CanOz's intermittent and sporadic trades

[CanOz]

Nice set up. Wouldn't the 6 screens quite easily topple over? I can see it happening on a missed trade when you hit the desk in disgust.

Also.... is that a fire extinguisher? Workplace health and safety? Did you buy those monitors in China and they come with a free fire extinguisher in case they blow up?

LOL....no the stand is really solid and the heavy screen is on the bottom. It's very sturdy, I used the same setup for three years. The office is rented, not sure why they has a fire extinguisher there, but I doubt it's been checked and charged anyway....the screens are 4 Dell bought in China and two acers bought here...for 90 bucks

 

[CanOz]

Just ping? You should do a tracert/packet test to see where the packets are being lost on the way to the server... You can have high packet loss and a low ping

Yeah, the packet stats come with the ping test, in China I lost most of the packets in the test. Here I get all the packets.

 

[fiftyeight]

The office is rented

Awesome interested to see your feeling on this vs the home office

 

[skc]

LOL....no the stand is really solid and the heavy screen is on the bottom. It's very sturdy, I used the same setup for three years. The office is rented, not sure why they has a fire extinguisher there, but I doubt it's been checked and charged anyway....the screens are 4 Dell bought in China and two acers bought here...for 90 bucks

Where's your rented office? A private room (looks it) or co-working desk?

There are some pretty nice co-working desks out there but I still can't bear the thought of having to commute everyday!

https://www.office-hub.com.au/au/brisbane/?gclid=CJyi_b2D9csCFYWVvAodJ5MJ4A

 

[CanOz]

Where's your rented office? A private room (looks it) or co-working desk?

There are some pretty nice co-working desks out there but I still can't bear the thought of having to commute everyday!

https://www.office-hub.com.au/au/brisbane/?gclid=CJyi_b2D9csCFYWVvAodJ5MJ4A

The office is located here in Morningside, about a 5 minute walk from the house. It's private. Also looked at shared spaces, none were close enough. Found the space on Gumtree.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

The office is located here in Morningside, about a 5 minute walk from the house. It's private. Also looked at shared spaces, none were close enough. Found the space on Gumtree.

Didn't you just start a new job yesterday?

 

[CanOz]

Didn't you just start a new job yesterday?

Yeah, my new job is trading the spi, starting with trying to figure out how to trade the spi

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Yeah, my new job is trading the spi, starting with trying to figure out how to trade the spi

I can't tell if you're serious or not.

How do you pay office space rental if not yet profitable? Or you are already profitable with DAX etc, but just not with SPI?

 

[CanOz]

I can't tell if you're serious or not.

How do you pay office space rental if not yet profitable? Or you are already profitable with DAX etc, but just not with SPI?

Yes, i am serious. I've rented an office. I was profitable on the DAX. I only traded a few hours a day and i was distracted most of the time...the office is a good decision.

 

[ggkfc]

wow interesting!
hope you keep us updated on how it goes

 

[Gringotts Bank]

9666.1

Watch it touch this level and retreat!

 

[cynic]

9666.1

Watch it touch this level and retreat!

So, is it that you have a stop order set at that level, or is it the number of the beast?

 

[Gringotts Bank]

So, is it that you have a stop order set at that level, or is it the number of the beast?

Neither Just a new target set up I've been playing with on the 30 min chart.

I'd like to trade DAX later this year if I can work out how to do it.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Neither Just a new target set up I've been playing with on the 30 min chart.

I'd like to trade DAX later this year if I can work out how to do it.

How's that?! Should have got me some shorts on.

 

[Market Sniper]

afternoon

curious on dax traders thoughts on trading the hour pre-cash open?

I usually wait for the cash open before considering a trade but have in the past traded pre-cash IF a A1 setup develops. I really don't like how thin and jumpy it can be but on occasion it can really yield some good profits. If I get stopped out couple of times I start kicking myself for not waiting till the cash!!

What are others thoughts,approach to it?

MS

 

[cynic]

afternoon

curious on dax traders thoughts on trading the hour pre-cash open?

I usually wait for the cash open before considering a trade but have in the past traded pre-cash IF a A1 setup develops. I really don't like how thin and jumpy it can be but on occasion it can really yield some good profits. If I get stopped out couple of times I start kicking myself for not waiting till the cash!!

What are others thoughts,approach to it?

MS

I've sometimes missed a few good trades by waiting until the cash open, other times I dodged a few bullets. Overall I didn't perceive the additional risk to be sufficiently rewarding.

 

[ThingyMajiggy]

afternoon

curious on dax traders thoughts on trading the hour pre-cash open?

I usually wait for the cash open before considering a trade but have in the past traded pre-cash IF a A1 setup develops. I really don't like how thin and jumpy it can be but on occasion it can really yield some good profits. If I get stopped out couple of times I start kicking myself for not waiting till the cash!!

What are others thoughts,approach to it?

MS

Have traded it plenty of times, don't see it as any different, it's just quieter and less active, but obviously there are times when someone is pushing it around and can be some great obvious trades to be taken, it's still the same market, just moving slower with less participants, that being said I tend to NOT be in any positions right when the cash opens though as those first couple minutes can be whipsawsville.

 

[CanOz]

afternoon

curious on dax traders thoughts on trading the hour pre-cash open?

I usually wait for the cash open before considering a trade but have in the past traded pre-cash IF a A1 setup develops. I really don't like how thin and jumpy it can be but on occasion it can really yield some good profits. If I get stopped out couple of times I start kicking myself for not waiting till the cash!!

What are others thoughts,approach to it?

MS

This was always a bit of a dilemma for me as well. If the market was bid or offered heavy then you wanted to join...if it was was balanced and chopping around then you wanted to wait for the extra liquidity of the cash. In the end i decided to stay out until i had a specific reason or play to get involved. Otherwise the liquidity could not be reliable.

 

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[Gringotts Bank]

Just starting to look at futures, DAX in particluar. New to me.

What sort of commission is usual for one contract? If one wanted to control say $1million of value (I won't be), how do I work out how many contracts that represents? Thanks in advance.