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Last year, when I was preparing my taxes, I called and asked questions to Keen tax service about wash sales. I was basically told not to worry about it as long as all positions were liquidated before year end. Last year I did not file as a 'Trader'. This year I intend to file as a Trader, but...

By qualifying as a trader, I assume you mean by the fact that I have traded continually in an attempt to earn my living. I trade every day, all day. My wife has a separate job, but all of my time is spent in the endeavor of trying to make this my career, (I just have not yet turned the corner to...

As much as I hate to admit it, I have totally sucked at trying to make a living at trading... but I haven't given up yet. My question is this. If you had an overall loss for the year, would it be of any benefit, (possibly in a future tax year), to go ahead and do all the schedule C stuff and...

DB, Thanks for reiterating the core rules in this new thread. The original thread was just too massive to go through to find any specific points.

DB, One quick question. In calculating the 10-day moving average to come up with your targets, do you use the HL range for the regular market hours only, or do you use the HL range for the entire trading period (including aftermaket hours)?

Stupid question... what is a 2B, (and some of the other short terms you've been using)? Thanks,

Croc, The link on your Esignal FT download page is still pointing to ver 1.69, not ver 1.70.

Quick question. Can anyone tell me what the proper 'Professional Activity Code' to use on schedule C? I traded equities in the first half of 2002 and emini futures in the second half. This is my first year of full time trading. I did not do the MTM election last year. Are there specific forms to...

You started this thread indicating this to be used to paper trade an existing IB account, but now mention E-signal support. Does this mean I could paper trade with it using my E-signal feed Without having an IB account? I haven't totaly decided on whether I'm going to go with IB yet, (even...

Db, Please give more details to your target calculation. I see an example you gave on 1/30, and tried to determine it for myself but came up with a slightly different number. Do you use the current days high, (including premarket activity)? On the 30th, my calculations were: Previous 10...

DB, If I understand you method, as described on the first page of this thread, your second entry would have been at 1006, (2 pts below the open range low of 1008). And then you would have supposedly move your stop to BE after the position had gained 5 points, (that should have been at a low...

Hey DB, In the beginning of this thread, you described your breakout method and stated the following: Just wonering what you did on Friday, (the 24th). There was less than a 1% gap and the market started moving down from the open. Did you trade? If so, did you still wait out the first 15...

Yes you can overlay the indicators, but as far as I can tell, the axis labels can only be displayed on the right side of the pane. In that case, you can't overlay a MACD and Stochastic indicator and have the MACD labels on the right and the Stochastic labels on the left. You get the labels only...

I’m trying to find the best replacement for RealTick and Terra Nova. Currently I’m testing Ensign Windows with Esignal and J-Trader with the intent on probably using Advance Futures. Before I make a decision, I want to know more about TWS and IB. I know IB is slammed for their customer...

The Futures thread you mention is where I first posted my lock-up problems, but from the responses I got, it sounded like very few, if any others, experienced the same problems I had and the one reply that comes to mind pointed to my CPU utilization as being the culprit. But I had already...

I didn't mean to imply that Townsend was unresponsive. They did attempt to help me, but they were unsuccessful at finding a resolution. One of the main reasons was that they couldn't duplicate the problem on their end and since it only occurred when the trade rate spiked, by the time I could get...

I posted these questions on another thread a few days ago, but no one has posted any replies, so I thought I'd put it on a seperate thread and see if anyone can help. I have been using RealTick for about a year but I constantly have problems with input lock during high trade activity on the...

I signed up on Tuesday and they still haven't permmissioned me yet either. I talked to them this morning and they said it may happen today. I had already signed up for a 5-day trial through ProEdge (Infinity) and they sent me a passcode the next day. I have been trying to figure out how to use...

I have so many questions, I don't know where to start. I am so use to RT, but I don't like the high commissions with Terra Nova so I have to find an alternative. I'm testing Ensign Windows with Esignal data feed, but there are some features of RT that are lacking in Ensign (and Esignal)...

Andy, In dragging an indicator to overlay another, is there any way to chose the side of the pane that the label displays on? Is it only defaulted to the right side? This makes it impossible to overlay dissimilar indicators, such as volume and stochastics. I'm trying to duplicate my current...