Catoosa, What accounting software do you use? I really need to develop a better system to track trading/accounting on a daily or at least...
If you are making 1000 trades a year at 15 bucks a pop the least the brokers can do is provide you with an accurate trade by trade summary that...
I traded stocks many years and then in 96 went into futures which I really regret. For me I found it much easier to diversify with stocks. I may...
How would the margin work in an offset trade? I imagine that if you were funded to trade mini's and then tried to trade a full contract, unless...
Preventing the big losers is important, especially in futures.those can be the big winners too, I suppose it just depends what side of the trade...
You are fortunate that IB gave you such a long winded and detailed response. :eek:
The specialist really is not trying to screw you, it not like he waits for your order and does huge spreads to make you crazy. A half point move...
I remember hearing on TV a few weeks ago that NYSE sepcialist profits for 2001 were down nearly 50% from the prior year. When the word...
I opened a small account last month mostly to try IB and eventually move more cash there. I have done 3 or so trades and they were very fast. This...
Mr. sl4ceo Is it possible to describe the sl4 in only a few sentences. I read the website stuff but still only have a fuzzy idea about what it...
Would you mind mentioning your brokers name or the software that froze up on you? Maybe get that ironed out before any more trades. I know that...
I have been trading for many years and still have trouble understanding rallies like late Wed. I would say that these moves are mostly futures...
The pit traders dont take turns doing trades so they can be properly noted by the pit reporters. In an active market there may be many trades that...
All it needs is a bulit in coffee and donut machine. Maybe I can offer that as an aftermarket add-on.:cool:
I have a question though, in a response from IB it was put this way: (begin)We have thousands of customers who keep a few dollars in their...
I figure it this way. If you ran the UT room why trade and take any risk of losing money if you have 100 people paying 250 per month for trade...
So I guess that those left brained traders won't even need charts.:eek: I have used stochastics for many years and started with the stoch in...
Their flat fee brokers are nite and hrzg. I have called Preferred several times about this and they really dont care. Penny uptick off your price...
How do you get it into excel. I have downloaded it but have trouble putting it into a spreadsheet. Also if they do a trade for 1000 shares and it...
Good plan, but a 6 cent stop loss is what I would consider within the realm of market noise. The spread on that stock may be more than 6 cents....
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