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Soultrader

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  2. Posted

    realised I had a typo in the ELD. for those who downloaded it, the error is as follows.

    instead of:

    SenKouNi = ((Highest(High, SanBan) + Lowest(Low, SanBan))/2)[sanBan] ;

     

    it should be:

    SenKouNi = ((Highest(High, SanBan) + Lowest(Low, SanBan))/2)[NiBan] ;

     

    see updated ELD attached (includes some adjustment on colors).

     

    Ive replaced the original file in the first post with this one. Thanks.

  6. Posted

    James - if there is not a thread on this, I'm sure many would like to see this explained (I know I would). Always enjoy learning some new stuff!

     

    Hey bf,

     

    Ichimoku is a common term that comes about on the media, analysts, trading desks, etc... Bloomberg analysts like to resort to Ichimoku TA on their programs. (Bloomberg TV Japan was terminated recently btw.. entire department got fired) To be honest, I have no clue how this is being used. Its a simple S&R tool based on the clouds... I played around with it once almost 2 years ago and I found it a big waste of chart space.

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    Which post should win this monthly nomination contest?

     

    Choose from the topics (posts/threads) listed throughout the forum(s), and vote for your favorite post now.

     

    What is Topic Of The Month?

    Topic of the Month is a contest that select posts on which we would like the community to commit to as a group and then comment/discuss on them during the course of the selected week/Fortnight/month. Any listed topic (thread) is eligible for the Topic of the Month selection.

     

    What determines a Topic Of The Month?

    Topic Of The Month is based on a simple nomination system. Throughout the selected forums, members with adequate permissions can nominate their favorite topic by clicking on the award nomination button below the post.

     

    The topics with the most nominations during the course of the week/month are displayed on this thread using the poll feature. At the end of the month, the first three topics with the most nominations are the award winners of the contest.

     

    Topic of the Month Winners

     

    Every month, a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate is awarded to the Topic of the Month winner. A pm will be sent out to confirm your email in order to receive the gift certificate.

  9. Posted · Edited by Soultrader

    Research reports received courtesy of CME Group to be posted on TL. Enjoy!

    -Leveraged ETFs verse Futures: Where is the Missing Performance?

     

    Leveraged ETFs have garnered plenty of attention of late, for a couple of reasons: They provide an alternative way for investors to deploy leverage in their investment portfolio. They also provide investors a way to “short” the market, either as a hedging or speculative tool. One of the knocks on leveraged ETFs is the observation that they tend to underperform their respective indexes (after adjusting for their leverage level). In this article, we highlight one very important source of the under-performance, and discuss some possible remedies using equity index futures and options.

     

     

    -Improving Order Execution: The Ascent of E-mini Equity Index Futures and What it Means for your Bottom Line

     

    The desire to effectively leverage the growth of E-mini futures has many clients asking, “Do I have the right order placement and/or execution strategy for today’s market?” The appropriate order placement strategy, of course, depends on the customer’s trading and risk-management goals, which can be unique to their circumstances. To help market participants’ identify their optimal execution strategy, we have compiled a comprehensive, quantitative review of our executed orders. Specifically, we examined:

     

    • Distribution of Original Orders’ Sizes

    • Speed of Execution

    • Market Impact Costs

    • Changes in E-mini Volume and Open Interest over the Last Five Years

    Leveraged_ETFs.pdf

    EQ221_OrderAnalysis0309.pdf

  12. Posted

    Hi programmer, that is just a 10 second warning system. I implemented the warning message because many members were posting requests in that forum. The bar to proceed should popup in ten seconds after you hit new thread. Could you give it a try?

     

    PS: please remember to post a screenshot attached to the forum system. Otherwise your indicator will not appear on the homepage. Thanks!

  15. Posted

    Hi Tams,

     

    Okay figured out what the problem was. The indicator forum is built to fetch images that are attached. So if there are no screenshots of images attached using the attachment manager, it will not show on the homepage. I have saved your image and then attached it to the post. It now appears on the homepage.

     

    Thanks Tams,

     

    James

  17. Posted

    More info can be found here.

     

    Contract highlights

     

    • The first listed month will be June 2009
    • Size
      • E-mini Gold futures = 33 troy oz.
      • E-mini Silver futures = 1,000 troy oz.

       

      [*]Cash-settlement

      [*]Minimum Price Fluctuation/Tick Size

      • E-mini Gold futures = $0.10 ($3.30 per tick)
      • E-mini Silver futures =$0.005 – outrights, $0.001 – spreads ($5.00 per tick)

       

      [*]E-mini Gold and Silver futures trade exclusively on the CME Globex electronic trading platform

      [*]Trading Hours

      • Sunday – Friday 5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago time. There is a 45 minute break from 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

       

  19. Posted

    The cheapest commission to date in Japan is provided by Click Securities at 96JPY RT for the mini Nikkei and 700JPY for the big.

     

    Unfortunately I do not see any english support or platform available. Also I noticed that Interactive Brokers no longer open accounts for Japanese citizens... apparently our regulatory agency gave them alot of crap for taking local clients. IB needs to establish a branch in Japan before accepting any new clients... is what I hear from my sources.

  22. Posted

    Updates April 21st, 2009

     

    We have just about finished development after many long hours. Here is a description of the new system.

     

     

    • It keeps track of who reported which post
    • Prevent same user reporting same post twice
    • Displays number of times post has been reported, either right besides the report icon, or on the left hand side of the postbit
    • Once a post has been edited, the 'edited by' text is replaced with 'MODERATED +' text wich is clicked on open a lightbox with the moderation info.
    • It also provides the post creator to appeal the moderation ruling by clicking a button.
    • If an icon id has been set via the product settings, a new thread icon will be placed for the report thread to indicate it has been dealt with.
    • Once the appeal button is clicked, a new thread is created in a specific forum. This new thread simply states which user is appealing which post
    • This new appeal post has an appeal status which if clicked on by mods with edit right on the reported post (including supermods/admins), opens
    • A lightbox with an option to change the appeal status to 'denied' or 'approved'. There is also an option via the product settings to display a status image overlay on top of the post message text

    I will be testing this system in the next few days. There are a few more tweaks needed and will look to implement this by next week. Thank you.

  24. Posted

    cowcool, the advice provided by Tams, walterw, JEHs, and diablo272 are probably the straight and most honest reply you will receive. Considering your situation, the edge is against you.... guilt will lead to revenge trading with a possibiliy of a major blowout in 1-2 trades. Use only risk capital in trading.... $42k in savings is not risk capital with 3 dependants. There must be other ways to turn your situation around. The market will always be here when you are ready, whether it be 2, 3, 5, 10 years. With the psychological pressure and stress which you may currently be experiencing, trading is not a good option. It must be approached with a clear mind because your emotions will reflect your situation.

  25. Posted

    We have added a new feature that allows members to store images and pictures in your own gallery. The gallery is linked to the posting function and one can open a pop up window to embed the image directly into the post.

     

    Steps

     

    First, upload any image to your My Gallery section. You must first create a new album to host pictures.

     

    attachment.php?attachmentid=10243&stc=1&d=1240218114

     

    Once you finished uploading, you can easily embed the pictures within your post through a popup. In the reply box, you will see this mark: photo_popup.png

     

    Clicking on photo_popup.png opens up a popup box where you can select the image you want to embed.

     

    attachment.php?attachmentid=10244&stc=1&d=1240218234

     

     

    Done! ;)

    5aa70ec6c772b_mygallery.thumb.jpg.3f005ba3dd34ee6311ff40ec903e4c1d.jpg

    images.jpg.41360d07f9e715175c82f44b0f7b5742.jpg

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