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    My trading strat.......

    Hi I compared your Capital Spreads chart with my Updata chart and there were some differences - notabley that not all the SAR reverses showed on mine and where they didn't the candles were different. I asked Capital how they contstruct their charts and for anyone that is interested this is...
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    My trading strat.......

    ceydababy - thanks for the explanation
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    My trading strat.......

    ceydababy - in your original post describing your system and referring to entry criteria what is meant by the 'second histogram'? I am using Updata and have a macd histogram and a SAR histogram plus the 50 simple moving average as a line on the chart. Ron
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    my approach to day trading

    Dma Maxxam - when you say DMA is a killer do you mean good or bad for the investor?
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    The Trading Journey of Lurker

    qed ... doesn't it mean 'Quite easily done'!
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    Scalping - Which Technicals to use?

    Steve - which data feed do you use for £5 per month? Ron
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    Swing & Position Trading Technical Analysis Swing Trading: Rules and Philosophy

    I have bought the Taylor book. Does anyone know where data showing whether the high or low for each day occurred first can be found? Without this it seems impossible to back test.
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    Forex and Indices intra day data

    I am trying to find a service which will supply intraday quotes in a form which I can access from my self written software. For example: Intraday prices for the previous day(s) Intraday prices for today as a stream Historical data in csv form would be fine - Im not sure at the moment how I...
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    hedging

    Is this pairs trading - if so I would be interested to hear more experiences. I have been considering this on a short term frame ( few days) but fel I need to know more.
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    Best offline, daytrading simulator???

    Thanks egro1egro. Your Forex link gives me what I was lookin for and includes uk equities.
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    Spread bet spreads

    Thanks for the replies. I should have realised it's the market spread. I've looked at Blades post and spreadsheet. I am using CMC so that seems ok on the whole. Ron Etherington
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    Spread bet spreads

    So far I've only watched the FTSE index and assumed that the bid/ask spread was constant but today I looked at AZN and saw that at one time it was 2 points and a few minutes later 5points. Is this normal, if so does it tip the balance in favour of the spread bet co - I might open a long at 2...
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    Best offline, daytrading simulator???

    Where can one download intraday data to support this sort of testing?
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    mini dow scalping

    Any suggestions as to where to look to find an explanation of true scalping?
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