The transition to Futures trading

[skyQuake]

ic,

Might as well add my own experiences:

If you're trading on TWS for Mobile, the default for stop orders do NOT fill outside RTH. Caught me pants down on crude once!

 

[CanOz]

ic,

Might as well add my own experiences:

If you're trading on TWS for Mobile, the default for stop orders do NOT fill outside RTH. Caught me pants down on crude once!

Yeah that's right, i found that out the hard way one time too, you need to check the little box to allow orders to be executed outside RTH.

 

[kid hustlr]

CPI @ 6.30pm and German ZEW @ 7pm tonight

 

[pavilion103]

Interesting triangle here near significant resistance!

 

[tech/a]

Short 6577

 

[CanOz]

Short 6577

Short the DAX at 23.5 but regretting it...its not what i had planned

 

[pavilion103]

Short 6577

Same as me. Have you moved the stop?

 

[Caveroute]

long 6572.5

non technical , emotional stop now b/e

 

[CanOz]

Out and standing aside, this is trading in value.

 

[tech/a]

Same as me. Have you moved the stop?

No
Was going to short the DAX as well but haven't yet.

There could be another test of these current highs.
Stop at 81
Will look for another short if taken.

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Out and standing aside, this is trading in value.

Yeh right thing Can patience.

Done!

Common and get me!

Im at 84

 

[pavilion103]

Same as me. Had stop 81 too.

 

[tech/a]

Done stop 91
Had 2 on the last trade
1 now

 

[Caveroute]

long 6572.5

non technical , emotional stop now b/e

Stoped 6579.

Missed my profit target of 6586.5 by one tick.

What's that expression - don't be a d**K for a tick ?

 

[Caveroute]

long 6580, a little dodgy


stop 6577

 

[tech/a]

Stoped 6579.

Missed my profit target of 6586.5 by one tick.

What's that expression - don't be a d**K for a tick ?

All been there and continue to visit!

 

[Caveroute]

Scratch, 6579

 

[tech/a]

Did you see that sweep.
Then plummet!

To B/E and up to TV.
See you in an hr or so.

So tempted on the DAX!

 

[CanOz]

Did you see that sweep.
Then plummet!

To B/E and up to TV.
See you in an hr or so.

No, was over on the Crude workspace....but i see the trail...oh sorry, you were taking about the FTSE. I think that might have been in reaction to Irelands household debt...it came out at :49

Watching for 96.5 on the DAX

 

[tech/a]

Out 70
Tomorrow another day.

 

[pavilion103]

That down move on the FTSE reached the support area just below 6540. It seems a high percentage play is to get the stop to BE and then let it run, put a buy order around the 6540.

I can see how a lot of people get shaken out and don't get the benefit of such a move.

I see this happening again and again, getting out for 10 or so points profit only to see it take out stops and then go lower to the support level.

Seems especially true in an instance like last night when it had fallen from very well establish resistance around 6590 or so.

I think I'll try a bit more of this set and forget. Get it to BE and let it make me 30-40 points or get taken out at BE.

Then it rallied up from that support level but I was in bed by then.