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I asked the most basic questions and some people tease me; that's fine. Better to get responses quickly here than flip through websites, etc. A few more ... 1) right now, the most active contract for daytrading is 3/03 NQ, (NQ'H) right? I saw charts for both December and March and March...

I appreciate and agree with all your input. I know I should do the basic work myself, but with so many experts on Et, I thought it's simple enough to throw a question. Yes, one contract is it; that's what I was thinking.

I might trade the mini NASDAQ100 contracts next year; I have less than $5,000. How many contracts can I daytrade? If I capture about 1% intraday move, how much (how many dollars) does that translate into? If the stop is 1/2%, how much loss would than mean per contract? Where can I go simply...

Currently I'm contemplating staying out of stock trades during January '03, so I don't have to bother with the wash-sale rule. What if I (I've never traded futures before but) trade mini NASDAQ 100 futures during January? Do I still run into the wash sale rule? Does it depend on what stocks...

The article mentioned seems to say that you just need to stay out all of December or the January of the following year; are you suggesting that I must stay out both December and January?

So how does one get these platforms? What are the requirements?

I never had more than about $10,000 in all my accounts, (I opened my first trading account-E-trade-with $2,000 three years ago.) and also had to rely on the small amount of money for living expenses. I never had huge amounts of anything all my life. I expect to work for huge amount of money...

I had similar experience (almost exact same) dealing with Datek, as several people who posted on this thread. Now I know that my experience was not isolated, individual incidents. Let them clean up their act, and convince people that they are a decent broker. You don't need to keep throwing...

I asked a question about where to get cheap data service on another forum, and several people gave their opinions. One thing that I never understood, though often mentioned, was about using various datafeed for various charting service. For example, use IB data feed, Datek datafeed, etc. for...

This issue never became serious for me until this year ... You know about the wash-sale rule where if you buy or sell the same securities within 30 days-before or after-of the current transaction, you cannot immediately recognize ...blah, blah, blah ... It seems to me that if you trade...

I have tentatively decided to open an IB account. I would need to get some data service. I generally trade only a few stocks at a time, and need 1) real-time data for the few stocks I trade 2) real-time intraday charting (tick by tick update) down to at least 5 minutes. 3)delayed Time/sales...