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that's usually the case, but for trading you can't be using some half ass computer, that will slow down or freeze up if you try to have 5 or 6 charts open. Having a better computer won't make someone a better trader, but if they are already a profitable trader, then having a better/faster will...

one thing i never understood is why some traders will talk about getting the best data feeds, best direct access software and best internet connections, but trade with a $400.00 p.o.s computer? as far as i'm concerned everything starts and ends with how fast your computer is. when you send and...

i trade listed stocks and don't have much of an issue. the problem isn't the specialist system if it's done the way it was desinged to. some specialist have gotten away from what they are required to do versus what they want to do. in reality the spec system is no different than the ecn, except...

who cares the Cards have won the WS, 9 times, so the Cards 9-Cubs 0.

how can you say that the cubs missed the ws, because of one guy who cought a foul ball, any other person would have done the same thing, also there were half a dozen other people reaching for that same ball, it just happend to land in his hand. there were also plenty of opprotunities to get that...

cable is definately the way to go, i've tried dsl & currently use cable and cable is a lot better. dsl is still pretty quick, but not as quick as cable, you can go to bandwidthplace.com and check you speeds, i usually have speeds between 4.5-5 megs w/cable

Saikiranray, this is a good example of a lot of prop firms, but there are some good ones out there that aren't just waiting for you to blow out your account, they want you to make money, because you will keep trading and they will keep making money on commissions, some will help you...

ideally, yes, but that pretty much depends on your software and your strategy.

scalping is basically buying and selling(or vice versa) shares for a small profit very quickly and doing it a numerous amount of times throughout the day. a scalper might buy 3000 shares of abc stock wait a few minutes(if that) and sell it for .05 cents or something small like that and do that...

what the hell does a low post count have to do with anything, why is it that most people arguing about this are putting their post up during market hours, shouldn't you be trading? i can care less what's going on at ET when the market is open, and no one ever said scalping is easy, the orig...

i wasn't "pumping" noone, he asked what the good traders make, i told him about a couple people i know of, i never said making that kind of money was easy, he wanted to know about the people at the top, so i told him.

who the hell made you the trading king? i do trade full time, i own my business from my home, if someone doesn't trade full time, they can't be on this board, just because you pissed away your money, doesn't mean you have to take out you anger on other people..and the returns i saw were...

that's who you know, i know of a couple people who make 500k+, you make it seem like it's impossible to make that kind of money, i've seen it done, literally, i also own my own mortgage broker firm and i refinanced their homes in Chicago, i've seen their returns, the ones i know of make that...

the more the better, you can never have too much volume.

everyone wants to buy at the bottom of a cycle and sell at the top, do you know enough to figure out when the cycle is bottoming and topping out? it sounds like you need to read up more, learn to use some of the indicators out there, read the threads here on ET, paper trade for while then set up...

i don't know what stocks you're trading or what the particular situation was, but a little advice, if you're going to swing trade, trade stocks that have at least 500k.

IB wouldn't be your broker, whoever the prop firm is, is your broker, they offer you more leverage, you make the trades through their sortware and clearing firms, if you do get on w/a firm and only 3k you're not going to get the best commissions in the world, and you'll prob have to pay monthly...

how many shares were you selling? i won't trade any stocks unless the volume is consistantly over 1mil per day for swing trading and for scalping i won't trade them unless it's 7-10mil a day.

you had said leveraged, i though you ment something greater than the normal 2:1 margin. with 3k or 6k on margin you could look into the eminis, but only trade 1 contract at a time, or you could call some of the prop firms and see if you can get more leverage w/only 3k, i don't know if any will...

so you have 6k of your own money or 1500 and your getting 4:1, i don't think you can get the 4:1 lev from IB unless you have a 25k min for equities, i'm not sure on that i only trade futures w/them.