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i don't see why trading the 5 min bar is any more difficult than other timeframes. I trade 1min, 5min and other timeframes

can anybody tell me how "juiced up" the implied volatility on yahoo puts are?

anybody know how scalping a fast moving stock on Verizon DSL setup would compare to doing it on a Comcast setup?

Is there a basic zenfire quotefeed for stocks I can subscribe to that is cheap? All i need is stock and maybe options quotes. Just something I can use to supplement my broker feeds

if you don't mind me asking, what exact time did your service break the story? you're using newsstrike right?

why would the market be "thinned out"?

when the futures are trading at like 1am, is this mainly a) people trading, either nightowls or people in other countries or b) computer running automated hedging/strategies?

are there certain situations , like in disaster situations, where exchanges will disregard stop orders? I know they are invalid in the afterhours market.

I know that generally non direct-access brokers sell their order flow, which can cause bad fills. I am curious about TDameritrade 1) if you use their direct routing option is this as good as using a direct access broker? 2) someone said they trade against you. how would you be able to...

In Trading in the Zone it emphasizes predefining your risk. Thus it would make sense to enter in a stop order as soon as you enter a position. However I have heard that the Bright brothers use discretionary stops, as in they close the position when they decide it's not working. What are...

sunggong, do you scalp with Scottrade?

sullux thanks for the info I really appreciate it. Yesterday I was thinking about possible ways to play the Fed move on SPY. If I wanted to play something like this right before the move began, and then move was against me, I'm wondering what would be my best protection 1)beforehand put in...

let's say you were trading SPY and it made a large move fast and hit your stop really quickly....how bad would the slippage be using a stop market order via MBTX routing?

and what strengths would that be, besides the cheap commissions?

Sullux, with MB trading what kind of fills do you get on their TTO orders (the threshold triggered orders which use market orders)?

does quotetracker have a paintbar system that helps you spot reversals? or I am thinking of top gun software or something else?

an interesting twist to these latest downgrades is that the credibility of just about all ratings agencies has been crumbling over the past 6 months...thus the market's reaction may be more complex than just a knee jerk selloff

actual gold? what form? coins? blocks? or mining stocks or a gold ETF? at any rate I missed the boat on the gold play

if you want to scalp for pennies, how will IB's aggregate data feed affect this?

is there website with metrics about the subprime market? for example someplace that would tell you exactly how much $ worth of loans are resetting on what date, when loans are maturing, current default rates, etc....