If this kind of TWS failure rate continues, I am going to have to start using bracket orders (buy/sell/stop) for even scalp & day trades (as...
I tried Stand alone TWS and internet based TWS and still no data.
"I totally agree, Santelli is the only CNBC employee who isn't a cheer leader for the bulls. I really enjoy his occassional confrontations with...
Answer: Normally 90% of my money is in cash, but there is sometimes overlap where I am nearing the end of a put trade and I open a call trade...
Rick, My last day of trading or holding front month options is the Friday before expiration Friday. In other words for this month of February,...
About 7 or 8. Look at the attached 10 year chart of the S&P500 with monthly candles and the 20ma. When the S&P had its first monthly candle...
Update: Pre-market futures were too strong in my favor this morning to use an incremental sale. All contracts on the SPY137 puts were exited at...
Hi Susan, While you were buying DIA 126 puts near the close on Wednesday, I bought SPY 137 puts for 2.29 earlier in the day on Wednesday when...
I scalp and day trade the SPX using Pivot Points and simple MA's, but only at very specific reversal periods. Here is what I do: I usually...
Looking at the attached chart of the SPX and the multiple layers of resistance at 1395 and 1420 in this downtrend we are in, I find it difficult...
Answer: Those are horrible commisions! Interactive brokers is < $1.00 per contract (no minimum) and gets progressively cheaper if you buy...
I have taught several beginning traders how to survive the learning curve of trading using options and a small account. You must strictly...
The sad part of this entire housing mess is that we tax payers will end up paying for 1: the greed of banks and mortgage lenders for inventing...
Money management is as equally important as selecting the right stock to buy or short. You can win 80% of your trades and "go broke" with...
"I totally agree with Don's statement." If you trade for a long enough period of time, you will eventually find a trading system (methodology)...
I have been saying this for decades and the test of time has always proven it to be true: "eliminate the Fed's ability to cut interest rates and...
SP500 Target = 1150 Look at the attached 37 year chart. '
Look at the attached 10 year chart of the SPX with monthly candles and the 20 month moving average. Notice in November 2000 the SPX had its...
What I find different about this downturn as opposed to any other in the life of this current bull market is: Fundamentals: 1: There has...
The attached chart is a comparison of the SPX gains or losses year to date in 2007, compared to the housing index gains or losses year to date 2007.
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