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Hi I’m interested in finding out which spread bet company is the best (mainly in terms of coverage) for swing trading (holding 5-10 days) of US companies. I like the rolling cash option from D4F, but they don’t seem to have a great of US stocks; IG Index offers greater choice, but only 'daily'...

Hi Interesting thread; hope I’m not too late… I’m interested in this system, and especially jmreeve’s improved tweaking and TS reports. A couple of queries:- 1. have you had the opportunity to back test on futures data, as opposed to cash index data? 2. when you say entry next day on a stop...

Hi there RogerM Great stuff, and timely too – I enjoyed your presentation at Helen’s Traders’ Day, enough to go and buy the Lenny Jordan book (I’m up to reading about positive and negative gamma – i.e. very much the basics). How do you envisage this forum working – will you be answering...

Hi JonnyT Firstly – thanks for the idea and I’m sure others will be grateful too. A couple of early questions… You wrote: Can you give some general details about this (language, takes signals from where?) and how the API links in with IB? Zebra wrote And I’d be interested in a reply to...

Thanks, JonnyT, for your reply. I like what you say about the spread and lack of bias. I have popped over to IB and will consider opening an account with them, instead of switching from D4F to e.g. capital spreads; but can I trade the daily DOW cash with them? Or is it trading the DOW futures...

Hi JonnyT and Okay, how does using IB compare to using a spread bet company where (say) entry spread is 5 points and closed out at the end of the day at the mid point ? Do IB offer daily trades that expire at the end of the day? What are the level of spreads? If a limit buy is set and...