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TurboTax will let you download directly from your broker, however, the list of usable brokers is very limited. They are geared more to the investment houses than the electronic trading groups. The list does not include Tradestation or IB. I don't make thousands of trades, but entering all of...

Every trading book or publication I've ever read said there is no Holy Grail.......or grailholy for that matter! Anyone could have retired a millionaire trading that one chart alone! I could go on Tradestaion and make a chart just like that......even better.

My main concern in this post was the ability to download the entire previous year's trades in April. One tax software mentioned it could only get the las three months data from most brokers. That is what threw me. Wash sales are not a concern for me. My only concern is getting a full years...

As a last minute filer I was fortunate enough to have fewer than 100 equity trades in 2007, and was able to enter them individually. Prior to that, I was looking for software that would be able to download the trades from the brokers and enter it in my Turbotax data. It appeared there were...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the jist of this thread seems to be about being able to trade with only $1100 in starting capital. The answer seems to be an obvious 'YES' as long as: 1. You are consistantly profitable. 2. You do not sustain consecutive losses early in the account...

IB account will provide data feed for Ensign and run you about $40/mo. Fairly extensive charting capabilites, and may be more than you need. Depends on what you consider reasonable.

Evidently I'm one of those not quite so smart average people. I was drawn to the title of this post, but I'm having trouble understanding the gist of the message. Can someone please tell me if I've gotten it all? To be a successful daytrader all I need is: 1. 4-5 years of persistence...

I have an IB account. I use Zeroline Trader with the IB feed which is free for simulator trading. Works well.

64, retired.....looking to supplement reduced pension. Not showing consistant profits yet, but loving the challenge.

My experience is similar to those who have tried the course. Large risk, small rewards leading to regular losses. One thing I did not like, was Todd displaying his methods by analyzing each days trading.......after the fact. It's alot easier to show your trading technique when you already...

Not sure if you have already checked it out, but if you are graphics, Ensign puts out a very reasonable product. There will be limitations, but at half the price (with your IB feed) of TS it may be worth a try. I am currently using them both, like them both, and am trying to decide myself.

Note no free trial period. For six grand, you would think they would offer a one or two week free trial. If it works half as well as they describe, everyone would be buying or renting after the trial.

Interesting. What if instead, Greenspan had touted the good health of the economy, noting interest rates and inflation have stablized? Subsequently, the market explodes upward. Would we still be having this discussion?

Cache file can be found at C:/ Program files/Tradestation 8.2(latest build)/program/cache. I usually just rename it. but you should be able to just delete it without consequence.

They seem to indicate that 8.2 is for the new daylight savings time adaption. But, there are many more problems than that. I have had many crashes too, none before 8.2. Have spent around three hours with tech services and still have problems. The only way for me to stop crashes is to delete...

Same problem happened again! After installing build 3863 I thought Matrix OSO problems were fixed. I used it trading ES with no apparent problems. However, on Friday I shorted an equity using the OSO feature. The trade filled with stop and target brackets showing normal. Had to leave the...

Caution! If you use OSO bracket trades for the ES, there could be a serious problem. As per my previous post, tech service had the same problem using their simulator. Their brackets disappeared the same way mine did, with no fill.

Incidentally, the most serious of my problem was with the order matrix. I placed an actual bracket order for the ES. The primary order was received but the bracket order was not....even though it showed up on my matrix. Once my stop was hit the brackets disappeared, but I was still in my...

I have had serious stability problems since upgrading to Tradestations version 8.2 build 3848. It first became a resource hog, and today finally crashed completely. I have version 8.1 on another computer with no problems at all, and none on this computer before 8.2 upgrade. Anyone else had...

I pretty much agree with dandxg, and had a similar experience with the trial. I thought the stops were a little too large for the normal profit target. The other thing that turned me off a bit was that he would simulate the trading day after the fact, rather than real time. It's a lot easier...