Re: Re[2]: Russ2K trading

["JHP" <jan4123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm totally aware of it.

Jan Philipp

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SC" <secaseba@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "JHP" <jan4123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Liam" <46p771v02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:46 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Russ2K trading


> Hello JHP,
> Holding the stop on your computer is more hazardous than having it at
> the exchange.
> I like the idea that no one can see where your stop is, but it leaves
> you vulnerable to system crashes and transmission delays and it's
> arguably the same as trading without a stop at all.
> SC
>
> J> I switched from the Merc to ICE and the only issue I have with them is 
> that
> J> they don't accept
> J> stop orders. When I set it ("synthetic stop order") it's held on my 
> computer
> J> and released
> J> as market order resulting in average of 20-30 pt slippage. That problem 
> is
> J> made up many times
> J> by RL's $1.00/pt value and good performance, much better for me than ES 
> or
> J> NQ.
> J> Jan Philipp
> J> ----- Original Message -----
> J> From: "Liam" <46p771v02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> J> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> J> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 7:39 AM
> J> Subject: Russ2K trading
>
> > > Since leaving Russ2K trading for NQ recently, I've been wondering where
> > > other traders wandered off to.