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i960
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Commodities
August 3rd, 2017, 03:16 AM
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Intra-day Chinese Futures Data?
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i960
Assuming we're talking DCE, ZCE, and SHFE...
Assuming we're talking DCE, ZCE, and SHFE commodities, then eSignal has this data.
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Commodities
November 9th, 2016, 07:54 PM
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Trading calendar spreads?
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12,558
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i960
Then count me in the camp that does not accept...
Then count me in the camp that does not accept selling premium is somehow a statistical edge. It doesn't even remotely pass the "if it were that easy everyone would be doing it" filter and greatly...
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Platforms and Indicators
November 5th, 2016, 05:57 PM
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Time Series database for tick and trade data.
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i960
This is not completely accurate. Databases like...
This is not completely accurate. Databases like Berkeley DB (BDB) are specifically about starting with the primitives, designing the underlying record format, and implementing everything around that...
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Commodities
October 2nd, 2016, 03:57 PM
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Trading calendar spreads?
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12,558
Posted By
i960
Trade further out on the curve (not prompt...
Trade further out on the curve (not prompt months)
Trade on daily or weekly timeframes, not intraday (be prepared to hold trades for weeks)
Trade with the flow and wait for a reversals to confirm...
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Brokers
August 11th, 2016, 08:00 PM
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IB killing forex trading?
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12,729
Posted By
i960
This post earlier this year on FF seems to sum it...
This post earlier this year on FF seems to sum it up the situation quite well IMO: SEC bans Broker-Dealers from retail forex transactions @ Forex Factory...
Forum:
Brokers
August 11th, 2016, 06:43 PM
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IB killing forex trading?
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12,729
Posted By
i960
https://www.leaprate.com/2016/05/sec-notice-bans-b...
https://www.leaprate.com/2016/05/sec-notice-bans-broker-dealers-from-retail-forex/
I see no reason why the SEC should have any juristiction or say so over this but thank the wonderful government...
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Brokers
July 28th, 2016, 03:10 AM
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Advice on 24 hour Asian Futures Markets
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i960
Okay well there's 1000s of swing and position...
Okay well there's 1000s of swing and position traders out there that don't have an issue with this. Close the position and reopen it at open if it's an issue for you - or adapt your timeframe to work...
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Brokers
July 25th, 2016, 04:29 PM
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Advice on 24 hour Asian Futures Markets
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8,300
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i960
6J leaves you entirely prone to BOJ surprises (as...
6J leaves you entirely prone to BOJ surprises (as does the Nikkei as well but somewhat less so). Why is a couple hour gap even a problem? A strategy cannot rely on this as a key factor of an edge.
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Psychology and Money Management
July 23rd, 2016, 09:35 PM
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Who do you trade against?
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Posted By
i960
I do mostly agree with your points although I...
I do mostly agree with your points although I would add there are ways to provide liquidity and/or potentially benefit from commercial flows but they don't involve trading front month spec futures....
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Psychology and Money Management
July 23rd, 2016, 07:17 PM
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Who do you trade against?
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Posted By
i960
This isn't strictly true, particularly when it...
This isn't strictly true, particularly when it comes to physical commodities. Take a simple long case: commercials may be selling while you're buying for any number of reasons. Sure they might make...
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Brokers
July 23rd, 2016, 06:42 PM
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Advice on 24 hour Asian Futures Markets
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8,300
Posted By
i960
It's not any different than the CME contract....
It's not any different than the CME contract. There is *no* contract open 24 hours a day without a close or maintenance period. That goes for N225, to ES, to CL, to anything really.
For instance,...
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Brokers
July 23rd, 2016, 06:16 PM
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Advice on 24 hour Asian Futures Markets
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8,300
Posted By
i960
It's tradable but the volume is about 10x less...
It's tradable but the volume is about 10x less than the 225 mini contract on JPX which is 1M+ lots a day. Even the full size contract on Osaka does the same volume or more as the NKD contract....
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Brokers
July 23rd, 2016, 03:06 AM
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Advice on 24 hour Asian Futures Markets
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8,300
Posted By
i960
Easily the Nikkei 225 contract on OSE/JPX. This...
