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by RedRock
Fri May 26, 2006 2:31 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: who gets what?
Replies: 18
Views: 16533

Hi LeapFrog, No, I use Man. But I would switch to Rand in a heartbeat. The issue I had at the time. Several years ago, was Rand did not offer LME trading. That may well have changed by now. Man, clears a good chunk of volume at lme. fwtw. My preference is always to go with the firms started by trade...
by RedRock
Fri May 26, 2006 12:35 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: who gets what?
Replies: 18
Views: 16533

thanks to everyone! I believe that such firms as Refco the Man Division, Man Financial and others simply match customers orders with their own when they trade so make it easier to have a good fill, espacially for those who trade small lots and of course no one on the floor would care to take that 1...
by RedRock
Fri May 26, 2006 1:23 am
Forum: Brokers
Topic: who gets what?
Replies: 18
Views: 16533

...RedRock how are fills with IB trading pit futures? altough the rate I pay is high fills always been great and confirmations are immidiate, the only problem with confirmation was with Sugar (had to wait 30 min to see that my order was filled at my Limit price) but my broker said its the same with...
by RedRock
Thu May 25, 2006 6:13 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: who gets what?
Replies: 18
Views: 16533

by the way, RedRock, or anyone, when you're on the floor leasing or have your own seat does it cost you anything to trade? Aside from the cost of the membership, we had member dues quarterly. These were somewhat heafty. Also exchange and clearing fees and whatever commission you worked out with you...
by RedRock
Thu May 25, 2006 2:40 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: Rolling on Open Interest
Replies: 3
Views: 3863

Broker shmoker

(as my parents constantly told me...) :P If you want a job done right... You have to do it yourself. Roll up those sleves, pick up a laptop with cellular wireless anywhere internet, and stop worrying about your broker making your life a living hell. (or something like that)
by RedRock
Wed May 24, 2006 3:38 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: NYMEX energy trades on GLOBEX
Replies: 0
Views: 3304

NYMEX energy trades on GLOBEX

NYMEX ENERGY FUTURES ON CME GLOBEX® Phase I – June 11 – Trade Date June 12, 2006 CONTRACT SPECS NOW AVAILABLE NYMEX has announced the contract specifications for the initial slate of energy futures contracts that will be offered on the CME Globex platform on June 11 (for trade date June 12). All co...
by RedRock
Sun May 21, 2006 8:55 pm
Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
Topic: people on this forum were rude and are fake traders
Replies: 34
Views: 37188

Barli, you devil... :twisted:

:wink:
by RedRock
Sun May 21, 2006 1:02 am
Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
Topic: 1234567890
Replies: 8
Views: 10137

Cant help with that Barli. When I traded for myself, it was in the MMI stock Index and Muni bonds prior to oct 19. I was very young. An incredible place for a young man to be. Its sad the floors are dying.
by RedRock
Thu May 11, 2006 1:45 pm
Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
Topic: people on this forum were rude and are fake traders
Replies: 34
Views: 37188

pling too far back and trying to attain too much precision, except for historical support/resistance levels, However, I fully respect your methods, and your performance reputation, though with respect , I would be very grateful if you will explain from my chart example, where I was subjectively 'gu...
by RedRock
Wed May 10, 2006 3:17 pm
Forum: Trend Indicators and Signals
Topic: 1234567890
Replies: 8
Views: 10137

Your risk is that a black swan event or more mundane 'running of the stops' will take price far from your expected trade zone. :shock:
by RedRock
Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:00 am
Forum: Brokers
Topic: Pitfalls and special rules from brokers and exchanges
Replies: 8
Views: 9894

This, from the 'Man'... Recently the CBOT® has had several inquiries into Dynamic Price Limits and Order Entry functionality on its electronic trading platform. The information is an overview and links to further details are below. Dynamic Price Limits Dynamic price limits prevent obvious errors in...
by RedRock
Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:34 pm
Forum: Trader Psychology
Topic: Overcoming fear when you increase your position size ...
Replies: 7
Views: 10173

Choose wisely, grasshopper...

... poor day to another good day: "Depressed people aren’t always depressed, so how about finding out what they’re doing when they’re feeling better about themselves? Couples with problems don’t always argue; what are they doing right when they’re getting along? And our trader is not always pa...
by RedRock
Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:38 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: S&P CNX Nifty CSI#742 "NFI"
Replies: 4
Views: 4887

Cant help with the BPV. But atta boy for exploring the more 'exotic' contracts. I am curious if those lower value contracts may become valid on a shorter holding term system not subject to years of contract rolls. Little nips of the larger move so to say. Or would the increased transaction costs of ...
by RedRock
Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:17 am
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: CBOT BLOWS IT!
Replies: 7
Views: 7123

P.S. Redrock, even if I try and see your point about good intentions and preventing a meltdown consider this. The limit was set at 3 cents when the ATR was about 5 cents per day... The day before the drop the ATR was about 65 cents! Why the hell didnt they have that limit expanded to match the enou...
by RedRock
Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:04 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: Trade execution problems with Interactive Brokers recently?
Replies: 13
Views: 12961

this is the info you need regarding globex and ecbot stop orders....

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/tr ... entity=llc

The other link is general info for the new floor based access, which do not allow stops at all....
by RedRock
Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:40 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: Trade execution problems with Interactive Brokers recently?
Replies: 13
Views: 12961

Thanks RedRock. Although I'm still waiting for the reply on the trouble ticket, I think this is exactly my problem. I take that "trade outside normal business hours" = "trade outside RTH". By the way, where did you get the figure 9:30 eastern time to 4:00 eastern? IB calls RTH t...
by RedRock
Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:43 am
Forum: Brokers
Topic: Trade execution problems with Interactive Brokers recently?
Replies: 13
Views: 12961

RedRock Both incidences occured during RTH pit trading. Just to clarify.... IB will not execute a sim stop on globex before 9:30 eastern time or after 4:00 eastern. CME yen pit [whatevers left of it] opens at 7:20 central. leaving an hour and half after the pit open that your order will not fill......
by RedRock
Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:30 pm
Forum: Futures Markets
Topic: CBOT BLOWS IT!
Replies: 7
Views: 7123

If true, and I'm not doubting what you say. Its inexcusable. The intention is probably to prevent a pool of stops coming together to create a meltdown. Ive been caught in those in the dow in its early ecbot days. . The order was filled some absurd amount from the order price. Way out of reasonable b...
by RedRock
Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:06 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: Trade execution problems with Interactive Brokers recently?
Replies: 13
Views: 12961

Re: Trade execution problems with Interactive Brokers recent

i saw some slowness trading gold and silver today and y'day...had to cancel a couple of trades and put new ones. This was an unusually volatile day and period. Could be the trade matching engine was overloaded. NYMEX has decided to move its energies back to globex in 06 presumably because clearport...
by RedRock
Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:02 pm
Forum: Brokers
Topic: Trade execution problems with Interactive Brokers recently?
Replies: 13
Views: 12961

Was the price hit outside of nyse business hours? If you want a globex stop to execute outside this period you must select that option in order preferences. There are other time quirks on other exchanges / order types as well but if you dig deep enough you can work around them.