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    Newbie needs help

    I "bearly" can spell too......
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    Newbie needs help

    Ok Fader....maybe a little more info would help....you seem like a guy that knows what he's talking about so I'd like to run this past you one more time if you wouldn't mind... interested in trading since age 11...but never traded read and learned more through high school and college...
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    Newbie needs help

    Fader: what percentage of newbies would you say actually survive starting a prop trading account? I guess the same question could be how many newbies survive any type account? From books I've read- it seems many good traders have initially lost it all before they learned to trade...maybe...
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    help..TradeStation 8 for daytrading?-your thoughts?

    5000 shares $21.00 on Cybertrader .005 per share IB or $25.00 I don't know about either's trading platform I'm planning on using Tradestation....I've gotten some great responses when I first posted the question...but I want to automate my trading and that's the place for me...I won't trade...
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    Newbie needs help

    I'm a broker/owner in IN ...I've "flipped" homes and have rentals...I've never built spec homes but others in my office have in the past ...they made 15-20%. (my area of IN is somewhat a depressed market) One used to be able to flip much easier in the past but the corruption got so bad the...
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    Newbie needs help

    Dan, You said you have made money in real estate --do you "flip" houses or are you a broker (both?neither?-some other way?)
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    Newbie needs help

    Dan, these guys aren't necessarily children ...some are gunslingers and some of them are quite good at what they do... ...compare your question to the a guy in 1800's living out in the wild West -coming out in the street after a big gun fight and asking the gunslinger for advice like...
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    Big LCD Monitor Question

    I just ordered 2- 24" monitors. ( I will add more later) The reviews show the people that use them love them. It's the Dell Ultra Sharp 2405 FPW. The big draw for me was the 1920 x 1200 resolution. If I'm going to look at these things all day I want big clear charts. By comparison a Gateway 21"...
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    help..TradeStation 8 for daytrading?-your thoughts?

    TS8 requires 10RT but since I'm starting in equities I'll have to hit 25,000 shares to get it free---not really that difficult but I want to start slowly - I am probably being too cautious -but I have waited 15 years to give this another try and I want to do everything right this time. Failure...
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    help..TradeStation 8 for daytrading?-your thoughts?

    Thank You all very much. I plan on starting by trading equities and moving to e-mimi within a few months. I have no experience trading e-mini but I know that product is great for day trading. I traded futures 15 years ago as an inexperienced trader and like so many others I went down in flames...
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    help..TradeStation 8 for daytrading?-your thoughts?

    I will start daytrading (& swingtrading) next month full time- I have a new duel processor high end computer and want to know if anyone has any thoughts about starting by using TS8....I have read several posts from frustrated users about their lack of customer support but I can't seem to find...
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