as far as scottrade, how easy is it to find shares to short of heavily shorted and/or unusual stocks? what's their inventory like?
with his charitable trust I think he does more longer term trading than when in his hedge fund. he sits on things for awhile. been sitting on...
he trades in his Charitable Trust, which I think is about a 4million portfolio or so
I'm not sure but he mentioned his "stress index" which he designed to help find a bottom in the market. I am curious as to what he is using in...
anybody own one of those Amazon Kindle e-readers? Is it as good as reading print on paper? Or is there a lot of glare, your eyes get tired...
I know people like Jea Yu say just watch price action and forget about news for the most part, but in my opinion it's insane not to use the best...
I think VMW is a good metaphor for the last 6 months or so. Got totally inflated to 125 on that ridiculous Oct. rally, and now back to close to...
I think the futures selling off somewhat corresponds with the breaking news from Standard and Poor.
jayford, does IB have stop limit orders that you can use as legs of bracketed order, or just stop market orders? And in fast moving markets...
Is anybody protecting their purchasing power by changing their dollars into other currencies, by say switching into euros or swiss francs? Of...
what's with the drop from 78 to 71? weak margins?
I stopped trading early today and wasn't listening to the news. Anybody's newsfeed pick up the FGIC downgrade, and if so, what was the timestamp...
looks like SPY crossed its 20 day SMA. i don't think it will hold
jayford, interesting play you did, can you tell me which broker you are using and what exact stops and limits you used on the bracketed orders?
how is Interactive Brokers as far as scalping a stock like BIDU? can afford for their to be stale quotes
look at SPY...anybody else getting stale quotes? or is a crossed bid and ask not uncommon on AMEX issues? this is ridiculous
incredibly frustrating during high volume when quotes lag....how can you scalp in these conditions when quotes from different brokers can differ...
if there is only a mild selloff, would you recommend buying ATM or ITM puts?
In a pinch you can use CNBC as a last resort depending upon how fast you need to hear the statement. I heard cnbc has a 7 second delay in some...
No it's not bad. But when people say "react, don't predict" I am trying to understand the nuances of exactly what they are saying. It seems to...
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