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Which products do you/do you intend to trade mainly?  

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  1. 1. Which products do you/do you intend to trade mainly?

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Paper trading is what I am using to find out what platform to use and how to use it properly. That is how to hit the correct buy or sell button

I made a few mental errors and hit the sell side when I wanted to buy. Glad it was only paper money

Right now I am using Ninja Trader and it seems very robust, at least for me

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...the one thing I have found is that paper trading whilst good for testing strategy, is useless for finding out if you can make a profit. Thomas66

 

What you and others, more qualified, say is quite right but many of us need to practice the basics. The real basics: fill in the 'new order' sheet quickly and accuratly.

 

'Babypips' advises one to use a demo for at least 6 months before going live.

 

Glad to hear that it is working well for you though.

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:doh:

 

Was that 2 full days of papertrading or half days?

 

Word to the wise - takes a little longer than 2 days to master any trading platform, let alone even begin to make money.

 

You hit the nail on the head Brownsfan019. The sad part is he knows better, he trades equity options successfully so I believe he got caught up in his success in that market.

 

Kinda like a baseball team in first place playing the last place team and loosing to them. They figured they were better than the last place team so they didnt really have to try.

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hello everyone just found this site, im from florida i have been trading for about 8 or 9 months futures eminis,i trade the ty and like it alot its nice and slow so i can get my order in correct . if anyone has anysuggestions for anothr good trendy future let me know thanks.

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PB, Life in the Big Easy is good. People are still rebuilding and moving back to their neighborhoods. The music, the food and the spirit of New Orleans are alive and well.

 

I havent been there since pre Katrina. I do have some friends there and they are happy with the effort to bring it back.

 

BTW, I love the food there!

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thanks i already tried the ym but its alittle to fast for me i will look at the es is that traded on the cbot?

 

If something is too fast, increase your timeframe. ES is trading on the GLOBEX (CME Group).

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Hello,

 

I used to live in Baton Rouge and moved to Colorado in 1991. Still have family there, but really like it here where there is less or no humidity. I was in BR for 17 years.

 

I trade futures and use Amibroker as my charting platform with live data. I'm looking forward to learning more at this forum and making a contribution.

 

:newbie:

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Hi Kopke,

 

For my trading activities I am using EOD prices only, no intraday data, with the OwnData application from Tradestation you can get nearly any data source into Tradestation. For my own trading activities Tradestation is perfect, but their latest software, Multicharts, looks attractive, too. If Tradestation will suit you depends on what kind of trader you are and what kind of trading activities you conduct.

 

 

 

 

Hallo Fred

 

just a question how is Tradestion ?

I am also fromThe Netherlands , can you trade the aex futures with Tradestation ?

And how is the data ?

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Hi Kopke,

 

For my trading activities I am using EOD prices only, no intraday data, with the OwnData application from Tradestation you can get nearly any data source into Tradestation. For my own trading activities Tradestation is perfect, but their latest software, Multicharts, looks attractive, too. If Tradestation will suit you depends on what kind of trader you are and what kind of trading activities you conduct.

 

Hi Fred

Thanks for youre reply

regards

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Studying the futures, hoping to make a living at it (aren't we all...) Originally from Milwaukee, WI, now in FL. Use Sierra Charts for charting, and trying to read any and everything!

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