Recent content by bentnose

I have been reading a lot about mandatory broker commission rates and how expensive they factor in the total loss of a traders net gain. I inquired with Cybertrader.com about the 0.005 per share charge above 5000 and what I could do to reduce this rate. The salesman politely told me that if I...

Stick with high volume. Go to a free stock screener like Yahoo and pick stocks under a buck but with minimum 10 million daily and max 50 million. Look at ADSX right now its at 32 cents. I watch these trade in 20-40 thousand blocks a sale in island book viewer. If you bought 40,000 at .32...

Thanks people for your good opinions. Yes I know simulated trading is "paper trading" but I do both using the software and carrying around with me at work little scrapes of paper to "paper trade" . They are excel spreadsheets printed out with just the grids and columns. When I have a...

Hi everyone, I have been using this product in demo mode for almost a year besides paper trading. I am almost at the point where I feel comfortable moving over into real trading. My questions are about the data they provide as actual delayed market data. Is this true or is it skewed data...

hjcolvin , Yes I have been thinking of exactly the same thing. I have about 22,000 in my companies 401k and wanted to roll it over into a trader account. Did you find any particular ones you might recommend? I am not at all keen on paying that tax...as well. but want to start daytrading with...