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I watched it a few weeks ago on cable. Yeah, there was this lady who blew her account and her townhouse before quitting. And then there's this milkman who decided to become a day trader, saying he doesn't want do hard work anymore. I wonder how he turned out. Then there's this guy Matt...

Hitman, When you say down $600, is it before or after commissions? And when something like that happens, how does it affect you mentally? Do you change strategy for the rest of the day or do you just keep at it? For me, I find myself looking for something different to do, thinking that...

You know the saying 95% of daytraders fail. Here's an idea. Keep the same strategy, but do the opposite: Buy --> Sell, Sell --> Buy, and see how your paper trading turns out? Now the odds are overwhelmingly in your favor (+95%). :)

Fleance, I experienced exactly the same problems (all three) you mentioned. QCharts however seems to be performing rather well lately. Who is your backup broker?

Thanks for the info. I'm also interested in some general information on options, for someone who is not familiar with it. Any recommendations?

Can someone offer a good source of information on learning to trade options?

I noticed that this post is in the wrong category -- Discussion > Brokerage Firms > Professional Firms > Personal Firewall How do I correct this?

Hi guys, Thanks for the info. I went to GRC, ZdNet, CNN, etc. and did bunch of readings and learned that Zone Alarm is pretty respected firewall (and not a spyware). I also learned that combination of hardware firewall (Linkys Etherfast cable/dsl modem router) and software firewall (Zone...

Hi all, I would like to know what people here are using for firewall. I read some user reviews in cnet.com and amazon.com and here's what I read: Norton Personal Firewall 2001 3.0 does not work well with Windows 2000. Zone Alarm is rumored to be actually a spyware. :eek: Black Ice...

It looks like people (myself included) are having not so good experience with QCharts. So the question that I would like to ask people here is this: What real time stock quote/chart service do you use or recommend? I am interested in hearing anything you have to say. Thanks in advance.

I'm about fed up with QCharts also. I don't know what kind of problem they are *continuously* having on their server farms, but it always seems to get overloaded during first & last couple hours of trading. Last couple of weeks or so, I see that the charts and quotes are sometimes up to 2...

I had same problem yesterday on JNPR. On some other stocks, (ie. CSCO) it had "C" in front of Last Price. I'm not sure what all this means, but I'm growing concerned to say the least.

This is for all you seasoned IB JTWS users and active traders alike. When you do hundreds (if not thousands) of trades per month, how do you keep track of gains and losses for the tax? Can anyone recommend a good tax program that calculates gain or loss from the Execution data exported from...

Hi guys, I have been following all the theads on IB and from what I have been reading, it seems IB is a pretty decent outfit. I also have been trying out their Java based TWS demo. I do remember seeing several posts reporting that from time to time Bid & Ask's Price & Size disappearing. I...