Recent content by lakka

does not track the the dow but correlates pretty close these days. thx for mentioning

yes

time & sales w/ bid ask size available as well

>i am not sure if it draws a chart of previous bid/ask. u asking for something other than this?

interactive brokers charts options w/ bid and ask

discussed before http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65732 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63741&perpage=6&pagenumber=1 also do a search on pdt

riskarb and MTE is giving you good advice, but you obviously do not want to hear it. Saxo is there to screw you..open an account and find out.

website-watcher http://www.aignes.com/

as for protection the money from the new traders just flows in to more high leveraged instruments like futs and forex anyway, so it will be gone even faster. So those protected i would guess people with accounts used for investment but tempted to daytrade.Which was more likely back in the...

http://www.nasd.com/web/groups/rule...asdw_000879.pdf The rule is meant for daytraders but will in most cases affect others using holding times below 30-60 days and stops tighter than 2-3%. A few stops triggered on the day of entry over a couple of days is all it takes.

even with swing trading options your likely to be affected by the PDT rule unless you choose to use no stops the day you enter. check this thread http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=980057#post980057

try searching on this list http://www.stockmaven.com/SMETi.htm

good one this. 'rammed by foolishness' my fav. so far. found this one by pesavento in my lib: harmonic vibrators

ahem...your maths is abit off simple example: 500$ risk , 2:1 Risk reward. 50% Hit ratio. For each 500$ risked you gain 1000$. 20 trades , 10 Losers and 10 winners. I'll leave the rest of the math to you. Using say 7% , 3 losers in a row and you have 20% drawdown. Some mistakes more...

Quote from riskarb: I think you're all missing the point of PDT. The SEC is fully aware that anyone affected by PDT would prefer not to be. The SEC philosophy is to protect you from yourselves. As iceman already have pointed out ; alltough the intention and philosophy of protection might...