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    Letters from a Pro Part I

    Yes, thanks for your posting Bandit. September was a tough month for me day trading wise. It's good to know what I wasn't the only one having a tough time. -- ITZ
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    Letters from a Pro Part I

    Can anyone suggest quality free chat rooms for e-mini S&P (ES)day traders? Thanks. -- ITZ
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    Poll: Your Favorite Guru Who Actually Trades

    Tony Oz should probably merit some consideration as well.
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    Advice on best way to backtest past trades

    Thanks for your suggestion. It is helpful.
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    Advice on best way to backtest past trades

    Hello, I am interested in backtesting my past day trades on the e-mini SP futures contract. What I'd like to do is see the effect of different time frames, trade management and position sizing combinations on the trade entries I had taken. I have my entry price, entry date, and exact...
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    How to reduce direct mail marketing (junk mail)

    You can also do something similar with SPAM e-mail as well. Do a "whois" search on the domain that is sending out the SPAM. You might need to do a bit of sleuthing in the mail header to figure this out. From the "whois" records, you can find the administrative contact of the whoever owns...
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    How to reduce direct mail marketing (junk mail)

    Greetings, I just discovered today that by calling the vendor who mailed the direct mail marketing literature, you can find out who provided them with your name and mailing address. You can then in turn contact that source and ask them to remove your name and address from that list. -- ITZ
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    Esignal 7.4 vs. Ensign Software

    Hi Keeda, Thanks for your reply. It helps very much. -- ITZ
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    Esignal 7.4 vs. Ensign Software

    Hi, I'm thinking about using Esignal 7.4 or Ensign Software's charting package, both using the eSignal datafeed. I'm not terribly familiar with either, and am hoping that the superiority of one package will become obvious with feedback from fellow ET members. I'm looking to use the...
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    Down Again

    I've accepted that IB cannot be 100% reliable. To be fair, no single broker can be up 100% of the time. The cost would be prohibitive. What I've done is have a backup brokerage account elsewhere. Perhaps that's something to consider. -- ITZ
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    IB disconnected many times

    There's a huge power outage in Northeastern US right. It may be affecting the internet and/or their website. -- ML
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    Biggest losing day of the year today...

    GreeDog, What % of equity do you risk per trade, and hwat percentage of equity does today's trade represent? If the first number is less than 1%, and the second number is less than 5%, I think you're still in good shape. -- ITZ
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