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[busystop 10]

i just joined today. call me busystop

[sridhar 10]

hi ,

 

does anyone trade the korean market using mt4 ?

 

would be thankful for the tip

 

regards

sridhar

[jonny 10]

hi ,

 

does anyone trade the korean market using mt4 ?

 

would be thankful for the tip

 

regards

sridhar

 

In Korea, mt4 is not available.

One company (named KR Futures) provides mt3 for forex, i remember.

But I've heard that that's going to be unavailable soon due to the government

policy regarding the public authentification blah blah thing.

 

I don't know if there's one in US or in Europe.

[sridhar 10]

hi Jonny,

 

Thanks a lot .

 

for example ODL securities provides US , European stocks and index as CFDs and one can see them in MT4 ; mt4 naturally has more technical capabilities and one can trade the stocks or options even though its a forex platform.

 

So in Korean stock market or Kospi 200 , which is the best "programmable technical chart" platform ? which one can download and customize ?

 

regards

sridhar

[jonny 10]

So in Korean stock market or Kospi 200 , which is the best "programmable technical chart" platform ? which one can download and customize ?

 

There're two data feeding companies which provide tradestation 2000i. One of them also provides multicharts 3.x. (Usually futures or securities companies in Korea do both data feeding & brokerage thing. But to use TS, we need to use one of those companies' services. And it's really really

expensive.)

 

And there're two local companies which provide trading platforms very similar to TS. It's CybosTrader & YesTrader. (I use YesTrader.) IMHO, these two are not as good as TS. (But they are progressing.) And CT & YT have no english version.

 

If you know how to code VisualBasic or C++, there're some companies provide APIs.

 

Most of companies have their own trading platform, and they provide simulation trading which requires registration. You can use it for free. Unfortunately, it's all in korean language and I don't think it's available for non-koreans because there should be a korean ID number (which is similar to SSN in US).

 

hope this helps.

Edited April 27, 2009 by jonny

[geoffrod 10]

G'day,

just thought i would say g'day and intro myself,

My name is Geoff, 40yold, i am into trading the forex markets, i have stumbled accross this forum whilst searching google for backtesting programs, and programming for traders, which brings me to a question, can i get some input from people as to the best software to use for backtesting trading strategies?

any and all experiences would be greatly welcomed.

cheers

Geoff

[speres 10]

G'day Geoff and welcome... I dont know who the best is as I dont programme but I do trade forex. wealth lab, meta trader or vt trading seem popular....

[JBWTrader 10]

Hi Geoff, welcome.

I would certainly use the search function on this great site to answer your question(s). There is plenty of opinion about trading platforms/brokers etc

 

Personally I can reccommend Sierra charts for charting and Infinity Brokers for USA/EUREX trading. Outside of this I cannot reccommend Tradestaion due to relaiability issues and being out of touch with what customers really need. However every platform have their weaknesses/Strengths ... All depends on what you want to try and achieve.

 

Hope that helps

All the Best

John

[vinson 10]

Hello, I am a new futures trader. Have previous experience with stocks and 1 yr daytrading experience in stocks. The year I spent daytrading was quite the learning curve! What a rollercoaster. I really beat myself up after about only a gain of 1% but looking back I got a lot of screen time and break even is great for my first try. Had a 27k account then. taxes were a nightmare !

 

Time to move on to futures. have 5k account lost 12% in my first week trading mostly es and a little ym :crap: doing more simulator time now. Losses mostly due to bad stop placement, bad trade management. When stock trading I had trouble trading things like qqqq and qid qld when i was doing stocks, and better success with mainstream single stocks like ibm and such. Perhaps the volatility in the es is too much for my little account and small stops.

 

I am looking forward to being part of this community, I have lurked on other boards and this one seems quite civil.

 

Any advice on some nice liquid futures markets to check out besides es and ym for my account size? Corn and Currencies look interesting.

 

 

I took quite a spanking last week and I must thank the market for what was a great reality check!:doh:

[Harlequin 10]

Welcome.

 

Corn is great place to start with futures. I wouldn't recommend currency futures for a small account, maybe the minis but I'm not sure about the liquidity.

 

Good luck.

[Tams 20]

...Any advice on some nice liquid futures markets to check out besides es and ym for my account size? Corn and Currencies look interesting....

