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I am using it , and it does a very good job. Works for me.

Sierra Charts are able to plot a very nice ratio chart for pairs trading with IQ Feed as the data source.

Being new to pairs trading I hope experienced traders can add to my knowledge. Normally for a pair say stock ABC and XYZ where the correlation is say greater than 80%, and we go long ABC and short XYZ, we buy a dollar amount of ABC and short an equal dollar amount of XYZ. But what if options...

Can anyone give an opinion good or bad concerning the Ninja Trader trading platform. Thanks in advance.

I trade the ES type futures and Forex. You can limit your risk with Forex. You can go from almost no risk (1 mini lot) to as much risk as you can afford or live with. I like this capability. The Forex is a large massive market. The broker (in my opinon) with the best platform and analytics...

Tick volume *************************************************************************************************** So if I am plotting a chart (100TICK chart) each candle stick will occupy a time interval that allows for a 100 tick movement (0.0001 change per tick) up or down. Each candle will...

Which in the case of the EURUSD is what??

For example the EUR-USD. Is a tick the amount of time that is required for one lot (or mini lot) to buy/sell , or is the tick the amount of time that it takes for a certain dollar amount of the EURUSD to buy/sell in the Forex market. Either way it appears the tick is indirectly an indicator of...

What is a prop house?

I believe the Alpha Romeo Spyder was designed by a drunk Italian. Poor design.

Have been using Sierra Charts for 3 days and trading the FOREX. These charts are the best I have used and at a very good price. Thanks for all the info. Merry Christmas

Thanks for answering a fairly simple question.

For the time variable charts may use 5 min, 10min., 100tick, 200tick , or other as suits the charter. Pardon the simple question, but what unit of time is the tick? Does the tick amount vary with the product (underlying)? Does the tick unit depend on an amount of movement of the product? Or...

thanks for the info. I am trying Sierra. And it looks very good. Probably will drop Esignal.

I trade mostly the FOREX market. Does the Sierra Charting package work well for those who use it, and is it compatible with the FOREX market? Thanks in advance.