Support:

Calendars:

1. Trading Hours Courtesy of CME Group.

2. Events, Forex, and Trader's Calendar Courtesy of Interactive Brokers.

Quick Start Guides:

1. Getting started as a trader.

2. Futures Calculator in MS Excel Spreadsheet. Use it to calculate potential profit on swing trades or just to see what a trade might be worth.

3. Configuring TWS Sound Manager (so you can hear verbal alerts instead of beeps, i.e. "order filled", instead of "beep").

4. Configuring TWS for first time use. Download the Lead Traders TWS configuration file to your Windows Desktop. Right click here and "Save Target As" to get the file. Then from the TWS mainscreen select File > Restore Settings > browse to the file "nicecfg.xml" on your Desktop; Open the file. This file will load settings for BookTrader bracket orders (both limit bracket and stop bracket), a list of popular Stock and Futures symbols for your TWS mainscreen, and setup your overall layout so that it is easier to use TWS. You can skip steps 4, 5, 6, and 7 if you download and install this file.

5. Configuring TWS with an efficient Portfolio Layout.

6. Configuring TWS Feature Selector to support Bracket Order Entry.

7. Configuring BookTrader. You must do this before you arm BookTrader!

8. Configuring BookTrader for Bracket Order Entry.

9. Examples of finding "The Channel" on a chart.

Please submit your questions or request for additional Quick Start Guides using the form below:

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