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cowcool

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  1. Stupid question, what is symbol for esm in IB?. I am trying their their trading software but am unable to find the symbol. Is it just me?. I can't find advanced orders in TWS (OCO, one trigger other, contingent order and so on) Thx!
  2. Do you guys using trailing stop instead of stop loss? . I am kinda confused of what is more approriate , down in pts or percentage? . I usually use percentage for stocks but emini S&P is different because it uses increment of 0.25 What is appropriate trailing stop in pts for emini sp intraday trading? . I don't want to get knocked often for settin too tight trailing stop. Thx!!
  3. Thx, looks good , have you tried thinkorswim.com ?. I am considering this one too.
  4. What are your favorite Emini brokers .. and why?. There are so many of them and I am kinda confused. Thx!
  5. Guys, What is maximum pts increase limit per day for ymm esm and mini nasdaq? Thx!
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    Leverage

    Guys, What is leverage level for emini s&p 500 (esm09)?. I use optionsxpress.com virtual trading and .. $ 5625 is required to control 1 unit of esm9 (contract size=50) , that's around 7.x times leverage. Isn't it supposed to be 70 times?
  7. What will happen if a contract expired ? Suppose I don't sell , will I lost all the money on expiration date?Thx!
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