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My Bad...please post the # of accounts blown out also

Wanted to start a thread for the traders who have the balls to admit that they have blown out their account one time or another. Whether it being a newbie amateur, stuck in huge volatility, being bull-headed on a trade, or just plain emotions to hold a position in hope of it reversing. I...

I wanted to get as many opinions as possible about the front end trading platform of ninja trader using zenfire to trade the mini s&ps.... Please let me know if this is a good system pros/cons? Also does anyone know anything about Mirus Futures. I have a fear that if one is successful and...

Kovac, Thank you for the invaluable advice. Thanx it really is great advice. Just got a simulator account with mirus.. The question I have for you is about trading off of a streaming chart and if order flow of bid/ask price bid/ask volume is important vs. just trading off of a streaming...

Not To Be a Big Dick but if you cant calculate that there are an estimate of "20" trading days in a month x 12 months a year give/take a few holidays that markets are closed that would make a quick 20 second calculation of 240 trading days a year...If you needed to come on this site to ask that...

It is normal human emotions and actions that after a goal is hit even if that goal is hit within the first 15 minutes of market open to try and trade through-out the day... Doing this as I have blown up 4 accounts leads to failure and only that. I myself learned the hard way and it is patience...

Is trading the mini sps your only source of income for the past 3 years? Also wanted to know how much you originally started with 3 years ago? What is a good broker and trading platform to use? Does a trader watch the streaming s&p mini chart all day non-stop from 9:30-4:00PM all day long...

What is the advantages of having DTN IQ Feed for your data? What is a feed the bid/ask & volume size of the bid/ask? for trades? WhY is this necessary to have instead of solely looking at a streaming graph? It seems that most professinonal traders have a data feed of bid/ask prices and...

Needed some advice on the best streaming chart in the industry to scalp 1-2 points per day on the minis for an average of 25-50 round turns per day? I was thinking of using IB for their low $4.66 commissions & using QuoteTracker to place orders with their trade ticket while using OptionsXpress...

Needed some advice on the best streaming chart in the industry to scalp 1-2 points per day on the minis for an average of 25-50 round turns per day? I was thinking of using IB for their low $4.66 commissions & using QuoteTracker to place orders with their trade ticket while using OptionsXpress...

I am also in the same situation. I was using optionsXpress Flexcharts for streaming and got killed with the $16/roundturn. So I was thinking about using IB for there $5/round turn and directing that to QuoteTracker so I can use QuoteTrackers order entry while I watch QuoteTrackers streamng...

What is the major difference or the edge of using DOM vs. just trading the sps off of a streamaing chart?

New to trading the mini sps and still trying to understand trading terminology. I now understand dom..... I guess not all trading platforms provide dom just basic dom of bid/ask and amount of lots (not prices above or below bid/ask) SO basically the best platform would be tt trader at...

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optionsXpress Flexcharts offers a free streaming chart for the eminis but u need to sign up for an account first.... I am actually looking for a better streaming chart for the eminis as sometimes it lags a little on optionsxpress....What is the best even if u have to pay for a Streamng chart to...

What exactly is a 'DOM' I know it means depth of market...but what is it referring to....Depth of market in matching orders with one another?

New to The terminology of the Trade and software...What Is a DOM and what is the difference between automated and fully automated. Also, What is more reliable as a platform...Web-based vs. software downloaded platform? I know IB offers both...thank you so much...So many options out there...

What is the optimal ESMINI S&P software platform with low commissions which you can trade and scalp all day long with very low commissions? I was thinking of going with IB using QuoteTracker? 2) Anyone have any negative experiences with globaltrader. I kind of think it is skethcy that...

Wanted to know if anyone used quotetracker with IB as there broker to trade mini S&P500 futures. By using a 3rd party software such as quotetracker execute a trade in a sufficient amount of speed vs. placing a trade directly through the brokers platform. Is there a lag in the fill by using...

When scalping s&p minis what makes 1 companies streaming chart better than another?. For instance why would one want to pay an expensive fee for charts like DTN Prophet X. which is a professiional very expensive charting software when you could download a 3rd partys brokerage software like...