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why would you buy at 1239 only to sell at 1239.02? :)

This doesn't make much sense. If the data and strategies are actually "run" or processed on the server side, obviously the server side has access the unencrypted strategy and data - otherwise it wouldn't be able to process it.

Ah, was wondering since your profile says you are a Wisetrade user. Sounds like you are doing pretty good to go from Wisetrade to profitable system in less than a year. Those are two worlds far apart. Good luck.

hmmm. traderich - Are you still a new user of wisetrade? :)

Kiwi's DOM doesn't seem to be connected to any feed - I'd be willing to bet that why his memory usage is different from everyone else.

Merrill dumping 1000+ SP's after being a buyer thru 1213's

Puhleez. "Some" money? Like Harris said, FORTUNES are being made here.

1 meeeelyon pips!

I think he is asking about program trading curbs - not total trading halts like the 10% drop. It used to be about 200-230 points or so either way if I remember correctly. Haven't seen that in a while though - I remember when it was commonplace - a couple of times a week.

Of course it worked - even with the gaps down. You just have to hold it a little longer than normal. :) Risk free, remember?

Did you not find it odd, if the stop order was in fact supposed to be tied to your opening order - that you were asked for the size of your order?

When you entered the "stop-loss" order, did you have to enter the "size" of the order or did it do it for you automatically?

Wow, such confusion over something so simple. There are 2 types of stop orders - a plain old stop (or stop-market) or a stop-limit. A plain stop (or as wep insists calling it stop-loss) is an order entered with a certain level, that when hit turns the order into a market order. A...

Yet another misleading thread title, and uninformed IB user. Suprise, suprise.

Well, that answers a lot of questions then. I made the erroneous assumption that we were talking about net, not gross points. This changes everything, and I'll have to agree that gross 1 point a day or even gross 10 points a day by themselves are no big deal - without the corresponding costs...

BTW - I have one question which might explain some things.. Are these 3 points a day obtained via one round trip trade - or are the 3 points a day a cummulative total of many round trip trades, each making less than 3 points? If the 3 points is a cummulative number, how many round trip...

Big deal, watch someone make 3 points a day for 14 days. I want to see it over a period of time - like 1 or 2 years. Hell, I made 6 or 7 points a couple of days last week - but I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I make 6 points a day. But back to the chat room - I understand...

I don't understand. If you have consistency - why would trading 50 contracts or more be foolhearty? Of course you have to have confidence to trade 50 contracts or more - or even 5 contracts. I'm assuming that all the people who say it's a piece of cake to make at least 1 point per day are...

Ah, ok - you are talking about something specific - and I'm not. I was only talking about the generality of making 1 point per day - not specifically about how that chat room manages money. Sorry for the confusion there...

Can you explain what is wrong with my math? As far as I can tell, it is perfectly sound. I'm not sure what psychology has to do with any of this. If you can make 1 point a day, then you can make 1 point a day. No matter how you slice it, 1 point a day is a huge percentage return that every...