If a trader "hedges" then there wouldn't be a SL as the hedge is the protection so doesn't matter if the spreads widen. Of course you could use a SL on both positions but I don't think that's the way it's usually done but could be wrong.

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Nice, clean chart. Slight change to trading hours. Regular Trading Hours (New York Time): 9:30AM-2:20PM (12 hour clock) or 9:30-14:20 (24 hour clock) Extended Trading Hours (New York Time): 8:00PM-8:45AM (12 hour clock) or 20:00-8:45 ...

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Are commodities in a speculative bubble?

Could you pick out 1 or 2 commodities that have an "elevated price, led by speculators"? I must have missed the ones you're looking at.

Are commodities in a speculative bubble?

Most are no-where near highs so why a bubble? If the US$ crashes then maybe higher prices but supplies are currently abundant with most commodities.

Are commodities in a speculative bubble?

I find it pretty funny if anyone thinks the largest fx traders (banks) in the world pay millions to hire the best traders in the world then sell their trade positions to the public for a fee of $50/month. So citibank got stopped out of their short ...

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Yes, you have it correct. You can buy/sell any time just like any other market. As for the bid/ask quantities, those will be changing all the time so if I checked again now the "ask" column could have more than the "bid" column. Today stocks are ...

Questions about Stock Options

Quotes are from OptionsXpress but I don't use them anymore. Just use to get quotes.

Questions about Stock Options

You need to see bid/ask when the markets are open. I just took a snapshot of the quantities available @ bid/ask at the 140 call strike in AAPL. If you add the numbers in the "bid" column that will give you total buying power if you need to sell @ ...

Questions about Stock Options

1-American Style options can be sold any time. 2-European Style options must be held to expiration. 3-Liquidity varies greatly from one stock to another. Some stocks have very liquid options and others are VERY thin. Large cap stocks usually have ...

Questions about Stock Options

Yes, I was referring to FX futures. My broker requires approx. $7,000 to trade one contract of Euro futures. Other brokers require less. Forex brokers require a fraction of that to trade one lot of EU.

5 years and still no strategy

Easily accessible to anyone but requires more capital & leverage is lower with margin requirements much higher. Smallest trade size is 1 contract which is equivalent to 1 standard lot in forex. "Mini-contracts" are available but volume is pretty ...

5 years and still no strategy

If trading commodity & equity futures then reading volume/orders on a DOM can be helpful as the markets are centralized so all the volume/orders are visible. In currencies, most volume is traded in forex & NOT in the futures market so you're only ...

5 years and still no strategy

1-but I still don't have a strategy 2-and many other strategies but without any success... 3-I know how to trade with trend using HL/LH (see chart below, Why short?) 4- I know everything about proper money management 5-my problem is that I don't ...

5 years and still no strategy

If not for "holiday" (probably dull action) I'd be watching here.

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Unfortunately I'd have to go back to high school days since I've looked like that even though I ride bike 15-20 miles a day.

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And I thought that was you hanging from the boulder in your profile picture.

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