Recent content by PhysicsTrader

Thanks for that article :) I've actually sent a resume to ATD, but I don't particularly expect a bite. My qualifications are probably too esoteric.

Yeah, SC is not exactly the buzzing financial capital of the world... I reckon I can contact the Columbia BBB or something and ask if they have anything like that on record...

Searched the archives but didn't find anything terribly useful. I'm looking for a prop shop with a physical presence in SC, or at least close, that you could recommend. Preferably, one that will offer training/etc to employed traders. Thanks kindly for any and all help.

Wow, there really is a lot of vitriol here. I thought OffTopic was bad.

I was betting on a 50% retracement and that support from June would hold. Whoops. Edit: By May, I meant June, of course.

So, if the stock is downticking despite a predominance of executions on the ask, it's a possible indication that the specialist/market makers are attempting to go long? I do understand that stocks move independently of their underlying index -- I was just eliminating that as a possible...

Thank God I found a board where Capitalisation counts! Oh, and it's bastard son, Grammar.

Here's a question on T&S: Oftentimes the underlying market index is ticking up, and, according to T&S, there is buying pressure (significantly more shares are going off at Ask rather than Bid), but the inside market for the particular issue continues to move down --- what is the cause of...

LOL ;)

I'm opening an account with IB today. Well, ASAP, anyway! As mentioned above, the difference between $1 and $7 is killing me. Not to mention that awful datafeed, although I believe it was okay on Friday.

Good call. And Rita's weakening seems to make it a non-factor. 60% long!

With disruption from Rita, are short-term traders planning to hold long positions over the weekend? In my limited experience, it seems markets rally in the run-up to disasters and pullback afterward.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Yeah, today, Scottrader was completely messed up, at one point only updating ONE SINGLE SYMBOL that I was monitoring. And I had to enter trades by phone (!) So, I think I'll be switching ASAP. That having been said, my local branch has been nothing but...