tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158755992009-07-03T15:57:53.071-07:00Futures :: Forex TradingHow I trade Futures and Forex Online - Information about Brokers, Markets, and how I make money trading.Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-43064073906749083122009-06-15T07:21:00.001-07:002009-06-25T13:12:06.025-07:00Paper Trading the Emini S&PToday I was trying to see if how long just over 1000 contracts would last when people started selling, they lasted a fraction of a second. It looked like one large order took them all out. so my strategy of waiting to see if they would hold or not would have cost me another quarter of a point trading the ES today.I would still like some kind of database where I could track all the different Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-30858770535364826552009-06-14T15:15:00.001-07:002009-06-14T15:15:48.765-07:00wblogger title problem quick fixNot sure this is worth it or not, but I still can not get wblogger to post a title to any posts.So my work around is this...1. create post and email it to blogger with title.2. open up wblogger and pull up post with title to make edits.This is twice the work for each post so I am not sure I want to keep doing that, but it is the only solution I can come up with at the moment.hopefully this Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-81620071241358500812009-06-14T10:16:00.000-07:002009-06-14T15:08:37.565-07:00New wblogger SoftwareI just installed the desktop software from wblogger.comI don't know why they call it w.blogger because w.blogger.com is not a valid website, and www.w.blogger.com is not a good website either.testing out the new blockquote to see how it works.this is my first post, but so far I really like this little program it seems to do everything I was hoping it would.now I am going to try and create an Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-32576250772147799302009-06-03T20:59:00.001-07:002009-06-03T20:59:14.161-07:00Market Logging SoftwareWas looking on www.download.com and ran across this program:http://download.cnet.com/TradeLogger/3000-2057_4-10743009.html - trade logger TradeLogger 2.3Publisher's description of TradeLoggerFrom Keyframe Multimedia:TradeLogger is a free tool for use by stock, options and futures traders which helps you save thousands of dollars in your equity. TradeLogger logs all of your financial trades and Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-2763587029240220562009-06-02T19:33:00.001-07:002009-06-02T19:33:03.692-07:00switch to penny stocks?I have been looking at http://timothysykes.com/ and it kind of reminds me of many of the HYIP investment programs, but these guys are running it through the real stock exchanges and doing the same thing, but with a much much shorter time frame. It looks like they shoot for around 3 days.anyway, it's all very interesting and if I could make some money with it using stock account, I would do it in Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-50928272576103789962009-05-29T21:52:00.001-07:002009-05-29T21:52:06.314-07:00The Worlds most Successful Trade The Worlds most Successful Trader -Paul Rotter - aka "the Eurex Flipper"He trades between 200-300,000 round turns daily using the X_Trader platform, and clearing through GNI Touch.q: what equipment do you use? a: MD-trader from TT, Reuters, Bloomberg, CQG and a USD-squawkbox.q: why a USD-squawk box?a: i use it because �/$ had some effects on the interest rates over the last couple of months. Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-35177334775484535172009-05-26T22:20:00.001-07:002009-05-26T22:20:34.239-07:00Narrow Range Breakout Forex Trading SystemNarrow Range Breakout Forex Trading SystemSmall losses and BIG WINS are key to this system's successYou will learn a low risk, high probability Forex Trading System that finds huge wins while risking very little - the KEY to its success There are many ways to trade the Foreign currency market. The key behind any profitable forex trading system is having small losses, risking no more than 2-3% ofSam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-63968609594944579152009-05-25T20:42:00.001-07:002009-05-25T20:42:19.304-07:00Searcing Google For LiveWithOscar.comToday I decided to Google livewithoscar and see what I came up with:http://www.fadethetrade.com/?p=12 - critical review of livewithoscar.com http://chart.ly/ - share stock market charts here, something to do with twitter.http://www.nypost.com/seven/01162007/business/hot_commodity_business_zachery_kouwe.htm - NY post on Oscar.http://tinyurl.com/r4kacr - post at elite trader forum about Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-30433311867202040922009-05-24T20:43:00.001-07:002009-05-24T20:43:57.465-07:00Pristine Entry RulesPristine Entry RulesMake no mistake about it, traders. The most critical part of every trade is the entry. Traders who enter stocks properly and in a timely manner will enjoy a much higher winning percentage than those who enter stocks poorly. I will even go as far as saying that if you get the entry right, you have taken care of 85% or more of the entire trade. The other 15% is comprised of Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-58358293226266202142009-05-24T20:30:00.001-07:002009-05-24T20:30:24.979-07:00Stock Market sitesSearching for the "thirty minute rule" to see what I can find out about trading, these are some of my more interesting results.www.daytradingworld.com - not sure if this site has any useful information or not, but might be worth looking at later.http://www.optionsuniversityblog.com/ - information about options.www.readablog.com - blog search engine, looks like it might work.http://Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-45515468809273003442009-05-21T13:57:00.001-07:002009-05-21T13:57:43.253-07:00Getting started Paper Tradingwww.umoo.com looks like my strategy worked, I was up 2% which put me in the number 4 spot out of 100 players, the top 40 split $1200 you get $2 right now, and then you get $28 when you make your first money deposit.I also figured out a way to make the 5 buys really fast, you can do them all at once, which really speeds things up.www.howthemarketworks.com - this one is fast, but it looks like it Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-29981339463757106442009-05-20T19:00:00.001-07:002009-05-20T19:00:48.827-07:00Signed