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Emini and Emicro Index
June 15th, 2021, 07:51 PM
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ES/NQ long term positions
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The numbers often align with measured move...
The numbers often align with measured move targets, sometimes important fib levels. I have to think algos are using these levels in some way. Magnets if there is confluence of several methods...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 18th, 2021, 08:40 AM
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ES/NQ long term positions
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You can see the validity of this approach during...
You can see the validity of this approach during this bull market from the daily chart of ES below. You can see how price pauses at mid-points, probes lower areas. It is even more noticeable in...
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Emini and Emicro Index
April 18th, 2021, 08:25 AM
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I normally initiate trades intra-day as day...
I normally initiate trades intra-day as day trades. If I manage to catch good entries (at the edges), then I keep a part of it longer term and scale out at various minor levels. Since this market is...
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Platforms and Indicators
September 2nd, 2017, 11:34 AM
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IB TWS NYSE $TICK data problem
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All IB support could say was: They transmit what...
All IB support could say was: They transmit what their data vendor provides and they have no control over it. Obviously no serious traders use IB for such data, as they do not even acknowledge that...
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Platforms and Indicators
August 16th, 2017, 11:15 AM
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IB TWS NYSE $TICK data problem
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Thank you. So far (despite the lack of...
Thank you. So far (despite the lack of tick-by-tick stream and other issues), I had been able to trade off of the available data in an effort to keep overhead low. Now it has become a real hindrance...
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Platforms and Indicators
August 14th, 2017, 01:15 PM
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IB TWS NYSE $TICK data problem
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I was mistaken about the fixing of the problem....
I was mistaken about the fixing of the problem. Totally unusable again today. Per IB, TICK did not go above 0 from about 10:45. Other sources do not reflect this and are in line with overwhelmingly...
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Platforms and Indicators
August 11th, 2017, 03:58 PM
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IB TWS NYSE $TICK data problem
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IB apparently has fixed the problem. Today's...
IB apparently has fixed the problem. Today's $TICK appears to be normal. Hope it stays that way. I was totally misled by this yesterday staying out of trades I would normally have taken.
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Platforms and Indicators
August 10th, 2017, 04:31 PM
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IB TWS NYSE $TICK data problem
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IB TWS NYSE $TICK data problem
Anyone using IB TWS NYSE $TICK data? Of late (since late July, it appears the TICK as reported by TWS does not match market internals. Today, for example, TICK has been positive all day long reaching...
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Brokers
April 7th, 2015, 08:46 AM
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Interactive Brokers not allowing futures trading in IRAs
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ge55
IB is good as long as you don't need support from...
IB is good as long as you don't need support from a live person - phone or chat. This morning I could not even access Account Management for making IRA contribution for 2014.
Re Margin:
3X...
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Brokers
March 13th, 2015, 08:57 PM
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Interactive Brokers not allowing futures trading in IRAs
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ge55
May be so; but would it be too much to ask for a...
May be so; but would it be too much to ask for a bulletin and/or allow a trading day for traders to square open positions? Especially if they are not in any violation of margin requirements.
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Brokers
March 13th, 2015, 10:06 AM
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Interactive Brokers not allowing futures trading in IRAs
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ge55
All my IRA accounts can trade futures again as of...
All my IRA accounts can trade futures again as of this morning. Not sure for how long, though. At least, TWS is accepting orders. I am holding off till situation becomes clear.
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Brokers
March 12th, 2015, 02:41 PM
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Interactive Brokers not allowing futures trading in IRAs
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No such luck here. No permission. I also heard...
No such luck here. No permission. I also heard that Advisor accounts are still able to trade futures in clients' IRA. So, a real murky and uncertain situation and still no formal announcement of any...
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Brokers
March 11th, 2015, 01:57 PM
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Interactive Brokers not allowing futures trading in IRAs
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Email from IB on an email query: "Please...
Email from IB on an email query:
"Please be advised that futures trading capabilities is no longer allowed in IRA accounts, per management decision. An IB customer will no longer be able to...
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Brokers
March 11th, 2015, 09:55 AM
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Yes, it is real strange if you were able to trade...
Yes, it is real strange if you were able to trade futures last night in an IRA account. I believe they revoked trade permissions on all IRA accounts across the board.
Are you still using...
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Brokers
March 11th, 2015, 08:27 AM
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Interactive Brokers not allowing futures trading in IRAs
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Any opinions on TradeStation
I also have been trading equity ETFs and futures with IB in multiple IRA accounts and thought IB was the best thing going for pricing and execution - acceptable datafeed and trading platform, besides...
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