency Orders

    Hello, What platform is best for Forex Contingency Orders? Thanks
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    anyone here use Rockefeller Treasury Services Forex signals?

    Hello, Has anyone here used Rockefeller Treasury Services? If so, what has your experience been with this Forex Service? How difficult is it to use their contingency orders? Thanks
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    Stock options and directional trading

    Hello, Does anyone on this board successfully use long option for directional trading? If so, how would one go about doing it? Thanks
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    TF in July, august, and early september vs. now

    Hello, will be ever be back to the days if nice morning trends as in July, August, and early September? Thanks
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    Nadex options and Taxes

    Hello, just wondering: 1. How are Nadex options taxed? 2. How does reporting work? 3. Are losses subject to the 3,000 loss limitation that stocks have? In other words, if someone makes 20,000 loses, 10,000, will they be taxed as if they had 17,000 in profits? Thanks
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    Morning TF futures and other emini futures in this and last week

    Hello, Why is it that for the past two weeks, with the exception of the big downtrend last Wednesday, most mornings in the TF futures have been quite choppy with weak breakouts, weak price follow through sudden spikes as opposed to smoother trend-like moves which were often seen in July, part...
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    Of trading binary options or Exotic Options

    Hello, I am wondering the following: 1. Are there ever any situations where: A. Binary options can have better risk reward ratios then vanilla options. B. Genuine OTC exotic options such as barriers, Knockouts, compounds can offer better deals then vanilla options. 2. What would be some...
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    Number of FXCM or Gain contracts equivalent to Currency Futures

    Hello, I will soon be trading at FXCM or GAIN. My question is the following: I will be subscribing to a signal service that is meant for Currency futures. However, I will be instead using FXCM or GAIN Forex. Since, I want results that are equivalent in proprotion, how can I determine how...
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    Taxes and Eminis

    Hello, To anyone who has experience in this matter: A. How do I record my emini total profits or loss for the year on 6781, Schedule D, and 1040? B. How are index futures like TF and ES taxed? Are they taxed differently then Grain and narrow based index futures? Thanks
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    When to start trading the emini in the day

    Hello, What are the advantages and disadvantages of beginning a trading day at 9:30 AM vs. 10:00 AM for TF or YM Thanks
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    Trading Soybeans(ZS) and Soybean meal (ZM)

    Hello, For anyone who has experience trading Soybeans and/or Soybean meal intraday: A. What are the advantages and disadvantages of trading Soybeans and Soybean meal intraday? B. How well do these products trend? C. What months are best for trading? Thanks
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    Question about intraday trends and trading

    Hello, In terms of good solid intraday trends, which futures instruments "trend well" (have many good intraday trends) and which ones either have way omuch chop or not enough volatility? Thanks
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    Advantages and disadvantages of trading Oil(CL) vs. ES

    Hello, Just wondering to anyone who day trades the CL, what are the advantages and disadvantages of trading CL vs. day trading stock index eminis? Thanks
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    TF this January

    Hello, Just wondering why has the Rusell 2000 intraday been: A. So weak in volume. B. So Choppy This January compared to other months has been so choppy, spiky and thin intraday, even on the best days. 1. Why has that been? 2. When will the good intraday trends return? Thanks
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    Gold on December 6th and January 6th

    Hello, Just wondering why did Gold Futures have a crazy spike down on January 6th and a crazy spike down and then up on December 6th? Is the sixth of the month a day to be careful of? Thanks
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    good ol days of corn and grains

    Hello, There were some good times last spring where corn and a few other grains had several ten point moves per week (around 2,000 per contract per week intraday), now the range for both soybeans and corn is quite low. When will the days of very powerful intraday moves in corn and...
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    Currency vs. Index Futures

    Hello, to anyone who has had experience with both trading Currency Futures such as the Euro and Index futures such as ES and YM, what are the advantages and disadvantages of Currency Futures compared to Index Futures? Thanks
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