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Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

January 26th, 2014, 09:40 AM

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Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

There's nothing vague, irrational nor mystical...

There's nothing vague, irrational nor mystical about it. Doesn't matter if you make or loose money. You can have as many trading accounts and with as many brokers as you like. For all intents and...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

January 4th, 2014, 10:38 AM

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Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

If you have two separate accounts with the same...

If you have two separate accounts with the same broker then you can effectively log in to both accounts using Ninja Trader and with a single broker license key. I do this on two separate PC's using...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

January 1st, 2014, 03:30 PM

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Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

For lack of a better analogy/words, I simply see...

For lack of a better analogy/words, I simply see it to be like having either a stop or reversal strategy in play. Difference, a stop kicks-in and you're out of the trade altogether. Now you have to...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

January 1st, 2014, 01:18 PM

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Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

Instead of going completely long or short, I...

Instead of going completely long or short, I sometimes go with the cash settled S&P 500 index, SXPL (3x Bull) and SXPS (3x Bear), as well as the non-cash settled SSO (2x Bull) and SDS (2x Bear)...

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

December 23rd, 2013, 11:15 PM

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Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

Nice catch! There was a time I traded in both a...

Nice catch! There was a time I traded in both a taxable and IRA accounts and it's definitely a head scratcher.

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

December 22nd, 2013, 08:56 PM

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Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

Ditto! Besides, if you trade in an IRA like me...

Ditto! Besides, if you trade in an IRA like me there's no wash sale rule in effect for this type account.

Forum: Emini and Emicro Index

December 22nd, 2013, 08:36 PM

Replies: 43

Long and Short Positions at the Same Time?

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Posted By tlopez51

I can think of perhaps one reason to go long and...

I can think of perhaps one reason to go long and short at the same time. When you pairs trade, isn't the objective to drop the loosing side and go the way of the winning position? Hence, once you've...

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