BK, im sure i can convince the dev team to make the changes you need to directly imbed the historical charts. i am a big fan of your historical charts and i think its worth making changes to the site for ya! just give me the commitement that this ...

Historic Charts of Economic Releases

i disagree for one reason... OPEC does not want expensive oil! what happened when oil hit $70 last year? everybody and their mother was trying to put vegetable oil in their car, hybrid became a fad, and bush declared the US is an oil crack addict ...

I see oil reaching 100 USD?!

i do most of my futures trading with InteractiveBrokers. i trade with a few others, but nobody i would endorse:

I see oil reaching 100 USD?!

yes great points nader! and if i remember correctly, the dollar was strong while you and me were making a killing shorting oil last year. regarding the future of oil, i still think the best way to make money is on the short side. im nowhere near ...

I see oil reaching 100 USD?!

oh wow you are getting that through TS?!? thats my preferred platform! i could have swore i tried to pull it up, i think i was having a problem with my opra data because its showing fine now. yeah the spreads arent half bad but i hate when ...

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

what is bot ability?

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

i dont trade FX options, thats why i was looking for more info from dave. last time i looked at the market (about a year ago) the spreads were robbery. what kind of spreads are you seeing from ISE in terms of % of position? got any screenies you can ...

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

hmm, id have to read that, i dont really see how a math equation that is the basis of the market can be a joke. but i would have to see it in context. btw, the greatest options book in the world is listed in my profile

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

hmm, that would be buying (or selling) a spread, not really the same characterisitics of an options straddle. with spreads you want the out month to do something in relation to the front month, whereas with the straddle you are looking for the ...

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

thanks for the reco! btw, are they gamma scalpers or something? i have seen quite a few of these guys make big cash.

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

if you are not an options expert, you are best not to trade them. and i mean that in the nicest possible way there is an incredible number of complexities associated with options. its not like an underlying market where you can just buy and sell ...

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

are you close to this situation? and if not, how could you possibly come to such a conclusion?

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

i know of 3 benefits of leverage: 1. you broker-bankruptcy risk is decreased, since they have a fraction of what they would have without leverage. 2. your broker-theft risk is decreased, for same reason as #1 3. you can trade more strategies on a ...

Scaling: In/Out. Winning/Losing

wow thats the first time i have seen a banned person make a post LOLOL i am guessing we have some sort of bug with 1KT members effi, im gunna have to ask you to just respect the ban while we get the bug worked out

EMA 25-50 Trading System (Detailed)

im going to give an explanation here because im sure this will be an issue: effi has been banned for two weeks because he is using the forum to promote his services, which is against rule #3. he was given a warning infraction on the 10th, but he ...

EMA 25-50 Trading System (Detailed)

to a large extent i agree with you. but as ive said many times, mechanical trading is very much discretionary due to all the decisions that go into creating the program. but you CAN program human discretion into a mechanical system by creating some ...

Automated Trading

wow, well said! for a numbers guy you sure have a wide vision to be able to see the "human element"! its so easy to get wrapped up in statistics and forget that the basis of all this chart movement is is people! and people are pretty damn hard to ...

Automated Trading

i try to buy straddles when the market is extended, and sell them when its mid-snap. so i could see this being a good time to buy one, depending on when you plan to exit. though i trade options a lot, i hardly touch the currency options because i ...

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

well i would start a thread but there really isnt much to say about it other than what ive said around the forum. its not a philosophy or theory, just a useful equation. welles wilder is the expert on this subject, to really grasp the adx youd ...

AUD - next in line for a kick in the groin

great post dave, read it twice

Yep - fundamentals again