Some ECNs will not accept odd lot orders, so you are limiting your broker's choices. With Nasdaq stocks (and eventually with listed stocks too),...
Amazon has it too: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0122796713/qid=1078584857/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7562672-6871830?v=glance&s=books...
There are parallels between blackjack and trading: lots of math and statistics, positive expectancy, luck, pressure, attention to detail. I know...
Many traders, particularly in options, have also been casino blackjack players.
I ran into this a few years ago with another broker. The only way they could allow me to write options, either naked or in combinations, was to...
The uptick rule is an SEC requirement, and it does not apply to broad-based composites (i.e. with ten or more components). I was not aware that...
I am not currently trading AMEX stocks. How I would rout orders would depend on my trading strategy. I think the AMEX specialist operates like...
I too was annoyed by the delay in receiving the yearend statement from IB. Then I realized that there is nothing in the YE statement that is not...
I had a really hard time learning to use the TWS. You might take a look at some of the third-party tools such as ButtonTrader or NinjaTrader....
I frequently trade NYSE stocks via IB in the last few seconds before 4pm Eastern, several thousand shares, and have no problem getting filled on...
It sounds like an n-legged sack race. It is hard to make ventures work out with more than one entrepeneur. Everybody has their own ideas. That...
I think trading is inherently a lonely business. Other people think what we are attempting is foolhardy, unless they know we are successful....
I believe the futures industry is changing. In a few years, the pits may be all gone. When the happens, the clerking experience will be wasted....
I have found this site to be very useful: http://www.incrediblecharts.com/technical/indicators.htm
Check out these sites: http://www.steidlmayer.com/ http://www.profiletrading.com/ http://www.robinmesch.com/homepage.cfm...
For end-of-day data, I use DataSharks: http://www.datasharks.biz
Without outgoing traffic, a computer isn't very useful. ZoneAlarm is for the totally paranoid. It's good software but overkill IMHO. If I had...
Any time you run software that you didn't write, and have an Internet connection open, you run a risk (however small) that the program will do...
I recently saw a demo of this system development tool and was impressed: http://www.tradeoptimizer.com/ I don't use canned development and...
If you traded an ETF, such as QQQ, you could have gotten a divident that way.
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