 

 

 

you don't need to worry about liquidity for paper trading.

[brownsfan019 17]

First - are you a Steelers fan? If so, please show yourself the door.

 

 

 

 

 

:rofl:

 

 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[vinson 10]

I like Parker, he runs like, really fast!

[rytis 10]

Hi,

 

Just starting now. Mainly interested in spread betting. No previous experience, just basic concepts. Starting slowly, with demo accounts, reading books and stuff...

 

Cheers,

Rytis

[Drav 10]

Very cool. Good luck.

[stockmarcus 10]

Hi Geoff,

 

Im also from Aus, and learning european indicies and the euro currency pairs.

 

Backtesting is an interesting one.. for intraday work it seems quite difficult, i haven't seen anywhere you can get historical intraday data (on non us markets) at the tick or minute level.

 

An application called Ninja Trader seems highly regarded, the interface is a bit obtuse but it has some powerful features including simulator functionality and the ability to develop strategies in c#.

 

Who's your broker/market maker? If they provide software to trade though, thats probably a good start, and wont cost you too much in money and learning an app you wont be able to easily apply when actually trading.

 

marcus

[shammy 10]

Trading out of a Dubai arcade, connection is excellent. Trading European bond suite, office pretty full and lively!..Been trading from London for 14 years but the lure of tax free was too tempting.

[vitality 10]

Hello All

 

I am a new member, and I wanted to say hello! I have been trading for a while...mostly on paper, but I am feeling more comfortable with the real thing now...I have learned a lot about myself as a trader...and I still feel it is the beginning of lifelong learning...I want to learn more about technical analysis for intraday trading...etf's...indexes....later options....momentum appeals to me....so do morning moves...I have started using candlesticks...am finding certain signals useful...but not alone....There are so many interesting areas on this forum; I can't wait to learn from more of the threads...

 

Take Care,

 

Vitality

[DaKine 10]

Welcome to the forums vitality. There is much to be learned here enjoy...

[vitality 10]

Hi Irie

 

Thank-you for the welcome; that is nice.....I am working hard here.....and will have some questions to run by the group, soon....

 

Hope your trading goes well....!

 

Vitality

[lim 10]

Hello...

I'm Lim from Malaysia and I've been trading demo for about a year now. The problem I'm facing is that I always seems to miss the right entry point. I read about VSA and hope that this will help me in deciding when to enter the market.

 

Would be appreciated if anyone can share where to download this software.

 

Thanks and Happy trading.

[micro 10]

Hello...

I'm Lim from Malaysia and I've been trading demo for about a year now. The problem I'm facing is that I always seems to miss the right entry point. I read about VSA and hope that this will help me in deciding when to enter the market.

 

Hi Lim,

 

Welcome to TL. This forum is a GREAT place to learn and communicate with like minded people.

 

Would be appreciated if anyone can share where to download this software.

 

The software is available from this site.

 

Enjoy.

[Neil316 10]

Hi all.

I'm a novice from Sydney, Australia.

I have started reading on share trading; completed 4 books now. I've done some trading.

I want to get serious now.

 

If you had your time again, how would you have skilled up as quickly as possible to be a profitable trader?

 

Cheers,

Neil

[kgtnuom 10]

Just wanted to thank all of the traders who take the time to post. It really helps to see what other traders are experiencing in their day to day trading.

I lost my job about 7 months ago and have been trading ever since with break even results. I had always wanted to give it a shot full time (been studying and trading for 5 years) just didn't think it would be now.

After doing it for 7 months now and only breaking even, I really don't want a real job! This job is great! Hope to get better in the days ahead.

One thing I have figured out is that there is no easy way, no one indicator or anything else that is going to magically make me a profitable trader. Sitting down in front of the screen and getting experience, discipline, focus, preperation and perfecting my methodolgy is the only way. I still watch peoples videos and look at different websites for anything that will make me more knowledgeable but I refuse to pay for these "Holy Grail Systems" that you see pimped on the internet. I had one e-mail that wanted $10,000 for 3 - 4 weeks of training. Will somebody really fork over TEN GRAND. You could open an account and read some books and teach yourself.Hope I didn't offend anybody trying to promote something. Anyway, just my opinion.

Thanks for the help!

[qant2007 10]

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