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Trading Reviews and Vendors
April 19th, 2016, 05:17 PM
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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)
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zcui
Just confirmed with TST's support team, it seems...
Just confirmed with TST's support team, it seems like they no longer offer a free month's combine to those who fail to pass FTP.
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Trading Reviews and Vendors
December 17th, 2015, 01:39 PM
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Topstep's Nick Dolby (Social Media and Community Coordinator) - Ask me Anything (AMA)
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zcui
Hi Michael, I have a question about your...
Hi Michael,
I have a question about your combine rules. I see the first rule of combine saying a trader has to be profitable on each and every product, but as a Forex/currency futures trader, I...
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Trading Reviews and Vendors
March 29th, 2015, 03:41 AM
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List of FIO traders who have passed the TST combine or funded
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zcui
okay.. saw that when I start the combine, but...
okay.. saw that when I start the combine, but somehow completely forgot about it. so I need another breakeven day :(
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Trading Reviews and Vendors
March 28th, 2015, 11:53 PM
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List of FIO traders who have passed the TST combine or funded
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zcui
Passed 50k continuous combine yesterday. Waiting...
Passed 50k continuous combine yesterday. Waiting to hear back from them.
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Trading Journals
May 10th, 2013, 07:05 PM
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Trading spot fx euro using price action
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136,875
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zcui
He mentioned on his charts in the article,...
He mentioned on his charts in the article, "retest of prior high/rejection would fail, leading to at least a test of recent lows." Here rejection could be a two bar reversal (like in your trade), or...
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Trading Journals
May 10th, 2013, 05:45 PM
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Trading spot fx euro using price action
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zcui
wow, these are lots of charts. My 2c On your...
wow, these are lots of charts.
My 2c On your May 7th, trade #1:
Bar 288 was a strong two bar rejection, it's better not trade into it. In fact, I would short on bar 294, expecting a retest of a...
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Trading Reviews and Vendors
February 13th, 2013, 05:24 AM
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Anybody heard of topsteptrader (review)
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zcui
For anyone who's also confused by T4's way of...
For anyone who's also confused by T4's way of calculating trading stats, TST sent me a file explaining them. Please see attachment.
Below is their definition of "a trade":
What constitutes a...
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NinjaTrader
January 25th, 2013, 08:14 PM
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Dumb Question: Gap in chart
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zcui
Try go to instrument manager, search GC 09-12,...
Try go to instrument manager, search GC 09-12, click "edit", then "Misc", go to bottom line "Contract Months", click on it and you will see "..." appears, click it and change the rollover date to a...
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Brokers
January 9th, 2013, 11:25 AM
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Mirus/Zen-Fire connection drops
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gain247 trs3042 Thanks for the feedbacks. ...
gain247 trs3042
Thanks for the feedbacks.
I'm with RCG, and the issue lasted from 7:30 PST to 8:00 AM. Rebooted modem/router, restarted NinjaTrader for a couple times didn't help. My other...
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Brokers
January 9th, 2013, 10:50 AM
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Mirus/Zen-Fire connection drops
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zcui
Having some connection issue right now (since CL...
Having some connection issue right now (since CL inventory report). Connection signal remains green, but numbers on DOM constantly remain unchanged for like 10 seconds, or even longer. Anyone...
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Currencies
October 25th, 2012, 12:35 AM
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Bob Volman - Price Action Scalping
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zcui
I asked him about this before, and here's what he...
I asked him about this before, and here's what he said:
".....If you want to trade the CME then just experiment until you come up with a tick number that looks doable and produces bars of around 2-4...
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NinjaTrader
August 6th, 2012, 07:16 PM
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Windows 8 and NinjaTrader
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28,245
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zcui
You can convert between traditional desktop and...
You can convert between traditional desktop and metro using small utilities like w8devpre smt.
For multiple monitor users, one big change is that now we have taskbar on each of our monitors, not...
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ThinkOrSwim
September 9th, 2011, 03:24 PM
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Is Thinkorswim a good Platform for Futures Trading?
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150,351
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zcui
I've been with TOS for almost 4 years now, and I...
I've been with TOS for almost 4 years now, and I also agree that it's not that bad. Their software is great and reliable, and they update it in a regular basis, their service has been excellent, they...
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ThinkOrSwim
September 9th, 2011, 02:30 AM
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Is Thinkorswim a good Platform for Futures Trading?
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zcui
Like someone already mentioned above, I don't...
Like someone already mentioned above, I don't think TOS is the best platform for futures.
Their commissions are high ($7 vs. $3 each round-turn with others), margins are high ($5000 for 6E vs....
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Brokers
September 9th, 2011, 02:03 AM
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Think Or Swim execution
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zcui
I've been trading spot forex pairs with TOS for...
I've been trading spot forex pairs with TOS for 2.5 years, and I feel the execution is slower than before.
Until last year, any order will be filled within 2 seconds or so, but since early this...
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Trading Reviews and Vendors
August 5th, 2011, 03:18 PM
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Lance Begg vs Al Brooks
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As a currency trader, like Lance Beggs, I found...
As a currency trader, like Lance Beggs, I found his method works better than Al Brook's on currency futures. However, since most of his charts in his book are from 2010, I'm a little concerned about...
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