I don't know if i buy that all that PPT stuff. If there really was a PPT, you wouldn't have seen days in 2008 where we had 500+point drops in the dow with no buyers in sight? And If there is a PPT, they weren't very good at their jobs! My current ...

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Pinbar — It'll be interesting to see if we get a nice pinbar on stocks. Incidentally right around 10,000 on the dow. Keeping a very close eye on the close here... Still 30mins left to go... image

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They are excellent. I have nothing but good things to say about them. From a technology perspective they're a little bit behind IB and I find that their Options/Futures data is a bit expensive compared to IB, however for US Stocks the are great and ...

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Their platform is actually fine once you get the hang of it. Their charting is awful, but the platform itself is no worse than any of the others out there. There is a lot of customization that you can do to it, for instance, you can have it default ...

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I have a few different ones I use - They are on my profile. They're all Good.

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So... — Is the only way to do this to set up a EA or Indicator that uses the MAIL function? I.e. is the built-in alert system not going to help me in sending useful alerts? Seeing that WAV file really doesn't tell me anything about what they ...

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Updates coming soon: — I haven't forgotten about this thread, I've just been transitioning my spreadsheets to a new data provider. I'm testing out the products from url and so far I'm impressed. If/when everything is transitioned I might ...

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So did you open up your lightspeed acct? How is it?

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Johnny -- I think that's a perfectly rational way of looking at it. It's basically the same principal as the "magazine cover" or "mother-in-law" signal. Not familiar with those? Let me explain: Well the magazine cover theory states that by the time ...

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EURJPY: — Anyone catch any pips from the smallish pinbar from yesterday on the EUR/JPY? Obviously this is not textbook, since the level (126.31?) is not ideal but wow...what a move. image

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You wouldn't buy many, but it's certainly possible. I'd just stick to the more liquid names. For instance DECK is a stock I bought recently (a month ago) and I only bought 20 shares of it -- @ $100/shr, that's $2,000 and a 5% move against me would ...

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MB Trading: — MB Trading has a much lower account opening requirement and doesn't charge for stock data. The do charge for data related to futures & options however. So if you're just doing stocks, it's basically the same as IB without the $10 ...

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News Trading: — As Chris has mentioned on several occasions it can be treacherous trying to trade around news. Tomorrow will be a doosy... From Bespoke Investment Group: Tomorrow is one of those days that we see maybe 4 or 5 times a year where ...

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Going to try to embed a youtube clip here... video For all the economists in the house - here's a little humor (and education) for your Tuesday afternoon!

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Weekly List: — That last was incomplete. Here are this week's, weekly pins. I think there may only be one bullish pin in here: Ticker Name LLY - ELI LILLY & CO BK - BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP STT - STATE STREET CORP K - KELLOGG CO VIA/B - ...

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1.24.10: — A few for your consideration: Ticker Name MCD - MCDONALD'S CORP USB - US BANCORP GA - GIANT INTERACTIVE GROUP-ADR SSD - SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC SGY - STONE ENERGY CORP BRKL - BROOKLINE BANCORP INC ANDE - ANDERSONS INC/THE WPRT ...

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Honestly, I think that's the smart way to do it. As much as people preach about practice accounts and getting good on practice, it's very different to have real money at stake, even if its a small amount. There's a great picture on another thread ...

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Seems like alot of the XXX/CHF pairs look interesting for a short (long CHF). I have 1 i'm already in (Cad/CHF) and i have orders that haven't been triggered on a few others...

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Up Pins everywhere: 1/20/2010 — Here's today's list. I highlighted a few things you mentioned in your post (gaps, extended stocks, etc). These are sorted based on how today's volume compares to the 30day average volume... Enjoy: Bullish: HBI - ...

The Stock/ETF/Commodity Pinbar Thread

Benny - Thx for your input! I agree that there are certain instances where the presence of a pinbar is not necessarily a bullish/bearish occurrence. I think you'll find much better win % on pins at swing High/Lows. Also, not all of these pins (a ...

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