Recent content by jskeldon

Can you trade the emini futures, if so what is the commission? And minimum deposit? Thanks.

"Top-down is the most logical to determine direction. Daily-60-15- etc. Then I would take signals from the 1 min chart,3 ,5 etc" Personally, if you are trading real short term (ie 5-15 minutes), daily and hourly trends seem to be meaningless. The market can be so choppy that I find these...

If anyone went to the above, was it worth the time and expense? I have been disapointed with the site lately. Too much after the fact trading info. I signed up for a free trial of Realmoney.com today, seems real good, espcially the updated trading diaries of Todd Harrison and Jim Cramer, and...

Taxes in NY and CA are outrageous. No state income taxes in FL or TX. I live in Dallas, TX, does anyone know of any prop firms here that are hiring using the firms funds. Thanks for any info.

why use Datek, I was a very frustrated Datek user, spent a fortune in commissions with them trading the QQQ and received some incredibly slow executions, thank God I found IB, low commissions and instant executions via ECN and daily reports, not to mention their simple executuion platform...

today is low volume, end of quarter, similar to summer trading, best not to trade perceived breakouts or breakdowns, but instead trade ie sell 4 period high MA buy 4 period low MA, on a slower moving liquid type stock like INTC

I read someone say on these boards in the past that the new rules apply only to the "same" stock. Is this true. For example can I selectively day trade ie. INTC, MSFT, AMAT, ORCL etc. a couple of times each during the same 5 day period and not technically run afoul of the pattern trading rules...

I have been trading stocks at IB and want to switch to the ES/NQ because of the new 25k rule. IB does not offer day trading reduced margin though. Do any of you know of any other firms that charge only $2.95 per trade like IB but offer reduced day trading margin. Thanks for any help. I hope the...

Where has he been for the past week? One of their last original commentators, what is going on at this site, definetly not as good as it used to be, hope he has'nt left like Jeff Cooper.

thanks everyone, just logged in successfully

Wareagle, I cannot even log onto their web page. My connection is working, I have Qcharts running fine and I can access other web pages, just IB seems to be a problem with both TWS and web page, very weird, this has never happened to me before. Did you go to Auburn Univ. in Alabama (ie Wareagle)?

Is anyone here having the same problem?

What about the biggest daytraders in the world. The market makers and the specialists, the Goldmans, and the Lehmans etc. Those who can short massive amounts of stock without an uptick. Those who routinely fleece the retail investor blind by blatantly manipulating the illiquid premarket index...

I look at the prem.x all the time. This number changes rapidly between program buys and program sells. I find it difficult to get a good grip on the market using this number. These program trades can be very swift and if you are not nimble you will get in too late and the market will bounce in...