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Ok, so it seems as though I COULD trade it as I would anything else as far as technical analysis, i.e. trendlines/support and resistance goes. It seems like personality can almost be matched directly to a market. I can see how this makes spreads a favorable option. Thank you for all of...

I'm happy to hear that. I know have a good deal of knowledge about technical analysis as that is the primary emphasis in retail spot FX. I would imagine this is one of the only options because tape reading really isn't possible at least to the retail trader. If you wouldn't mind, could you...

tom_czr: I am more familiar with futures which is why I am leaning this way. I do understand what Bone means about markets never being mispriced by commercial players. At some point though, there has to be some level of speculation in which no one really knows for sure what the next outcome...

Is there any advantage to trading spreads over outrights (aside from the ability to hold overnight for cheap) if I just wanted to trade based on chart patterns and technical analysis? Thanks

tom_czr: How much does seasonality come into play for short term swing trades that only last 1-3 days? Can the spreads be traded like an outright using technical analysis? i.e. trendlines, support/resistance, moving averages, etc.

In Sierra Chart I can easily set the multiplier for either side of the spread in an intermarket spread. It is the ratio that I am still a little confused about. In the example, I see that the ratio does not actually translate into the literal ratio of contracts traded but rather into the...

Thank you for adding... I will check them out.

Bone: I totally understand your points and I do think they make a lot of sense. Before I looked into futures I traded spot FX. The more I learned about trading the more I realized this was in some way just not very authentic (not really trading a true market). What I do remember though is...

Bone: Thank you for all the information. Much of what I know about spreading has come from reading various posts of yours throughout these forums. Would you say that it may be worthwhile to special in trading a specific curve? For example, I have read that there are spread traders that...

Hello everyone, I would like to get more involved in spread trading as it appears that many experienced traders that have many years in the game tend to be trading spreads. I know there are some advantages and disadvantages to this form of trading but for me right now the biggest...