Easily the Nikkei 225 contract on OSE/JPX. This is *the* Asian ES basically. K200 probably the next most similar.
There's also STW, SSG, and A50 on SGX with the former probably being the most...
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Brokers
March 11th, 2016, 02:49 AM
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TF datafeed from ICE on Ninja Trader
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8,471
Posted By
i960
I have no idea where people are getting this 0$...
I have no idea where people are getting this 0$ figure from. With IB I've always had to pay ICEUS data fees for trading TF and DX (which used to be 95$/month, but of course recently increased). Same...
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Currencies
August 22nd, 2015, 03:31 AM
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China's economic slowdown and unprecedented devaluation of Yuan
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11,841
Posted By
i960
What if I told you there was another way of...
What if I told you there was another way of accomplishing the same goal but without directly buying equities?
Forum:
NinjaTrader
August 8th, 2015, 12:18 AM
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int to byte conversion
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1,583
Posted By
i960
False optimization usually. Modern 64-bit CPUs...
False optimization usually. Modern 64-bit CPUs use a native 8-byte word w/ hardware support for 4-byte words. It's actually slower to use a 8-bit char/byte than a 32 or 64-bit int with one exception:...
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Traders Hideout
August 6th, 2015, 04:15 AM
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Should Germany leave the Euro?
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29,602
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i960
You cannot have monetary union without true...
You cannot have monetary union without true political union.
At best the EU itself can function - but the EZ in it's current form is dysfunctional in the long-term. It's entirely possible to have...
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Traders Hideout
July 17th, 2015, 04:24 AM
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Why you should add to winners and never add to losers
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Posted By
i960
One of the other issues in this debate is that it...
One of the other issues in this debate is that it seems the extremes of 0% and 100% are being used to prove or disprove a point. As I said earlier, p is not necessarily static throughout the decision...
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Traders Hideout
July 13th, 2015, 06:26 PM
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China's Shanghai crash of 2015
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18,454
Posted By
i960
They also want to avoid that whole problem of...
They also want to avoid that whole problem of listed companies who took out loans using their own stock as collateral.
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 12th, 2015, 02:59 AM
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Chinese Index Futures CSI300
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7,294
Posted By
i960
CFFEX is not easily open to foreign traders,...
CFFEX is not easily open to foreign traders, which is a shame as there's more than just financial futures which are interesting.
Anyways, you don't need to trade CSI300 futures directly (although...
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Traders Hideout
July 12th, 2015, 02:22 AM
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Why you should add to winners and never add to losers
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21,109
Posted By
i960
I'm saying that while the analysis and math is...
I'm saying that while the analysis and math is good, there may be some practical/pragmatic/empirical points that don't necessarily match. For instance, the specific part about are stops being common...
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Traders Hideout
July 11th, 2015, 09:58 PM
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34
Why you should add to winners and never add to losers
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21,109
Posted By
i960
Yes, in a potentially big way. What's the...
Yes, in a potentially big way. What's the assumption of this analysis when it comes to stops? Are we assuming independent stop levels for each independent trade or are we assuming a common stop? I...
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Traders Hideout
July 11th, 2015, 09:37 PM
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43
China's Shanghai crash of 2015
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18,454
Posted By
i960
My take on this market situation is that it's...
My take on this market situation is that it's basically just China's version of Nasdaq 99 - complete with a similar ending (albeit their govt steps in and tries to prop it up).
I trade this...
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Emini and Emicro Index
July 11th, 2015, 09:32 PM
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10
Huge Gap Ups/Downs lately, what times to avoid?
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3,420
Posted By
i960
Your stops won't be skipped over. They'll be...
Your stops won't be skipped over. They'll be immediately executed. Of course it'll be at a price that's past your stops if there's a gap (and your stop is/was in the middle of that gap), but you...
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Brokers
May 16th, 2015, 06:22 PM
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86
MDP 3.0, is CME migrating to a new data comm protocol?
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46,640
Posted By
i960
If this protocol is bundling just in the sense...
If this protocol is bundling just in the sense that they're encapsulated more data in a single packet without reducing accuracy then there shouldn't be a problem. If it also allows brokers like IB to...
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