Recent content by EnzoF

Anyone have any experience with PageTrader's S&P Messenger? I have heard decent things about them from one trader I know, but he hasn't used them in a while. I figure a few on ET could probably offer some more concrete insight. Looks like they have a free trial, so I will probably do that...

Two of my family members did this for a while to support their incomes: http://www.willowcsn.com/howwework.asp?page_id=58 I don't know much about it aside from the fact that although it wasn't high paying, they were able to make a little $$ and had very flexible hours..as much or little time...

I'll second that, Quote Tracker is great for charting, and if your futures broker of choice doesn't offer a DOM style interface for order entry (hint hint Jerry :p ), QT works well for that too. Jerry and his team provide the best support of any charting platform I have used. Most email...

DaWee, It really depends on what you are looking for. I have used both brokers and there are strong points to both. Joey is correct IB's rates are better than MB's. That is their strong point. And lots of third-party front-end applications to choose from. But I would disagree that MB...

Ain't that the truth! IB should really be looking to hire Jerry Medved as a consultant, first for their customer support team, then for technology. Although if I was Jerry I probably wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.

I have used a variety of software applications, including eSignal, etc and if you don't need automation or backtesting, I would highly recommend Quote Tracker for many types of trading. If you are using it with IB or MB Trading, you will still need to subscribe to backfill market data, so you...

Nope, I use QT and it is PC only. I have read Apple's switch to Intel chips will allow for the use of Virtual PC without all the processor intensive emulation that makes it so slow now though, so things maybe looking up for traders who prefer to use Macs.

Thought you could be right, because I usually just look there as a place to find symbols to throw into my charting software, but I just read this on the bottom of that page, so it looks like it is real-time. "Pre-Market data is provided by ILX on a real-time basis; After Hours Market data is...

Check the Nasdaq Pre-Market most advanced and most declined info: http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/dynamic/premarketma.stm

Double check your subscriptions to real-time data from the exchanges. I know it sounds silly, but I made that mistake recently. Couldn't figure out why SPY data would hang or be seriously delayed, but then realized my AMEX data wasn't realtime, it was just backfill. Duh. In any case, the prob...

Yes, with emini contracts I scale in as it moves away from my price target, lowering/raising avg. cost basis. But like Bowgett says, I am prepared if it goes against me. With this particular method, I am looking for small moves, and it ends up being a high probability win rate. However, when...

Just want to add, while I mentioned that the fills with eSignal paper trading were less than realistic, I still feel paper trading, using a realistic platform, can be a very important part of starting out trading. While undoubtedly your emotional response to trading with real money will be...

Hi, DAS Trader Pro is also offered as a demo. If memory serves, it uses real-time data. It worked fine as a demo, but have never used it with a live account. You can find it here: http://www.directaccesssoftware.com/demo.html I have also used the eSignal paper trade feature. It is...

Pashaz, I am in no way trying to discourage you in your quest to learn more about trading, however, jumping into trading because you need to earn some extra money to make ends meet might prove to be counterproductive at first. Just want to give you some realistic perspective. No doubt...

nope, never had anything like that happen. But they do have a trading desk where you can call and they can check on your orders right away if need be. I have done that when I was concerned about an order and they were helpful. I keep the phone nums and my account info handy just in case there is...