up for Sim Trading Accountswww.wallstreetsurvivor.com/Public/Members/Register.aspx - this is suppose to be a free stock market simulation site that pays out $100,000 per month to the top traders, and it's free to sign up.Signed up and I like this program. It really gives you some of the feel of really trading if you take it serious. Takes your trades in real time and appears to work.I placed my first trade and got out withSam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-60631556305989080342009-05-20T01:15:00.001-07:002009-05-20T01:15:52.837-07:00Trading softwareNobelTrading - tried out their paper trading software, but when I logged into my account there were already 15 trades or so and 164,787.17 in the account.So that kind of take away most of the usefulness because now I have to keep track of how my trades are doing.Also it looked like the Futures were not really working, the orders had a price from a week ago or something like that.Also downloaded Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-86027392326057115752009-05-19T22:06:00.001-07:002009-05-19T22:06:11.681-07:00More Paper Trading Futureswww.papertradefutures.com - this site is set up to keep track of your paper trading. I am thinking about signing up to see how it works.www.ikon-royal.com - just another forex site that offers free paper trading. 30 day limit on free account.www.gptc.com/sim_trading.html another free futures paper trading account.Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-70224196262898332022009-05-19T17:08:00.001-07:002009-05-19T17:08:12.523-07:00Paper Trading Futureswww.tradingsimulation.com - this looks like a very interesting site, created by a daytrader, he has free software that will allow you to paper trade, and from what I could read it is free, and will use live quotes from IB.http://hello.zecco.com/landing/search/forex01/?gclid=CNb294bEyZoCFQ0qbAodOXms1g - this is a forex trading site that offers a free paper trading account.Forex how to trade - Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-78733591345641191422009-03-29T23:26:00.000-07:002009-03-29T22:26:33.273-07:00Stock Market Videos on YouTubeTrading videos on YouTubehttp://www.learntotradethemarket.com/ - trading site by Nial Fullerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Ne4GRijLM - Trading Strategies Interview with Nial FullerSam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-72270436166454903482009-03-28T16:21:00.000-07:002009-03-28T15:22:10.216-07:00Floor Trader MethodThis is a daytrading plan that a floor trader uses.http://www.trading-naked.com/FloorTraderMethod.htmSam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-55507630933510581172009-03-14T22:49:00.000-07:002009-03-14T21:49:55.797-07:00futuresanalysts.com Oscar's siteOscar has some 400 plus videos out I am going to try and watch them all and take some notes on themhttp://www.youtube.com/profile?user=futuresanalysts&view=videos&start=40012/15/2006 December has less smart money in the market, many of the large funds are not trading during December.almost pretend December didn't exist when looking at the charts.Some times the larger traders try to run stops of Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-90944016830230862652009-01-29T17:34:00.001-08:002009-01-29T17:34:37.514-08:00Multi Monitors for tradinghttp://www.superpccomputers.com/ - http://www.multi-monitors.com/ - these two sites sell computers monitors and video cards for multiple monitor setups.Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-70087659454320720932009-01-08T17:37:00.000-08:002009-01-08T17:38:22.167-08:00Market Datahttp://daytrading.about.com/b/ - each week this guy posts a Economic Calendar With VolatilityI am not a big about.com fan, they have a lot of words and not much help, but this just might actually be helpful to my trading.also found out how to use IRC through the trillian program I have already installed.so I have been looking at the different chat rooms, to see if they were any that worked as a Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-50148861917372330532009-01-01T10:24:00.000-08:002009-01-01T10:25:13.824-08:00Futures Broker Ratingshttp://www.elitetrader.com/br/index.cfm?sort=1 - here is a page where people rate their brokers, this is really useful information when trying to pick a broker to trade with.Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-49035980089981394202008-12-31T22:49:00.001-08:002008-12-31T22:49:36.099-08:00Day Trading Forumshttp://www.trade2win.com/ - just signed up for this forum and it seems to have some good information on day trading there.They have around 150,000 members and there were 350 people on the forum when I signed up, so this is now the bench mark that I am using to look at other forums, if I find one with more people, then I will sign up for that one too.http://www.elitetrader.com/ now has 280 active Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-62151100963342794312008-12-28T23:44:00.001-08:002008-12-28T23:44:54.876-08:00IB brokers with quote trackerusing quote tracker with interactive brokers free feed to get the indexes you need to use the following NYSE:$TICK-NYSENASDAQ:$TICK-NASDNYSE:$AD-NYSENASDAQ:$AD-NASDNYSE:$TRIN-NYSENASDAQ:$TRIN-NASDNote that the AD symbols show data only through the API (used by QT) and not in TWS.Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-26299487994182748842008-12-27T23:26:00.000-08:002008-12-27T23:27:13.694-08:00Free Quotes from quote trackerhttp://www.quotetracker.com/I forgot I used to use this program for free quotes.was getting ready to sign up for http://www.esignal.com/ads/livecharts/then I ran across quote tracker in a forum.not sure but www.scottrade.commay have free quotes if you sign up for an account.Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15875599.post-43154120363736552492008-12-27T00:08:00.001-08:002008-12-27T00:08:49.573-08:00Trading Rooms#daytraders on ircFeltonTrading.com , Roger Felton never traded in his life. I challange any one to prove I am wrong. He is just a sales man selling snake oil. I have been trading future for last 7 years. I talked with hims everal time in money shows.http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=a54440c87d988b633eceeab5bd5c0b06&threadid=98990&perpage=6&pagenumber=10At the end of day..Roger Sam I Amnoreply@blogger.com0