Recent content by Lt. Dan

Wow! I dint think my question would cause such a intense conversation. Thank you all for your obvious passion in regards to trading. I can tell I will learn a lot from this site and its members. I'm happy to be aboard,thanks again. Dan

Thanks for all the replies, I really appreciate it. IB it is.

50-100 each stock

Mostly market orders at market price, for now. a limit order every now and then.

I'm wondering who is a good low commission online broker? I currently use Scottrade but I do a lot of daytrading and that 7 dollars a trade adds up. I have heard of ones that are especially for daytraders. I would also prefer one that is user friendly. I know I can search the web myself through...

I invest in WA state and VA. I live in WA and here I buy vacant land and have "spec" homes built on them for re-sale. In VA I just buy and hold rentals for cash flow.

I golf. Thats a good analogy,thanks.

Thanks to all that have given some good advice, I will start reading up on your suggestions. And to the rest of you, you may want to consider getting a life. If all you have time to do is try and cut people down with a few sarcastic comments then you may need something better to do. Thought it...

I just started looking into investing. I have 20k to start and the problem is I dont know where. There are thousands of newsletters and information that claim they know what stocks to pick so its a bit confusing who is good and who is full of it. So my question is two parts. If you had 20k and...