Recent content by dlu9024

i am new to the trading and has been doing ok, I guess. i only trade one stock a time. Since I am new, I only trade long. Look for stock daily possible range and like technical uptrend. enter at low bottom position with about 1/5 capital. If it is wrong, sell it and buy back lower, or add...

{"The new SEC law, is going to make it tougher for novices like me...(can't short sell, no margin unless you got >$25K) " Joy you can still get a margin account under $25k...you just gotta stay within the 3 in 5 under 25k rules, same as your cash accnt.} 25K is for daytrading account...

Best advice I can give is trading one stock a time. If u know well how the stock will possibly move today. You can do better to find your entry level and exit level (position trading). Pick a moving stock (example: AMGN or BGEN). There are pther trading styles. Choosing which one really depends...

Thinking moving to MBTrading because a little scared by hardware requirement of IB. Currently I am with Scottrade, which is not very user friendly and often got server connection problem. Going with IB with trading small lots make a lot of sense. I usually trade 1000 shares and still save $5 for...

Response: I am not referring to stock bid/ask size ratio. I am referrring market overall buyers/sellers volume ratio. I know someone is using it to help make the entry and exit decision but I am not sure how to get it or get it cheaply. The data may be extracted from Nasdaq Book as it was done...

I think you have to pay taxes on trading on US market if you are a US citizen or resident and unless you move your money to some oversea foreign firm. read some articles about evading taxing but not sure how it really works. One question I have is "does it take much longer for trade execution...

I have 2X21" Intergraph monitors driven by ATI radeon VE 64MB DDR (bought at Ebay $70). Downloaded the drive for Win-XP from ATI site, it works good. ATI 8500 should be better and can overkill. The two monitors are used just as one big monitor. It is very flexible and I can drag charts all...

I am looking for a product that offers a real-time market Index (Nasdaq mainly) buyers/sellers ratio. It is not stock bid/ask ratio. I feel it can help make daytrading entry and exit decision. A similar product offered at http://www.magus-trading.com/calibrategauges.htm but it is too...