Recent content by RubenE

Thanks Josef, I will check them out. Ruben.

Hi all, I've been demo trading an MT4 account for a while now and was looking to jump in for real with a live account. I recently opened an MT4 account at brokerX (anonymized), because they've been around for a while and they seemed to have the lowest spreads. But before funding that account I...

Exactly like that. I use the advanced order feature of my broker for it. If a security reaches a certain price a limit order is automatically being placed. Ruben.

Hi RSD, Yes, the big difference is that you can do your analysis at night and be prepared for the next day. It will allow you to make a plan for the next day, like: if A happens I will do this and if B happens I will do this and if C happens I will do nothing. It worked really well for me. I...

As schixm already suggested I'd also recommend trading the daily timeframe for starters. If you're more experienced you can consider switching to the smaller timeframes. Trading the daily timeframe just gives you more time to analyze the complete picture and doesn't force you to make decisions...

Looks nice and peaceful guys. Ruben.

Hi Tommy and Tapeworm, Thank you both for the reply. I guess I'll pass on the Northcott book then and have a look at the book Tapeworm recommended (Amazon.com: The Taylor Trading Technique: George D. Taylor: Books) Best regards, Ruben.

Hi thevinman, As a sidenote, it's also possible to use IB data in Amibroker. See: How to use AmiBroker with Interactive Brokers TWS I haven't tested this live yet, but will do that soon. You could however try it with a trial version of Amibroker just to see if it works for you. Just a...

Hi all, Can you recommend any good books or other resources on swing trading? I'm already familiar with the website Swing Trading Guide | Learn How to Trade Stocks Like a Pro! (very good by the way). On Amazon I found the book "Short Term Trading" by Alan Northcott, which has good reviews. Has...

Hi Genics, I sort of expected that yeah, that's why I'm trying to see if there are any good confirmation signals to determine to take a squeeze trade or not. Any pointers on that would be appreciated. Ruben.

I'm also currently reading John Carter's book and think it's very useful. I have one question though that maybe someone here can answer about the squeeze play. In the book John gives some examples of daily plays and says it also works in that timeframe. However, when I backtest it on the DJI...

It depends on what you mean by 'unprofitable'. If by unprofitable you mean that with poor risk management after an x number of trades the netto result is a loss then you actually can make an unprofitable system profitable. Best regards, Ruben.

It all depends on what types of applications you're planning to write. If you want to be able to write device drivers or other low-level things then C++ is the way to go. If you're focused on GUI and webbased applications and webservices and the like C# is definitely the way to go. There's not...

I've had similar experiences with Amazon. I recently ordered two books and both of them have delivery times of over two months. Three years ago I cancelled a book order there because of the fact that they didn't ship it after three months. Maybe it's the types of books I order (mostly trading...

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm wondering why you think it's crap. Can you point out why it's bad? Thanks. Ruben.