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Well, I cannot really answer your question, I only drop in here occasionally, maybe that is because I trade primarily commodity derivatives. Happy to connect. I am no longer in London now in the South West. Like you, been in this game a long time.

I have accumulated a few good traders that I chat with daily. I'm covering derivatives(mainly US commodities) and ETFs. Been solo a good number of year, pro before that, discretionary and systematic. Dm me your contacts would be good to chat.

I am looking for somebody that has experience with implementing and running futures trading algos on the Interactive Brokers platform. The role would include conversion of Tradestaion EL based strategies, development directly on the IB platform and taking ownership of maintaining and running a...

Thanks for posting the link, will have a look around. I have used https://allocatesmartly.com/ for a number of years which offers similar TAA backtests and real time allocations. I pay $300/yr as I do actually invest capital in these systems and it saves me some significant work on...

Low 70's always a good entry for long Crude with current cost of marginal barrel. Forward stucture is backwardated so buying forward or roll also favourable.

Leverage allows you to hold a larger position in the market with a smaller amount of your own capital. In your case, a 30:1 leverage means that for every £1 of your money, you can purchase something of £30 market value but it does not mean you can continue to hold it when the price declines...

I would suggest backtesting your idea with historical data and experiment with various entry and risk management criteria. Just start simply buying on the cross up and going flat on the cross down. Then, if getting whipped around a bit add some additional cirteria like buy the cross up and a new...

I have also been riding the Uranium bull and feel it has a lot further to go, it is linked directly to the vast energy requirements of the tech sector as they enable their AI compute. Metals seem to be a popular theme in my portfolio in recent months as also been in copper and platinum which...

Thanks timsk, I have been adding to longs on sell-offs via conviction in the global supply/demand, it was not easy to maintiain this vieww Aug 23-Feb 24 but nothing I read about the market suggested otherwise and the only flag was global recession which fortunately did not transpire. With my...

I'm pleased to share that, as is often the case in fundamental based trades in commodity markets, patience has paid off. I firmly believe we are at the beginning of a prolonged bull market in copper. Will continue to increase on dips.

Think you nailed the pull back. Taken all yesterdays gains back already. I have this as a long term position and will be accumulating more on dips. I note CaterpillarInc CEO today was not talking bullish on Chinese construction projects...does not help.

I have built a long in copper over the past few months. I believe it will exceed $5/lb in the coming year. The fundamentals of global electrification which requires huge quantities of copper combined with the long term ESG driven reluctance to fund new mining operations for its extraction lead...

Hi Tim, Just implying that with each trade you have additional information you did not have at the last decision point. While a coin toss is a random event with two equally likely outcomes, trading involves a much more complex and dynamic set of variables and a system which has an unexpected...

Best way is to convert from account base currency to USD spot for an amount slightly more than the value of the equities purchased, then you will not be charged for any USD borrowing. If you close the trade in profit or loss, then just convert the dollars positive balance back to base currency...

Nice, revived a thread after 17 years! Check the event log on your computer for any errors that may be related to GlobalServer/Tradestation 2000. Try running Tradestation 2000 in Safe Mode.