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Old 03-09-2007, 06:00 PM
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Re: YM Contract Symbols

Robert,

I use the current symbol for my everday trading and the continuous symbol (@) on any chart for which I want see historical data, since the current symbol only goes so far back. For example, if you want to look at two years worth of YM data for backtesting then use the continuous symbol. The continuous symbol will allways be in sync with the latest symbol after rollover day. (The prices vary between contracts and the continuous symbol has to be adjusted to match the latest symbol. This all happens on rollover day so the continuous can be squirrelly on rollover day and I don't use it at all on that day.)

Since I have linked my radarscreen, charts and order bar, when I click on the radarscreen symbol its changes them all, including the order bar, and since it does no good to have a continous symbol in the order bar (you cannot place an order on the continuous symbol) I used only the actual contract symbols here.


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