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    Trade The Markets DVDs on eBay

    FYI Trade The Markets DVDs for sale on eBay: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=senters&category0=
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    SoCalif. Trader get together on Don

    I'm up for Santa Monica on Thurs 8/21.
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    Why do people use Volume, Range and Tic charts?

    Actually I think some people have moved beyond volume bars to range bars. Range bars are working well for me.
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    Setting up offshore or moving to trade

    See Trader Daily article on world's best trading cities: http://www.traderdaily.com/magazine/article/7744.html
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    IB Tradestation Alternatives

    Agree that IB is extremely convoluted and non-user-friendly I'm not familiar with CyberTrader, but I have experience with two terrific front-ends to use with IB: NinjaTrader and BracketTrader. http://www.ninjatrader.com/webnew/index.htm http://www.bracket-trader.com/home.html I...
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    Economics of Renting vs. Owning

    It all depends on the inputs, including time to break-even: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html?ei=5070&en=2165805548a5d4ea&ex=1178683200&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1178562921-+tBFgYNYu8bBxTLinozfrA <img...
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    A forum to save images in

    buy-rent
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    TradingBillion's Successful Futures Trading Adventures

    What kind of dessert I wonder? Baked Alaska? New York Cheesecake? Cherries Jubilee? No, it has nuts in it -- hmm. . . Key Lime Pie? Russian Tea Cakes? Sounds like heaven to me. I'd live there until Death by Chocolate. :)
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    Is it worth it??

    Agree NinjaTrader is great and completely free in simulation. BracketTrader ($100 flat fee shareware) has essentially equivalent functionality, although it is strictly for IB and their feed has poorer performance. http://www.bracket-trader.com/features.html Uses very little screen real...
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    Is it worth it??

    Ninja Demos available at: Mirus Futures -- good company, also uses Dorman I think: http://www.mirusfutures.com/ AMP Futures -- but they are essentially a one-man introducing broker for Dorman: http://www.ampfutures.com/ You could contact NinjaTrader to ask if there are any others.
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    what kind of computer for trading?

    These two questions are completely unrelated. The reason your question isn't being answered (in a fashion a newbie can comprehend), is that the answer depends of what kind of a trader you turn into. For example, if you watch for setups in multiple markets real-time, you will want more...
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    How much a 2m connection worth?

    Check out the following sites to test the true speed of your connection, and compare it to what else is available. http://www.speedtest.net/global.php?random=24268&continent=1&country=1&region=19&city=196 http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ Also lots of links to offers of service for...
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    Newbie seeks your perspective on trading

    Note that (A) Mike Coval who is a principal and instructor for Investools and author of the book 'A Trader on Wall Street: A Short Term Traders Guide' is a different person than (B) Michael Covel, author of the book "Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets."
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    Why don't more people trade index futures?

    . . . if you don't live on the West Coast :) We awaken around 5:30am, but get finished by 9:00am.:cool:
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