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Hi Bennie, Which aspects of Fib analysis are you reffering to....just retracements and extentions, or other applications of the series too?

Hi corei, one way to improve the effectiveness of your moving average crossover system on range days would be to increase the speed (lessen the duration) of your moving averages on days which are rangebound. However, clearly this requires some predictive ability as to which days are likely to be...

This a curious thread.....as Rhody Trader suggests, MACD is based upon moving averages and thus will be inherently lagging......I'd love to know where one can see this indicator outside of meta-trader (if this is possible) as either this indicator doesnt use a traditional MACD calculation or it...

Hi, I hold an account with ETX (formally tradindex) and have done so for some time (as well as several accounts with other providers). Their spreads are larger than industry average (compare indicies spreads to cmc and gft) and the charting whilst vastly improved is still not up to scratch with...

It is my understanding that many providers actually have slower demo accounts than "real time" accounts as they devote computing resources to their real account holders as opposed to demo users. Something which you may struggle to replicate with market orders when demo trading is the degree of...

Another thought....if one is wary of spreadbetting providers (which many people seem to be on these boards) ..... it may also we worth looking at "futures betting" which I believe allows you to also speculate on the direction of US futures price movement whilst holding an account denominated in...

Halotrader>>>>>one manner in which to avoid currency risk while trading ES emini (S&P500 futures) is simply not to trade the underlying future, but to trade a derivative which is priced based upon the underlying future's movement but denominated in GBP. In the UK a good example of this is...

I trade the ftse after traditional hours using spreadbetting firms "rolling futures" contracts. I dont have any problems with "irregular" price action up until the close of the underlying futures markets at 21:00 Uk time. After this time there is some suggestion that spreadbetting firms "run...

Outlook for Wednesday 3rd June 2009 Good morning everyone! A comparatively range-bound day of consolidation yesterday in theory means that there may be some more volatility today and given that trend remains up across longer-term time frames (60min & 4hr) it could be suggested that we see...

A few charts worth considering for Tuesday 2nd June 2009 #1 ES 15min chart with MAs and Gann swing chart http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6428/02062009tuespreview15mi.png This first chart is an ES 15min chart with a "3 period" Gann swing chart overlaid on it. I determine intraday market trend...

A few charts of interest following the market close on Monday 1st June 2009. #1 15min Chart with Gann Swing Chart & MAs http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9779/01062009monreview15ming.png This first chart is an ES 15min chart with a "3 period" Gann swing chart overlaid on it. I determine...

Charts for Monday 1st June 2009 15min Gann Study http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9576/01062009monpreview15min.png 15min Support & Resistance Levels http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3553/01062009monpreview15mino.png Importance of 913-910 area ES 60min chart...

Important S/R & Gann studies for Friday 29th May (imho) 15min Gann study http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7027/marketpreview29052009es.png S/R for friday 29th http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4088/marketpreview29052009ese.png Trading in any type of financial instrument has large potential...

Important S/R areas for Thursday 28th May 2009 (imho)! 15min outlook http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6803/marketpreview28052009es.png 60min outlook http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4872/marketpreview28052009esd.png

I found this the other day, seems to have some sound technical analysis on it - each day there is a market preview and review and the guy that runs it has been right all this week! Focusses on ES futures contracts but has some other information too. The section on Gann charting I found...