Recent content by ShortBoca

Cheap commissions. 100-1 leverage. The evil that I knew versus the unknown evil. One day I turned around and the 300 trader firm I was at was down to me and my trading partner. Couldn't tell you who was in charge, who was our manager. Decision to move one was basically made for me.

I'm currently on my own for the last 5 years, after 17 years of trading at 3 prop firms (4 if you count the time my new firm sold me back to my old firm just 3 months after the switch -- minus the bonus I gave up). My general equivalency rule was that in a prop firm manager's eyes $1000 in my...

Hi, Does it exist, or does anyone use something to get English news and earnings for Tokyo? Thanks.

Does anyone have any experience using MOCs for options? Are the fills terrible? On the sells are you getting filled at the bid, and the buys at the offer? I've heard horror stories, but they're literally from 10 years ago. Does it fill at 4pm or 4:15? Does exchange matter? Thinking about...

Thank you so much. Do you recommend a certain model? How many monitors do you have setup?

Thanks for your prompt reply. That said, I posted this in hardware, because I am having an issue with my seat and table, and not in trading or psychology, where your response would have been appropriate, and maybe applicable to my focus or my trading. I am forced to be within 3-4 feet of my...

Hi All, Been trading since '97, still at it. Mostly now in my home office. The more I sit, the worse I feel. Wonder if anyone has a standing desk, treadmill desk, what kind of setup with that? I mainly use 3 monitors, ideally would like to get my 10k steps while working, but don't really feel...

You'll need a time machine back to 2003.

Just got open book and cant figure the damn thing out. All the bids are higher than the offers.

Does anyone still use this? Will Open Book do anything a reuters quote screen doesn't? How accurate is it before the actual open/ does it give you any insight in where the stock will open? Can you have a set symbol list or do you have to manually enter each symbol? Thanks in advance. Bob