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  1. Posted · Edited by gilligullu
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    Not much happening. I short EJ at 162.9 and long EUR/HKD at 12.29 last night before going to bed.

     

    Closed out both positions for small profit from EUR/HKD covering losses on EJ.

     

    EJ 163.11, -21

     

    EH 12.314, +24

  4. Posted

    If that's the case, you should contact IB... if it's green it's submitted and inquire. Whether you leave Webtrader open or not shouldn't matter after that.

     

     

     

    Ah! the live post curse, if you remember what postman experienced a while ago :)

     

    Thanks, I just sent a ticket to IB, and I did not cancel the order so they can see it straight away.

     

    I am cursed!!!!! Feels like someone is just aiming for my stops!!!!! :crap:

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    First level at 163.40 is holding off at the moment. Could be the point for a little retrace and print the higher low.

     

    Really wasp, yes wasp, ahh, cheers for that. Good to have all these FX traders here to talk these things through with. I know wasp. Exactly wasp.

     

    Bit dead in here, shall we go down the pub wasp, okay wasp, I'll get me coat......... :D

     

    Lets go down to the pub~~

     

    It does look like it a break up or a pull back with 163.4.

     

    Are we allowed to chat in here? Won't get slapped by the moderators?

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    unlucky..... I am shooting for 165 and beyond! Wait for a pullback / HrL and get in maybe?

     

    I think it should be at least 164, the way it is holding up. Hopefully I can get in at a pullback.....

     

    TWS Webtrader? Are you sure you enabled triggering trades & stops after market hours? Although I don't see how that could effect FX hmm... where the order lines still in the quote panel when you came back?

     

    I am sure they were in. When I came back they were sitting in the open orders panel, all green and submitted.... I hate webtrader... I am gonna spend some money buying a home server and remote into my computer at home from work and trade from the proper TWS.

     

    Having the worst luck this week.... Except for monday, the YM has moved to the point of my stops and then shot down the other way for the whole week.....:roll eyes:

  7. Posted

    I set a bracket order to buy EJ at 162.65

    sell limit 163.1

    stop 162.4

     

    @ 12:30pm UK time, came back from meeting just now

    It did not execute.... I hate webtrader........ :frustrated::bang head::bad idea:

  9. Posted

    I normally use 25 pips (incl spread) so 18 is a tad tight for me but you did get a better entry than I.

     

    Thanks, changed the stop to 162.22. :thumbs up:

     

    Beginners luck. Like the frist time I short at the same time as FW in T2W. Then it usually goes downhill............

  15. Posted

    Exit final contract at 13115 for +143 points.

    Finally a biggie again!

     

    Yes, first profit I have made thats more than 15 points in the past 3 days.....

     

    Missed entry premarket. Waited for confirmation to go up at around 13030, there was a long disscussion in the chat room about it going up or not as well.

     

    Long at 13055, closed 13125. +70

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  17. Posted

    You are probably better off opening an account with Alpari (London based) and using them to practise. You can trade very small with them and use their Alpari platform. I don't think you can link metatrader and IB but you'd best check with someone like FW or Kiwi as I really don't know.

     

    (PS. just going to move these posts over to the Off, yet on topic thread)

     

    Thanks, filling in the app now~~

     

    Sorry for posting in the wrong thread.......:crap:

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    Thanks Wasp. I shall have a good look at the thread.

     

    This might sound like a stupid question, but do I have to open another account to trade on Meta or can I link it up to my current broker?

     

    I am using IB at the moment. The contracts there are 125000x for EJ, abit too large for me...... :shocked:

  19. Posted

    Hi Wasp,

     

    Is the stop for your GJ short 203.25 or 204.25?

     

    Also, I am gonna start learning how to trade FX, as I work in FI and currency which means I can make full use of resources at work~~

     

    One more thing, what contracts do you trade? I found the RY and PJY, but PJY don't seem to work.... Also, are there mini contracts?

     

    Sorry for all the question.... Thanks~~ :thumbs up:

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    I believe GammaJammer likes it and I think Rols used it too but I found it limited, chunky, slow and expensive.

     

    I don't see why anyone would pay for something they don't need? Of course, with FX as there is no central exchange you want to use the charts from your broker as that's the only way you are looking at the same thing tick for tick but metatrader should be spot on with anything centrally traded as they are open to arbitrages otherwise.

     

    Metatrader is awsome and I think its more than enough for what I use anyway. I agree prorealtime is very expensive.... I guess I will just have to stick with the slightly delayed Bloomberg machine at work and keep looking back and for from the webtrader.

     

    Thanks guys, you have all been very helpful!!:beer:

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    I use TWS too.

     

    I mean for the charts~~

     

    Stocks, bonds, grains, metals, oil, fx, indicies........ it has the lot.

     

    This is so cool~~ And its much faster!! I can actually click and move the charts without it freezing!!!

     

    One more question, have you guys heard of prorealtime? I was looking for some charting software to use in the office and came across this, looks quite good with the free account, but very expensive with the real time data, do you guys use it?

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    The charts tend to be crap indeed! Especially slow on backfill etc. Most people us an external charting program and IB as the feed.

     

    I'm not sure if downgrading Java would help, if the problem is related to charting.

    But you can try... I suggest you uninstall it first.

     

    2Gb should be more than plenty.

     

    What program do you use? Thanks

  23. Posted

    I find TWS to be a bit slow when I try to draw on the charts or use the chart trader it oftens get stuck for about 5-10 sec.

     

    I think the charting software is more important and if possible, it can be loaded from the web like TWS as I cannot install anything on the work computer. Thanks!:applaud:

     

    Have you tried running the latest Java 1.5.xxx?

    I had trouble using 1.6 in the past...

     

    Does this mean I have to downgrade my Java?? I am currently using 1.6_05.

     

    TWS is great. Not slow. Not stuck here.

     

    I use Sierra Chart to chart the data and as a front end for order entry and management.

     

     

     

     

    >> core2duo 8500, 4G ram, XP, TWS&SC run on a Ramdisk both with priorities set to Above Normal, TWS 882.2, Java 1.6_06 <<

     

    Command line for max efficiency & speed:

     

    C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\javaw.exe  -cp jts.jar;pluginsupport.jar;jcommon-1.0.0.jar;
jfreechart-1.0.0.jar;jhall.jar;other.jar;riskfeed.jar;rss.jar -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=false -server -Xss128k 
-Xms256m -Xmx256m -XX:NewRatio=3 -XX:+ForceTimeHighResolution -XX:CompileThreshold=50 
-XX:ThreadStackSize=192 -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseFastAccessorMethods 
-XX:+RelaxAccessControlCheck -XX:MaxInlineSize=8192 -XX:-DontCompileHugeMethods 
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent 
-Xnoclassgc jclient/LoginFrame R:\Jts', 'R:\JTS' )

     

    Sorry how do I use this code? I have an Intel Macbook running Vista on bootcamp.

     

    My destop is DuoCore with 2 gb ram.

     

    Is it slow due to my computer being over a year old?

     

    Hi G,

     

    Do you mean charting or broker?

     

    Hi FW and all,

     

    How was everyones week?

     

    the WHC metatrader offers futures and stocks (and EVERYTHING else) if you need a separate chart program for free and low useage?

     

    http://www.fastonlinetrading.com/terminal.html

     

    This looks very useful, but I seem to only be able to get forex data. Will I have to pay fees to get the futures data?

  25. Posted

    Morning all, I have a question. What software do you guys use to trade and whats the advantage about it? I am getting quite annoyed with TWS always being slow and stuck.....

     

    Thanks

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