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    Trading options during the last few days before expiration

    I have unsuccessfully tried to buy options on OEF (Option Expiration Friday). My experiance is not to do it on OEF and day before OEF. I normally only buy options, but in this case I agree with Don Bright, selling is the only thing to do close to expiration. Sometimes you are "lucky" and...
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    Where to get historical option data?

    Hi, I have two low cost alternatives for you: 1. Charts only: Propehtfinance. http://www.prophetfinance.com/tradequest/optionschains.asp 2. Quotes only: Use Hquotes downloader. Then you can get option quotes from Yahoo in daily or intraday format for the most recent options...
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    Swing/Position Trades

    Tomorrow we will probably see QQQ between 23.0 - 25.5 The selling will remain.
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    Links Wanted

    Yes, I agree. I just thought about this yesterday.
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    Historical intraday data

    Hi, I use a really budget solution: 1. Program HQuotes, http://www.hquotes.com/hquote.html You can get 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120 minute bars etc. One limitation is that the program only handles the 500 last bars.... 2. Download quotes from Yahoo into HQuotes. Yahoo quotes are provided...
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    Music while trading

    It seems that a lot of traders listen to jazz... Here is one site that I prefer: www.moontaxi.com They have 9 different jazz channels.
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    best chat room for emini (for education and for real time calls)

    Ditch: Is www.mrci.com/lbr worth the 350 bucks a month fee? :confused:
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    Text size

    Sorry, only testing, couldn't find a better thread to do so...
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    Historical Data collection

    On the subject of HQuote I would just like to add that I like the program, and it's convenient and cheap to download 1, 5, 15, 30, 60, 120 or 240 minute or daily data from Yahoo. The program it self is something like 50 bucks, but the quotes are free from Yahoo. However HQuote shoudl only be...
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    Best options broker?

    Thanks asad147a, dotslashfuture, GeorgeSoros & def for your valuable input. Based on your advice I have checked out both Optionsxpress and IB. I tried the IB demo, which seemed to work fine. dotslashfuture - would you please confirm that Optionsxpress do privide streaming option quotes...
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    Best options broker?

    Could someone please recommend a good options broker? I have been using Datek for some time, but are not very satisfied with their service. This is what I'm looking for: - Streaming option quotes - Low commissions (<20$ for 10 contracts) - Direct access - Possibility to buy long calls and...
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