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Good to know. So were you connected to IB in any way to get that chart data (I know I have to connect to OEC trader to get chart data)

I use OEC Trader to monitor my price alerts, and while it works nicely it requires the software to be on all the time. (a problem when the battery is running low) I was wondering if IB's software stores the price alerts on their end so an alert can be sent out without me needing my computer...

great thanks

Are there any services that send breaking news events and reports out via email or SMS messaging? This would be a great asset to me because I can't keep an eye on CNBC all the time. I watch the big financial and commodity markets. Thanks

It's not a crutch, it just makes sound business sense for allowing better trading decisions. Any trader who says trading larger does not affect his decisions at least somewhat is either dishonest or very experienced. Trading well is tough enough without unnesecary pressure on the button...

Hi, The old trading problem of being affected by dollar amount swings is an obstacle to increasing my profitability. Since I trade futures on a multi-day timeframe this keeps me from going from making decent money to good money (or more). I feel that the separation of my risk management...

On a couple markets (main culprits I follow are the dollar index and eurodollar) the bid/ask volume is very high, often ranging in the 300-500 range. Yet there can be 2-3 tick spreads and fills are laggy just like in the lower volume markets, which the total volume suggests. This leads me to...

Thank you, I searched proactive futures and the feedback was quite positive. I decided to go with MB trading after finding their fee schedule. Basically they don't charge for anything major except commissions. No market data fees or phone order fees. I've heard they have very good customer...

Open E Cry charges me $25 per phone call order (plus standard commissions) which can add up with a few calls. I'm looking for someone with better rates for phone orders. Any suggestions? Thanks Ashan

I don't need to, but Open E Cry is my broker and there is only one alternative order routing solution for them that I am aware of (Openquant)

I found a programmer who is able to automate my trading strategy through microsoft excel. There is one catch: Both excel and OEC trader must stay on the entire time. This is a potentially big problem because the requirement that my computer stay on all the time could cause any number of...

I use bracket orders to place entry and exit order combos in Open E cry. Problem is that it is a one shot deal. If the order triggers and stops out, there is no way to set up the combo to reactivate again. I guess I need to look elsewhere. Excel looks attractive with no API fees, so I am...

Does anyone know how to get price alerts sent to them via text message? I trade futures and use Open E Cry. OEC Trader doesn't seem to be able to send text alerts but it can send emails, with the big catch that it can't seem to send to emails that require SSL or TLS authentication. So finding a...

I think the trick to trading like Chick is as follows: 1) Continue to IGNORE SHORT TERM PRICE FLUCTUATIONS, but be more lenient about jumping out of trades and jumping in at higher prices. As a general rule with my new strategy, I will assume any move of less than 30 ticks (ie 7.5 ES points)...

Thanks mont1ia, all very good points. My circumstances described in the long post below will hopefully be in line with what you suggested, I think I finally have the answer to accumulating experience faster while substantially reducing risk. I called Chick today and probably received the...

Unfortunately it was wrong and what was a marginal situation is now poor after the ML has turned up today on continued upside pressure. May very well be uneventful but this is not a good situation to trade anymore based on the lines, pattern is now concurrent to the upside. Public Trading...

Hi bradcox3, my full explanation for the cocoa situation is in the picture below. The summary is that the trend is discounted as neutral at this point, ML is treated as the trend and is clearly negative, and the recent lower low in the SL is treated as a special case because of a large price...

You’re right monti1a, the line is dashed. I don’t have the option for dots so it will have to do, I think it is a step above the solid line though and still shows ML velocity quite well with the spacing between the dashes. Pretty negative day in stocks. Really wasn’t expecting this...

I have always used the layout shown in my previous pictures to chart the markets, but TGM’s suggestion and pictures were enough for me to tweak the format and make some changes. It is now radically different from before. 1) The bars are spaced apart a little more than before making the...

Couple letters put out by Chick yesterday: Friday early morning (1:00 am) Friday midday (11:00am) Chick went over the VIX with me before. He told me it was appropriate to call it a “fear index”. The VIX measures the premium that the options sellers charge on the options they sell...