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Forum: Traders Hideout May 1st, 2020, 01:27 AM
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Posted By josh
Great question! Let me clarify and say that I was...

Great question! Let me clarify and say that I was never really introduced to it, I just gave it a brief whirl.


If you can trade exchange traded spreads it's the way to go. For example, I have...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 5th, 2014, 09:48 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Big Mike, have been super busy with a lot of...

Big Mike, have been super busy with a lot of trading goals, and I have done some options spreads, but I haven't put on any commodity spreads so far. In the coming months I may have a chance to do...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 28th, 2013, 11:02 PM
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Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
I really appreciate this link @SisyphusStone...

I really appreciate this link @SisyphusStone (https://nexusfi.com/member.php?u=32417) .Coincidentally enough, over the last 36 hours I have watched probably 5 hours of tastytrade videos. I am doing...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 28th, 2013, 10:58 PM
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Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Thanks for the encouragement and info TheDude . ...

Thanks for the encouragement and info TheDude . Do you mean to short the ES-NQ spread as I did here and then buy the NQ-YM? If that's what you mean, it would be doing damn well right now. Russell...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 27th, 2013, 12:07 PM
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Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
ES/NQ sim trade is now $5800 in profit. ...

ES/NQ sim trade is now $5800 in profit.

http://screencast.com/t/7x0Wvxo00B

The ES leg is actually in profit, with NQ staying very strong. First circle is the spread where the trade was...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 23rd, 2013, 10:19 PM
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Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
ES/NQ sim trade is now +$3600. +$3800 on the...

ES/NQ sim trade is now +$3600.

+$3800 on the NQ long, and only -$200 on the ES short. The cool part is that I'm not worried about being stopped out unless a dollar loss is reached. Kind of like,...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 22nd, 2013, 11:30 PM
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Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
As a quick update--the sim trade initiated here...

As a quick update--the sim trade initiated here (https://nexusfi.com/traders-hideout/28755-spread-pairs-trading-allure-reailty.html#post357426) is currently in profit $2740.

NQ profit = (3222.50 -...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 22nd, 2013, 03:42 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
tigertrader , veering a bit off topic here, but...

tigertrader , veering a bit off topic here, but I'd like to briefly explore this.

I think you make an important distinction between expressing an opinion and seeing a trade opportunity. If I...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 21st, 2013, 12:03 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
@tigertrader...

@tigertrader (https://nexusfi.com/member.php?u=6460) , I knew you couldn't resist the allure of this thread! :becky:

From the very brief amount of information I have read so far, and from the...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 20th, 2013, 04:10 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Excellent--I'm assuming the exchange is CME. I'm...

Excellent--I'm assuming the exchange is CME. I'm curious as to which broker would provide a tradeable spread (other than Tradestation) like this. I bet CTS would, but I'm not currently using their...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 20th, 2013, 03:38 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Beautiful, that's exactly what I am looking for. ...

Beautiful, that's exactly what I am looking for. This is CME, and is it a tradable product, or just a synthetic that must be legged into? What data feed is it you are plotting? (and which software...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 20th, 2013, 02:52 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
(edit: kevin answered this below but leaving the...

(edit: kevin answered this below but leaving the original here for posterity)

I hate to beat this dead horse, but I don't get the same spread that you do here. Just a sanity check--are you...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 19th, 2013, 03:27 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Thanks Nicolas, I have read some of his stuff...

Thanks Nicolas, I have read some of his stuff online but I will get the book (and MATLAB?!) and check it out!
Forum: Traders Hideout September 19th, 2013, 11:55 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
@TheDude (https://nexusfi.com/member.php?u=24490)...

@TheDude (https://nexusfi.com/member.php?u=24490) , thanks for your reply. After having some time to look in depth, here are my responses/questions:



By market neutral I meant that the...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 19th, 2013, 11:38 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
@indiantrader...

@indiantrader (https://nexusfi.com/member.php?u=6116), thanks for mentioning the volatility adjustment. I read about this but have not studied much about it yet.

Regarding the CME margin...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 19th, 2013, 11:35 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Just for posterity, here is an accurate ES/NQ...

Just for posterity, here is an accurate ES/NQ spread plotted on the bottom, with ES on top. ES and NQ are continuous back-adjusted contracts, and the sample used to calculate the ratio is 5 seconds,...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 18th, 2013, 10:58 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Some great posts guys, keep them coming--I will...

Some great posts guys, keep them coming--I will reply to them with comments and questions later in more detail. Just an update right now on my simulated trade. S&P got sold a few minutes ago but...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 17th, 2013, 10:54 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Most people will probably not truly spread trade....

Most people will probably not truly spread trade. But if readers of the thread can take away anything, it's that intermarket relationships can be useful. Sometimes they are obvious, sometimes they...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 17th, 2013, 10:25 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Thank you for the post Nicolas. In short, I...

Thank you for the post Nicolas.

In short, I am a newbie at this. The sample trade I have taken and the examples presented are really probably the most basic examples possible. The math involved...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 17th, 2013, 09:48 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Thanks for the replies so far. I took a...

Thanks for the replies so far. I took a simulated trade near the close yesterday to help me work through the process. For the current values of ES and NQ, to get a near-identical notional value, I...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 16th, 2013, 10:00 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 86,832
Posted By josh
Spread / Pairs Trading - the allure and the reality

To be market neutral and still make money--perhaps it's the holy grail of trading. To make money without having to worry about market direction...? Sign me up!

If only it were so simple. As I...
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