Recent content by NickW

Henry, Well done - very nice tool However do you have a version of tsim or tsim+ which works with api 6.1? I use metaserver which doesnt work with 7.1 yet. I believe Tsim worked with 5.1 but not 6.1. Nick

Kevin, Try 20ema on a 5min. Check out this idea, its not mine but from Larry Connors a well known trader: on the same chart look at a 3 period RSI. If the ema is heading up look for longs only, look to enter long when the RSI shows oversold. This is a setup Larry Connors uses for intraday...

Kevin, The US markets have a higher beta than the FTSE and also the FTSE has little technology c/w US. In other words the US markets are more volatile and swings will be greater. Similarily you can see the same affect comparing the Dax with the FTSE, the DAX has a higher Beta so the swings are...

You need more capital to make 50%. Assuming commissions of £12.5 per trade and stamp duty your first round trip trade is going to cost you around 3% or your capital before profits. Spreadbetting would be best affordable for you if thats all you have. You will also need more time to make 50%. As...

Without a doubt the European markets follow the US markets. I trade the European markets in the morning, but still watch the S&P Futures. I trade the S&P emini Futures when the US markets open but I no longer pay any attention to Europe. I don't think its a problem just sticking with the...

It's on my list - however I'm put of having to trawl through and get to know multiple stocks. For know I've learnt to trade the ES Futures, which works for me in that I only have to learn the personality and levels of one product. Is there a stock thats a good proxy for the Futures, qqq comes...

My dealer is IB and I use TradeStation and QuoteTracker. The 34ema gives you the trend. The 100ema on the 1min is watched by many.

If you're using d4f your going to find it tough - quite frankly the d4f charting sucks. However my advice to you would be to ditch the bollinger bands, and your fast sma's. Replace with either RSI, macd or Stochastics and try a 20 period ema on the 5min chart. Unfortunatly with d4f you will run...

A zero cross on its own is a bit weak. I trade cci trend line breaks and I prefer the break to occur around the zero area and preferably with some divergence. If you look at the first major low at 7650 you'll see a cci trendline break (you have to imagine the line) and regular divergence all...

You can connect TS2000i to IB. You need a product called Metaserver RT. Maybe TS6 works also but I wouldn't know. http://www.traders-soft.com/ts/msrt/index.htm#tws The demo product supports two items only. I have it setup for ES and ESTX50 the two main markets I trade. Its NOT easy to setup...

Fitsy put up this great post this morning on talkstox http://www.talkstox.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=504 All about woodies cci setups with clear examples

If you don't have time to daytrade take a look at the free daily dow trading setups at www.signalwatch.com. He uses breakout trading on the daily charts, which is as good a place as any to begin with. If you follow this for a while you'll get a good education about chart patterns. There are...

Try a google search e.g: convert wav mp3 I think microsoft do a plugin for mediplayer otherwise winamp probably does it. I use cooledit which definately does. There might be a demo of this available.

I think GNI and Saxobank provide daily FX analysis, might even be free. I'm thinking spreadbetting with FX is a good deal - in comparison to SB with indices, indeed the D4F SB rates are inside those offered by Saxo, a dedicated FX broker, by 1pt. Just from looking at the daily FX charts, the...

Hey Riskybiscuit a word of warning is that you need to be careful of beginners luck. It's quite bequiling, a couple of wins at £50 puts you on top of the world, then one day the market will take it back from you, then your problems start as you start trading madly oversize to get it back...