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Thanks mokwit, kiwiroo, Will look at thai. Don't want to slip to Europe (realize now that thats a problem with the nifty as well). Any other thoughts?

I'm trading three things at present ... I like to have 3 because there is enough action that I'm not tempted to create it myself. Currently I trade two stock index futures, the aussie SPI and the taiwan index on SGX (STW). I have traded Nikkei but its too correlated with SPI so I dropped it...

Better still look up Online Armor Their free firewall will look for "bad" behaviour on internal programs that windows fw misses entirely. Then you can turn windows fw off :)

eur.usd, jpy.usd are the big two by volume. gbp.usd, chf.usd, eur.jpy, aud.usd and cad.usd are worth a look but will be thinner.

No. Its good.

Just reading Taleb for the second time. The risk in buying a dip is that it might not be a dip. Personally I think its too early for the big recession ... but exact timing has never been my strength so I just follow the trend. Now, remind me, what does the trend on NK look like?

Mainly your posts are boring ... and say more about your pathology than about any markets.

It was spotty during the asian session too (on both HK and US historical data servers). I found that it was good for long periods and that at other times multiple repeats would be required.

I've owned lots of houses. Many of them free of debt. Stocks of companies that are still "good companies" are the equivalent of houses that are in areas that "have not fallen into disrepute." Housing prices tend to fall and rise more slowly than stocks because, as suggested, there are...

I'm running it and its good but I didn't make any measurements before and after. The biggest change I got was moving to TinyXP06 which is SP2 based - not loading all those drivers really speeds up the apparent XP experience.

Just get XP Pro with SP2 (service pack 2). In a month or two when SP3 goes from RC to live then install SP3 for a slight improvement over SP2 (you can just install it as an add on to SP2).

Stop losses are a tool, like any other, that allow some of us to manage our trades better. Those who say they are for xxx ... are probably halfwits. Or maybe they just don't understand.

Best broker for range of world markets (including HSI MHI HHI) is InteractiveBrokers.

gnome is right as usual. Also XPSP3 (service pack 3) is coming out very soon and improves multicore support apparently speeding up XP 10% on office apps.

Do you believe that there is a recession coming? If so then it would seem unwise to bet on a bottom just yet. If not ...

My pick. Your government will try to prevent it and by doing so will delay it ... this is, after all, election time. The problem with delaying it is that it is likely the delaying action will make the wave bigger so that when it finally breaks it will be a worse experience for all involved...

No. That's what IB does best.

Get yourself a copy of Acronis True Image and do a clean install including the major programs you need. Then save the image - you can restore this image later in 15 minutes. Why? Because windows XP SP3 RC is out and your system will run faster with it! So its worth doing a clean install of...

The second poster is way off. Those are far too clearly expressed for ramblings. I think the most important point is the realisation that BS's mental state is key to the US economy. Will George realise and arrange for the CIA to put resources into resolving the problem ? (Given the...

You really need to say what times you want to trade and what times would be ok but not as desirable.