Recent content by catcando

Does anyone know if the availability of bracket orders as described above will be available with a STOP limit oder as the first order of the series? The current auto stop attachment feature only works with limit orders. I currently use Ameritrade as a swing trader but plan on switching to IB...

I am a swing trader. I trade small lots of 75-100 shares, executing 10-12 trades or 20-22 round trips per month. I currently am working off the 25 free trades at Ameritrade and feel I could reduce my commissions considerably with IB, once the $10.99 ea way kicks in that is. Features I believe...

Could Vinny1 or anybody that will take time please explain to me what it means to follow the futures? How do you follow the futures? I think Vinny already answered the why for me in his post. I consider myself fairly well educated on the market, but my obvious lack of this knowledge proves I've...

This was the name of a boat one of the owners of our company had many years ago. We are a Caterpillar dealer. I intended for it to be Catcando, with a capital"C", but I set it up without checking.

While almost all of the replies and further discussion on this thread have been useful, this one actually speaks to me. Obviously, I haven't started to trade full time yet and as many of you could relate, taking the initial plunge may be the hardest step of all, for me anyway, since I can...

Thanks to all who have answered so far. I've been reading posts here for about a month and I know it's pretty easy to just hear what you want to hear, and this would be a fundamental mistake for someone who wants to approach trading as full time, serious business, and I do. I'm still working...

In my continuing quest for some confirmation if going full time will ever be a reality for me, I ve thought of another question for the good posters here at ET. If you trade full time, swing, day or a combination of both and sucessfully fund your lifestyle, I'd like you to reply with a simple...

Someone asked the question yesterday about making a good living daytrading. I found the responses varied and facinating, however one persons idea of a good living may be completelty different than anothers. Let me put it more directly. I am considering going full time with 30K and plan to make a...