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4009I hold only 400 shares of IPE, which I bot strictly for the long haul. My averaKen Adams-8/22/2009
4008I decided to review both VIPSX and IPE today. Neither have been setting the worlRon-8/22/2009
4007In June I went to the company picnic where I worked prior to retiring over 6 yeaKen Adams-8/19/2009
4006Out of R.E. in 2006 (nice timing), retired, too busy trading, inventing ways to wilywilly-8/19/2009
4005Hi Bill... thanks. I never paid much attention to it, but happened to notice itKen Adams-8/19/2009
4004Ken, I've found the TWS margin information impossible to figure out. It'wilywilly-8/19/2009
4003I thought the exchanges set the margin requirements. Interesting that TradeStatKen Adams-8/19/2009
4002This is curious. From within your TWS, if you click on "account" doesKen Adams-8/19/2009
4001That's interesting Wily. Good to compare those rates from time to time. HereRon-8/19/2009
4000Ken, It's $2813 intraday and $5625 overnight, actually a little less than itwilywilly-8/19/2009
3999I haven't gone to the IB site to check this, but my TWS screen shows margin Ken Adams-8/19/2009
3998That's pretty much what I've been doing on days that I trade. I want toKen Adams-8/13/2009
3997I had to be out of the office at Fed time yesterday, so missed that roller coastRon-8/13/2009
3996I've never revisited the Russell, since it moved to ICE and I gave up on it.Ken Adams-8/13/2009
3995Ron, I generally enter TF trades with a stop market order, and most of the time wilywilly-8/13/2009
3994Anyone try the Russell's lately? I decided to try a market entry scalp thisRon-8/13/2009
3993Nothing wrong with that logic. A point with 10 contracts is still a nice dayKen Adams-8/11/2009
3992I did 10 for 1 point (I'm chicken ok) this morning and immediately reduced sBWAC-8/11/2009
3991In late March I bumped my size from 8 contracts to 10. A single full point nettKen Adams-8/11/2009
3990"He uses an approach that goes for 2 points on half his size." And Provider-8/11/2009
3989He uses an approach that goes for 2 points on half his size. He then "trieKen Adams-8/11/2009
3988That 20 a time is probably not a big risk strategy. Find that markIt point whereBWAC-8/11/2009
3987"Speaking of July, I have a friend in Florida who trades the ES big time, 2Provider-8/11/2009
3986Speaking of July, I have a friend in Florida who trades the ES big time, 20 contKen Adams-8/11/2009
3985ES volume today kind of says it all. Light volume even for a Monday in August: sRon-8/10/2009
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