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Mini S&P is locked limit up until 9:30 EST! :eek:

Thank you, guys. I wasn't following the forums lately and completely forgot about the exchange replacement.

When is it, please? Today the S&P December futures become top stair, but the Russell Decembers appear to not be of existence yet. I was under the impression that on the Equity products it pretty much happens the same time (i.e. Thursday a week before expiry). Can anyone let me know when...

my current max drawdown is 30.75 ES points over a period of 5 days. That may sound like a lot , but still over a bigger period time frame I'm averaging more than 2 ES points. Win/Loss Ratio stands at 1.2273. Average Daily gain is 3.32. How does that info help with the decision? Thanks...

Hi folks, I bet many contemplate this question and I couldn't find a suitable answer to this through the search feature. I currently net slightly more than 2 ES points a day on average trading 1 ES contract and my account has grown to 5000$ (That's puny, I know, but I started with an amount...

Thanks. In that case, yshterk, may I PM you about this? I understand you guys are about to bump up the price of the CQG Trader platform. Broker here says seperate monthly fee per account, so I need your assistance on this one. D. Berliner

+ Unfortunetly , my darn broker says otherwise. They say that with each account I have with them (and I have two) , I need to pay the $25/month charge separately. bastards. :mad: Can you point me to some official person from CQG that can confirm what you're saying? This would really...

Hey, when you say "unlimited number of accounts", Do you mean the $25/month charge encompasses all accounts you have or is it on a per account basis? Not sure I got that part. Thanks. D. Berliner

Hello, I'm currently in advanced negotiations with several IB's for futures. Part of the deal with some appears to be a minimum amount of contracts traded per month, for the rate quoted. I'd like to know how this thing works with some of the more experienced people around here with such...

Seems as if their X-Trader software costs a lot. I just want to build the futures account slowly.. not allotting a lot of capital to that account. I need a brokerage that welcomes small time retailers.

Hi! I'm looking for a broker that has $500 per cont. (could even be $1000) margins for trading the mini S&P 500 and a functioning DOM trading platform, that doesn't cost any additional fees. It doesn't need to be fancy, as I'm not scalping, but something that won't disconnect or lag all the...

a great teacher does not try to humiliate his students.. I still prefer my own teacher. :) All in all, would you fade my trade?

You are assuming things that do not necessarily apply to me. I will be forced out of this trade only if I will not have the margin to keep it up, otherwise the trade would still have time to remedy itself. I think this trade would work out with very high chances of doing so.. I understand the...

That's ok.. I was referring to opt789 regarding being a TOS user. If your help is sincere then I appreciate it. I'm just so used to seeing so called "new" forum members coming aboard and posting their trades and always being dismissed unless they have already proven themselves, and I'm on these...

1) I'm not a "he". 2) What I'm not interested in is pure bashing.. telling me that there's a huge theoretical risk is not a new concept to me.. there's risk in the "risk-free" rate (not that I'm comparing). 3) The trade has not "gone my way" as of now. Apparently you're on an "auto-pilot"...

Would you be so kind and post where you got this information from? Did you compute that backtesting yourself considering the VIX was only introduced in 1993, and revised completely in 2003.. Also, if you wouldn't mind.. where was the VIX a month later? you neglected to post that... Did you...

Ok, thanks for all the replies.. the trade was already made, and to the one who offered to open it at a higher vix level - well, it was opened at a higher level, since I took the trade earlier in the month, when the ensuing panic by the credit crisis was still very much at large. I prefer the...

enlightening! :D

Earlier this month I have performed the following VIX Backratio spread: - Bought 10 May 2008 20C @ 4.8 - Sold 20 May 2008 27.5C @ 2.4 I seem to be covered completely in a downtrending vix and in an uptrending vix covered up to 35 , from which I start losing money, sweet spot at...

Thanks, Vertigo... but that still doesn't explain what the rule of 10 is, and it's ruleset, just his reasoning for applying it in his trading.. would appreciate the rule/s (i.e setup) for this trade. Seems as if you short a 10 point move up, or long a 10 point move down .. but measured from...