TechnicalTrader

Yesterday they said it was their data provider. Today they said there is no ETA.

Another long outage again premarket. Man!

lost updates again at 13:20 EST.

Two five minute candles in 90 minutes.

Mine stopped moving before open and still locked 30 minutes later. Anyone else?

I've about had it with the program. Nice company, but with each release it seems to get more unstable. May just be my PC, but none of my other three charting packages misbehave.

I've tried that, and the search has results, however the results are just discrete keywords, and not adjoined as in a phrase. Searches for "stock market" finds posts with both "stock" & "market" but not exclusively "stock market" as a phrase. Incidentally, with quoted phrases you loose the search-word highlighting, which is rather unfortunate.

Is there a way to search by exact phrase? It really helps when searching.

Click on the link below and take a look at this brief video - it illustrates the issue. Screencast video sharing, 2010-10-27_1553 I can recreate this at will. Vista 64, latest OEC version.

Another item I've notices is misalignment when selecting a different period. If I draw a significant trend line on the fifteen (places more price history on the screen) and then switch to a five minute chart, the trend line is misplaced. Switching back to the fifteen doesn't correct it until I poke at the chart, zoom-in, zoom-out, refresh, etc. This inhibits recording significant lines.

I've been having an issue since the new release - if I draw a line, select it and Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V is usually duplicates it, but has recently caused an error which gives me the option to close the program or continue. Continuation is futile; the charts keep building, but nothing else seems to work. I can clear it with a shutdown & restart of OEC. Vista 64bit. Anyone else?

Slightly relevant; have you looked at the OpenSource Gomi Footprint charts for Ninja? A skilled C coder could make a OEC version toot sweet. Example of Free MarketDelta

JPJ Trading Room Don't you just wonder if its worth it? Ha!

I am in the Al Brooks - Price Action room. It's not a training venue per se, it is Al telling you what he sees. Minimal interaction, just a chance to set with a guy that paid his dues and is now profitable. He trades and will tell you if he thinks a good trade is building, and if he thinks the trade is valid, but exceeds his risk profile. In Al's minimal style, the charts are simple and he sounds like he's moving and thinking at quarter speed - its an illusion as he trades like lightning and has a natural analytical skill which fits a trader. My complaint is there is no DNA transfer to lend me that remarkable talent. Sigh. Al is more of a natural than I; I am interested in other rooms that can help me build that insight. Shortening the learning curve is part of it, but learning patience and discipline is a large part. Had I better learned either I'd be far happier.

Anyone tried Fulcrum's room? Did you jump right in or take the $697 "Delta Course"?

Allow me to ask a related question. When I look at the depth of all the bid/ask levels on a Dom/Matrix, there are huge sums (especially in futures) which are way out of current bid/ask, however they float with the price action - they seem intent to maintain their relative position away from the current bid/ask. As the bid/ask ebbs and drops, they also move. What do those offers hope to gain, so far from the action? It would make sense if they were fixed, anticipating the market would come to them, however they seem to purposely remain equidistant from the bid/ask.

One additional note, finding that person/room can take some work, so ignore the amount of effort and inevitable frustration it takes to uncover that pearl of great price. Also, you will find many mentors lack bedside manor. If this offends you, you will miss a lot of what you are paying for. If their trading style seems very different to you, give the osmosis process a while to work; not forever, but long enough to decide. Google the heck out of them before handing over money. The very best learning experience is a very small group of folks, focused (major point!!) and passionate about trading success. My own Skype group is a huge help to me, none are professionals, but we are all avid readers of market literature, and bring a lot of trader experience to the session every day. We have all had a stint or two in mentoring programs, and now just try to put it into practice.

What Graphics Card are you using? A through discussion on hardware would be welcome, as trading software might not benefit from the latest CPU. The I7-920 looks to be an excellent match. I'd rather spend funds on monitors than the box. Also, I was wondering how many monitors I could put on a fold-up table. I think I have my answer.

Just getting started here but wanted to say one thing - the volume bars are such a logical chart type. I'm working on cobbling out a Tradestation oscillator.

Futures. Some of them are drifting off the Z09

What do you guys use to look at historical contracts? I've quizzed OEC about offering historical data, and they said they'd thought about it, but no decision has been made. I have TradeStation now, and would love to dump them, but the historical data is important to my style. Thanks