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Thanks git and simple for some clarifications
There are still a few questions left:
How do I tell the TS whether to autotrade or not?
Do you use the profit histogramm to tweak the settings?
Does the TS try to always be in the market? (that means openening a short when exit long + red arrow occur as a pair?)
Is there a situation that the blue exit occurs but there is no red arrow to open short?
With the GBP/JPY on the 5 minute I saw a drawdown of nearly 200 pips; If I can't stand this, I would have to play the SL/TP properties to see what fits my risk ratio, right?
I now have a demo account at CMS Forex to get the VT platform (I'm using a MT4 platform for my live account)
I've installed the latest version of your TS you posted on April 1st.
Does your TS perform automated trading or does it just give the signals when to get in/out?
Is this system designed for both kind of entries long/short or does it prefer one side (does the blue arrow mean a signal for opening a long position and a close signal when the red arrow appears and not the other way round - open short when red/close when blue?)
Is this a plug and play TS or do I have to make certain settings before anything happens?
Is there a way to backtest the TS (if it supports automated trading)?
here we go:
http://www.gcitrading.com
I'm using the metatrader platform where you can trade all kind of stuff
What I don't like for testing purposes is that you have a fixed spread on demo accounts but sometimes huge spreads on the live account
I have to say that I really haven't found "the broker" so far.
A must for me is now that I can implement my ideas into functionality by using the MT4 PL
On the the other side I don't like the varying spreads even on the major pairs
I've got an other account (RBS marketindex) that uses the OANDA platform - best spreads I've ever seen even after major markets closed; but no chance there to program your own things
yes it's a MT4 platform
I like it because you have a program language (i am a professional programmer) to make your own indicators, trading robots and so on
Is there anything left in 4x that can be traded the next few days without having to fear to run into a trap?
My broker is GCI Financial because I can trade CFDs on stocks, indices, commodities and 4x with a single account and platform.
When we got this huge move on 4x today, my broker seemed to be out of business (any1 else made this experience with his/her broker?)
I was long USD/CAD and decided to hedge my position with a short when the market went a little bit (30 points) against me. I had an other buy limit in @1.2568 what I thought could be a support. When the pair suddenly dropped after the FED announcement, I tried to cancel my pending order (USD/CAD Ask still above my limit) and it took me about 20 minutes to get the confirmation, that my order wasn't executed. If the order were executed, it would probably have blown out 25% of my (real money) account.
if you draw the uptrend channel (upper+lower boarders) on EUR/USD on a daily basis, beginning 03/03/09, and then switch to the weekly timeframe:
Which big letter can you see then?
Maybe W?
Did anyone watch the xxx/CHF pairs?
That would have been the trades of the year
If they don't let the market run today,
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=atb39szNVkT0&refer=home
I'll throw in the towel
Who (third party) is trying to get out of NYHT that he is hiring Hototc.com for a $15k paid promo?
(Anything else than to create a market to unload would make me wonder)
Some opinions needed...
I made a performance comparison of FAZ with FAS over a 3 month period and got an interesting (but not astonishing) result:
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=FAZ#chart7:symbol=faz;range=3m;compare=fas;indicator=split+volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined
If one would have played both ETF with vertical credit spreads in Nov/08, there would have been good money to be made, because both ETFs are down huge
So I'm asking myself whether this behaviour can be prolonged into the future and a good trading opportunitiy unveils with high leveradged ETFs
A few weeks ago I read a very interesting article about leveraged ETFs and that you never should hold them longer than a few days
I found a link to this article in an IHUB post, but don't remember which board.
So my question is:
Are those 3x leveraged ETFs doomed to fall in a longer timeframe because of their nature?
Obviously no free lunch here
The April calls must be the sort of options you warned xbig against in the room on friday
I don't get them in the option chain when using my broker IB
Does anyone know a good option scanning tool to find options where the price of a certain option a month ahead is cheaper than the current month (expected decline in volatility/contango?)
Example BAC with datasource yahoo:
Feb Call 5: 2.63/2.83
Apr Call 5: 2.31/2.41
So the deal could be to buy Apr 5 and sell the Feb 5 as a calendar spread for $22 per lot without any risk?
Both are (currently) deep in the money and should have a comparable delta with the Feb's having the greater time decay
Thanks
I'm already in MRNA but unfortunately at 50+ cent
Is there anywhere a summary of companies that are expecting FDA approvals in the near future?
I totally misplayed this one
My thinking was right that they will bring MS down to 15.xx, but after MS traded 17.xx I thought I had to be lucky to get out even
So I sold for a chumb change @.30
One could have made a 10bagger on the 16 puts from .05 to .50
What I have learned is that there is money to made on expiration days. So I will have a deeper look at the options and open interests on Jan 15th
no, I'm rolling the dice
It's only a small position, but I got the feeling that they will bring down MS to the low 15
Today they obviously killed the $7.5 C Calls (good for me) and I wouldn't wonder if they also kill the $75 GS Calls
got some $16 puts @.25
we'll see what happens tomorrow
Playing the expiration date on MS
There is currently an open interest of 35+k on the dec 15 calls
Do you think it's possible that the big writers are going to drop MS below $15 and that it would be smart to buy some $16 puts?
Will GS report pre market?
Is there a way to play the EURO with options?
The ProShares ULE don't have options
I was referring to the PR 10/02/2008
But there they mentioned Mini and bond markets and not commodities. So should be something else here
Am I the only one who thought that they were already trading with real money?
How often do they commence trading?
This happens to me all the time
I think that I should stop investing in companies with fundamental background and buy garbage instead
As soon as there is a bid after R/S some people will begin to sell their remaining shares
The more shares are locked by conversion the less selling pressure we have
there are Co's out there where you better ask twice a day
Maybe we need a new confirmation that the float is only 40mil
I haven't been following this board for a few weeks so
Since when is WNBD advertising on IHUB?
I'm down 90% on this one but I don't sell
I'll fly with them or I'll die with them
In Germany we have different expiration times for equity and index options. Do all options expire 4 p.m.?
When memory serves me right, the options expire before market close
11:00 a.m.?
This kind of stuff is coming into fashion
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&cb=1227224343&article=29357417&symbol=NO%5EWEHI
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
It's all BS (IMO)
That's what I'm thinking, too.
Even after a R/S one possibly cannot sell because the MMs wouldn't let you
That's why I would like to see a R/S
Even if I would lose more money than I already have I could at least sell my position and get rid of this "investment"
Options (mostly) expire on Fridays
So you got your short position and over the weekend something unexpected happens....
I'll better do so
Thanks for your input
If I have PUTs in the money I'll get a short position if I don't have the underlying in my account?
Question from a newbie:
If I have options in the money, what happens on expiration date?
Are they executed without further notice or settled in cash?
Are you guys flipping this stock or holding?
2.2 mil traded on 3+mil float looks like flipping