right now I use end of day, holding positions from 1 day to 2 weeks. When I want to enter new positions i cant see the bar for the day yet because its not yet end of day and i feel i could be losing out on information. do i really need intraday charts for position entry purposes at least and any...
I have always wondered why bid and ask sizes are so small (see attached screenshot); it is not like there is an investor somewhere that wants to buy 1 share or two shares only. So why does this screen appear that way?
you are attacking me personally (sign of a loser) and have done nothing to answer the question/ concern.
A stock exchange is exactly that, a stock exchange - dark pools can give some people an unfair edge over others.
The state should therefore ban dark pools and HFT.
it just seems the odds are seriously against; for the first time we can have orders matched off exchange! via dark pools; noone really understands how the stock market really works and i just feel lots of things are out of the sight of retail participants.
So with dark pools in particular...
it seems you have to pay for it... anyone know how to download historical data from NYSE website i.e. closing prices of stocks?
Dont want to use Google or Yahoo Finance.
Regards.
NASDAQ is fairly predictable in that the whole market does one thing ie. group of stocks tend to move together up or down. Rarely do you find some stocks going up and others going entirely opposite direction in one trading day. So what obtains!
I need to be able to trade markets that dont move...
So right now, CME mini sized corn has average daily volume of between 150-300 contracts.
I intend to start corn mini trading with $2,500 swing trading - too small? Tick size is $1.25.
Do you think this contract daily turnover is liquid enough for my trading style?
gaps mess up my trading plan - what to do
I have a fairly good trading system... I trade on weekly charts. But one problem I have still not found a lasting solution to is gaps! There is no way to know its coming, suddenly, and you have a huge loss. Are gaps created to eliminate weak hands in...
Hi,
I shorted a stock and it was initially free of costs, however the broker called me and notified me they will be charging a lending fee... they charged me 5% for the position for a day. Now they are charging 2% per year for the position. I really want to get it back down to 0% - what is the...