If there was only a way to reprogram the trading platform to switch commands with the Buy/Sell buttons... it may just actually work.

USDCAD trend reversal?

Yeah, I think so. I haven't used it, but I know several futures traders like to use it as a trading platform because of its complex and automated order management... I think that's why they charge a fee for using it as a trading platform. But the ...

Is tradestation the only one?

Sort of off topic, but I was looking at brokers that NinjaTrader plugs into, and one of them is FuturesBetting.com. If you thought retail FOREX was a bucket shop, the contract style betting pools in the UK are worse.

Is tradestation the only one?

That's the part of "you have to provide your own data service". They're just a charting software company... they don't have servers to the markets. I think NinjaTrader is the same way. IQData, RealTick, Interactive Brokers, and I think MBTrading ...

Is tradestation the only one?

Multicharts can read EL. However, you need to get a separate data service, and while it has more features than TS, some people complain that it is still "beta" (ie: buggy as hell).

Is tradestation the only one?

I still wonder how much they cost. In my previous example, the S&P500 equity call option for Jun07 @ 1515 was roughly $11.00. An equity contract assumes a 100 share lot, which is $1,100. The Emini S&P500 future call option for Jun07 @ 1515 was also ...

Who here trades Futures?

Yeah, the 1H drew a nice pin/doji at 18:00 EDT. I'm testing a new system, so paper traded short at close of 19:00 EDT candle, which was 1.0634. Recording as 1.0631 for a more "realistic" entry.

USDCAD trend reversal?

Ahem... I meant bonds.

Who here trades Futures?

Best description of the Awesome Oscillator... EVER!!

Understanding Indicators

Yes... that seems to work here in the US as well.

Technical analysts are very confused

I used to trade with PFG... then Hammer, which was a division of Refco. Fortunately, by co-incidence, I closed that account a few months before they collapsed. The collapse of Refco sent huge shockwaves throughout the futures world as they were the ...

Who here trades Futures?

As most people have already said, analysis is moving the odds in your favor. Those who say they can pinpoint exactly what the market will do tomorrow or next week are probably full of sh*t anyway, as most professional traders don't know if the ...

Technical analysts are very confused

Besides the usual tech. analysis and money management... none I can think of. I think we pretty much covered all the peculiarities of futures.

Who here trades Futures?

Interesting about finding correlations with different equity markets and currencies. Often I find the US equities are strong when the dollar is weak... the reason why is foreign investors see US stocks as a good deal because they're relatively ...

Who here trades Futures?

Yep. I think the lettering system is explained on the various exchanges' (CME, CBOT, NYBOT, etc.) websites.

Who here trades Futures?

Yep. For example, if you want to trade the E-mini S&P 500, you've got ESM07 for June, ESU07 for Sept, ESZ07 for Dec., etc.

Who here trades Futures?

I've always remembered the $25k rule only applied to stocks, as this was no more than a knee-jerk reaction on the government's part from the daytraders who went broke during the dot com boom and bust. You can scalp futures all you want for ...

Who here trades Futures?

The contract you buy/sell has the expiration month on it.

Who here trades Futures?

I haven't traded futures options, but I heard that they typically run in the hundreds of dollars per contract. You might want to ask your broker or search for the info, because the pricing seems to be close to equity options (latest quote is $11.00 ...

Who here trades Futures?

On the chart data, yes. For TS, you'd use @ES for the continuous data on e-mini S&P 500, for example. However, if you hold the contract on expiration day... well, expect to buy or deliver a metric ton of pork bellies. Actually, since the ...

Who here trades Futures?