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Probably because they were into the guts of their own systems by then. Also I suspect that logs can be altered and probably have been in the past --- funny what people will do for a buck.

Austin, Not saying that the research won't support your assertion ... but as you well know "the past is a good predictor of the future until the time that it isn't."

Virus's frequently attempt to switch off or negate major virus detectors and firewalls to increase their lifespan and to make it possible to pass information from your pc. If you check the detailed descriptions of any virus you get you will find a description of its actions on other programs...

In a now resolved thread, it was advised to use IB's SLL. I haven't used it up until now because of some vague recollection of problems mentioned in the past. IB encrypts our password info anyway but the SSL option appears to encrypt order info too: "For added security, use Secure Socket...

A prize for PohPoh --- the most moronic post on ET for a while! Well done PohPoh. Now you can get on with the rest of your life where I guess: - you won't vaccinate your children - allah is merciful and peaceful and whispers in the ears of his followers that nuns should be killed if the...

I voted for the option that made the most money. How do you know that its possible to scale up on the option thats only trading a few contracts? It may be limited by the nature of the trade.

What's your trading plan? What does it say? You design a plan to take money from the markets and then you execute it. And, over time, it sucks money from the markets for you. You can adjust your plan (half off at target, half trailing as long as possible say) to meet your psychological...

Regarding the usefullness or otherwise of the datafeed I am expecting to be seriously disappointed by IB's "solution" to the missing highs and lows in the data feed. Apparently the solution will comprise an alternate feed of 5 second bars with true highs, lows and closes. This won't do...

I meant that the data feed was ok for day trading not just swing and longer term trading. What you were describing was a problem impacting one type of very short term trading that doesn't apply to other types of very short term trading (such as what I do). So your review overgeneralized your...

I use thunderbird (and have firefox as well as the imho faster=better avant). Its good. Has quite a nice learning spam filter although the spammers change their patterns regularly. It and Outlook Express have the best combination of multiple accounts and mail encryption facilities. Very...

For those who think Firefox is slow to load and are not sure its the best thing since sliced bread. Try Avant browser. http://www.avantbrowser.com/ It uses the IE backend engine, loads fast, runs faster than anything else except maybe Opera, and had most of the useful tabbed browser...

LOL. I think they might just have decided not to promote threads with names like this one by answering them. I would if I was them but personally I think they're too soft. FWIW I thought your review overstated the short term data issues. Plenty of day trading options (not swing or long...

You were looking at the wrong contract. The high volume contract today was still September (U6). See what happened (note my times are 2hrs forward of HK). <img src="http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=1213300">

The main reason you hear so much about IB is that it has more users amongst ET's actively trading retail traders than anyone else. I've had about 10 brokers over time and I'm about to close my last 4 others down into IB accounts. The second reason is that like Brownco used to be, IB are...

LOL. And the thing ... no one will talk about him again.

Big Tick. Its an answer to all those who finally lose it and start the "you can't make money trading" threads.

And thats all one can offer. Hopefully we'll get some good trading whichever occurs :)

I don't trade the US markets but in the markets I do trade the absolute perfect setup is to get to that point, then push up to squeeze the weaker shorts out, then go down hard. A fiendishly beautiful trade when it happens (and u spot it setting up). :) Personal view: I'd be surprised if...

Sure, As goinglite says in a few threads most things will work if you use them creatively. So the question is "where is price most likely to reach 70% (say) of the time from my entry" ... and if the answer is 0.8 of your stop then you'd still take it for the first part (assuming that it...

This thread doesn't seem to be about trading although some of us have made trading related comments. This thread is about leveraged investing in Natural Gas and it provides an interesting view of the way investors justify their investments in "managerial ego."