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    Do you pay Health Insurance out of your profits?

    Do all the self-employed traders here pay for their own health insurance out of their profits? $500/month (family of three/four) is a HUGE AMOUNT of money to me. Anyone have any idea on how to cut down on the cost of health insurance (without going uninsured of course :) )
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    Poll: Did the market top last Friday?

    Need lots more votes!
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    Poll: Did the market top last Friday?

    The bears have come out on this and every other message board at Yahoo, SI etc.... Did the market top or will the shorts be squeezed again?
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    Canadian Retail Brokers? No PDT rule?

    Can't let this die
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    Canadian Retail Brokers? No PDT rule?

    Not going to let this one die
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    Finally, someone RIPS Cramer on CNBC

    And Michele CC said,"What a shame we can't go into Abortion on this show, afterall this is a financial news network," Ben Stein replied,"Than why do you have Cramer on there?" (or something to that effect)
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    Finally, someone RIPS Cramer on CNBC

    Way to go Ben Stein! About time someone ripped Cramer on his own station.....
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    Canadian Retail Brokers? No PDT rule?

    Last week someone suggested that US citizens could trade with purely Canadian Brokers and avoid the PDT rules completely. If so, give me some names, recommendations etc!
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    How much profit makes daytrading worth it (as your only job)?

    How much ANNUAL profit makes daytrading, as an only job, worth it?
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    What is "Tick Filtering"

    I see "Tick Filtering" as one of my options on my eSignal charts. What does it do?
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    Todd Harrison has totally blown it

    His 'big picture' thesis has clouded everything he did this year. Yes, he will eventually be right, but in the mean time there's money to be made. He's been fighting the market since October 2002! I don't know how he calls himself a trader; he's acting like a long-term portfolio manager...
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    IB account falls below $25K

    The response I received from IB (at the begining of this thread) said that because I've been daytrading I am now a Pattern Daytrader, and as such, once the account falls below 25K it will be frozen for 90 days until I deposit more money.... I don't think the 3 trades in 5 days applies once...
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    supersoes spotty

    same thing here......
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    Sprint PCS with IB

    The speed is not really an issue, I mean, I can log in initially, but after about 5 mintues TWS disconnects. If I reboot my computer I can log in again for another 5 mintues....as you can see, it's not really possible to trade like this.... Do you really think this is an issue of speed, or is...
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    Sprint PCS with IB

    I frequently have trouble when connecting via my Sprint PCS phone and laptop. TWS will open initially, then disconnect and refuse to connect again... I wonder if my TWS settings could be tweaked to become more compatiable while using my Sprint PCS phone (as a modem) on my laptop...any ideas...
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    Blackout at IB: Wonder if trading data will be lost

    I wonder if any information, confirmations, executions, etc etc etc will be erased or lost because of this blackout. Hope not, I actually made money today :)
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    Market Maker IDs: C & P

    What's a "NASDAQ Participant"? Why P instead of GSCO or JEFF or UBSW or something?
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    Market Maker IDs: C & P

    I'm starting at Level II (using powerview) and I see Market Makers with the ids of "C" and "P" .... besides them I see INCA/SIZE/BTRD/GSCO etc.... who are C and P?
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