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Looking at the materials I think the case law and guidance suggests that if you are a sole trader trading directionally then you are speculating and as such subject to the CGT regime (however active you are in the day) but if you are in an arcade providing liquidity by playing both sides of the...

no problem meant to reply to Joe's original post not your response, my error.

isn't it the case that its the overall direction of the trin that's important if you are daytrading index futures not the absolute level? 3 April 2006 spx drops from 1310 to 1297 whilst trin's absolute level is bullish under 0.5 but trin starts trending up (bearish) at 12.30 est. At no point in...

thanks all thats exactly the info I wanted.

along the same lines I am looking to return to the UK and trade es. Intra day swing trading is what I'll be doing using 1 3,5 min and constant volume charts. At times I will want to exit or enter at market as rapidly as possible. At the moment I am entering orders through interactive...

I'd agree with this from what I have seen, he also believes in very wide stops on daytrading index futures so its a risky strategy to daytrade imo. I am no great trader yet but I do think that if really do know what you're doing you will be working with pretty tight stops - mrmarcus, socrates...

I've used it and liked it a lot, watch the videos on the website to get a view of what it can offer (these are educational and clear in their own right) and search elitetrader for other reviews, good to keep you in winning trades and to assist you in honouring stops, weakness in chop and doesn't...

I'm interested in and investigating the ehlers indicators but simple ema crossover indicators on intraday volume charts work well outside of first 10 mins, lunchtime lull, low volume pre report times etc- All indicators are useless if you use them out of context in a purely mechanical way...

http://paccharts.com/showchart.php?askedsymbol=aapl&size=250&x=25&y=19 A nice way to show volume here

great thread,thanks for the thought provoking posts so far. In relation to the Apprentice Problem unless we get immortality with the indicator package the 100% option isn't the one to go for as part of the benefit of being a successful trader is using the cash to fund a free and enjoyable...

that is a good one, start with a rookie question on macd and then fire off your volatility based futures day trading system to put all on back foot! I'd be interested in a screen shot for this, have been playing around with tick, trin, advance decline but not vix, basically came to conclusion...

5 34 5 is a better setting than the standard imo. MACD will not work in non-trending markets whatever the settting.

have a look at ensign software only 39.95 bucks a month and if you take the ib feed will allow you to chart all market data without paying exchange fees for market data subject to ib minimum charge, has a playback function allowing you to pick your es historical day and trade off that at real...

if you're end of day trading stocks have a look at this list http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=public&cmd=show&disp=RED new's picks are interesting and generally the top rated posters are worth reading. http://www.decisionpoint.com/TAcourse/TAcourseMenu.html is a...

http://www.enthios.com/Lessons/TradingPrimer/Primer_buildingblocks.htm, price action article in same general section http://voodootrader.com/wolfewave.htm the second link is a detail of wolfewaves which you see quite a bit on es and aren't typical price action formation, rest of site has some...