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    Centrino Laptops -- powerful enough?

    This may be a really dumb reply, if so, my apologies, but..Steve... did the old mouse have a mousewheel? if you depress the wheel it locks into scroll mode and then any mouse movement makes the screen jag and up and down...by design of course...another click of the wheel disengages this...
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    POLL: IB TWS vs J-TRADER, Which is more "Reliable"?

    I run Jtrader and have had experience similar to CrazyCanucks - maybe 2 disconnects in the last year...I find it perfectly reliable running thru cable modem access... I used TWS for a year and had very good reliability, but it was worse than Jtrader has been, maybe 5 - 8 problem days in the...
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    Trading Gaps

    This article from the cbot website was posted on ET once before...I found it to be a more comprehensive look at how one person plays gaps than many...if anyone finds it of use, great - http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/cont_detail/0,3206,928+14719,00.html
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    Who wants to be a Billionaire?

    Just wanted to say thanks Acrary for the post....and a big Thank You for all your posts, though you don't waste your time posting your head off, when you do post, 9 out 10 times I learn something that I can think on a bit that I know comes from a true student of the markets, who obviously does...
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    What to do about my mind? I'm losing my edge.

    Kudos to you Chaos and just a sidenote...this thread is the reason ET still has some value...a real need brought to the community by a trader, some real replies given, a positive vibe throughout and a positive end result....its exactly what a "community" of traders helping each other should be...
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    What to do about my mind? I'm losing my edge.

    Couple of thoughts - If you're "getting up nicely" then giving it back, set a goal tomorrow, whether its 100.00 or 200.00 or whatever....hit it then stop. A few days of a positive P/L in your pocket might just throw the monkey off. Otherwise, why not just take a vacation...tis the season...
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    what's it worth?

    Well I'll post a real reply, if you could prove (i.e. demonstrate it live) it was currently averaging 4 pts a day live, and I was given some explanation as to the reasoning behind it that seemed to contain an edge that might produce for at least a few months, I'd pay a few thousand for it....the...
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    In Eddie + Leon's Defense

    The original thread was a mathematical model by HarryTrader that proved that Leon and Eddie were, in fact, the Antichrist. Walther followed up with an astute prediction of exactly what time tomorrow they would take over the world (+/- 15 minutes, and only if they had divergence). Need you...
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    NQ Mini - What Happened?

    You're missing some data... there were over 24 trades (varying sizes) printed on my T&S in the gap you mention...then a second before your next trade at 40.50, ive got a 201 contract trade at 40.00, scooping up those offers.... Then your trade at 40.50 at 3:06:06 comes in... hope that helps!
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    How are you doing YTD %-wise?

    If you look only at my account size, my % return is pretty ok, but if you look at what I made last year...I took a 50% pay cut this year...the contracted volatility didnt suit my style as well this year...*insert obligatory reference to good old days of last summer and 40 pt ES ranges everyday*...
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    What is up with all the anti-IB threads lately?

    It's probably just mostly human nature...we're a lot less likely to start a thread: IB worked today just like it is supposed to Much more vocal when things go how we don't like them, complaining, than when everything just goes along how it should
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    volume by price indicator

    If you do start using volume at price studies, also pay some attention to the lowest volume areas...it always means something when a price trades thru with no contention whatsoever...just my 1.5 cents
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    Are pivots useful ? a statistical response

    Of course...knowing that a couple hundred to a few thousand traders will be watching a specific price is always a waste of time...please see today (friday's) NQ 5 min chart that I've attached to see just how utterly useless it was for me to know where the pivot points were today...
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    S&P Emini Journals? why old fashion way?

    First, you have to consider the reason why the journal keeper is even writing...many are doing it just to hold themselves accountable and they dont care what they prove to others.... Among those who are trying to prove something...if they post account snapshots, they get the flame: We dont...
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    tampa's "short skirt" trades...

    I just want to know this... Did your cat ever come back? Your 'breakfast buddy'? Thanks..
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