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This is a relative point. And the other posters share in my frustration from similar experience also. As I typically flip stocks -- in the case of DYN, I became an unwilling investor from a bad trade that did not fill. WHat happened is I had offered my shares at $16.30, for merely a nickel gain...

Well if there was ever a poster child for a major downtrend this one would be it. About two weeks ago amid some positive earnings news, beat street by 2 whopping pennies, DYN had a tremendous gap up as shorts stumbled over themselves and raced to cover driving the stock up $4 from the overnight...

This sounds logical. THe thing that adds salt to the wound in this case is the level of customer service reps these places have working there. In othe words, yes I understand that your login id/pass is different from your account number. However, if someone gets your account number that is...

What is interesting to me is since 2000 when the Nasdaq puked....there have been two specific points in every year where you looked at the Nasdaq and said...gee...6-12 months from now we have to be higher.....in fact this is the case....a big bounce in short period of time...but after...

I can not believe this one has not been mentioned......... .....remember the E-trade commercial where the CEO is giving a presentaiton and he starts talking through the parrot sitting on his shoulder. The camera shoots to a woman who keys in a sell order...

Some great posts here. I would have to say, the best run of commericals was in 1999. Anytime mainstream gets a hold of something, it is hilarious to watch how clueless they really are with the reality of a given situation. Without a doubt one the top 5 picks is the "Money outta of the wazoo"...

This is also a typical strategy of some pay chat rooms. You go in there, a couple of hosts literally type out every second a different -- " i am thinking of......oh, looking at......." Then, you get this mysterious afterhours e-mail detailing how right they were and how many great picks they had...

Nice analysis. Its amazing what kind of loop you can get into by staring at Level II screens all day. Here you think you might see some blocks printing through .05 above the best ask-- maybe the Nasdaq is upticking -- so you jump in and buy something.......in reality an order or some other...

Back in the good old days, all you needed was a reliable level II connection with time & sale info and a few big blocks to go through over the ask price on a decent volume stock and you pretty much could get a window into the type of order flow that was coming in at that moment in time. Now...

Thanks cash, tomp & others.... My question here is how practical is this SLK product in reality from both a cost perspective, being a remote access trader, and being a non-professional??? Does SLK offer any of these other BT like sponsorship programs for the 7, etc.???

Sometimes I think a little too deeply, plus keep in mind I have never been a prop trader nor seen a so called legitimate "book" of orders. I just wanted to toss this verbiage out for any feedback. This is from a direct access broker fees section: ECN access is 9.95 per trade plus 1 cent per...

How much & What kind of RAM are you utilizing?? Processor Speed??...... BUS??..... How big is your hard drive??? I believe you mentioned you have dial up...who is your ISP?? Do you live in the suburbs or city?? Is you telephone CO running out of a slick?? At what rate of BPS is your...

I do not live in a major city, nor are there any local houses for me to trade at. However, I have configured my own home network and have had a pretty decent run at scalping lately. I am tempted to give this a run, along with the fact that some direct access online firms offer 4-1 intraday...

Only go with a duet if there truly is a specific need within your interface. If trading is all you are concerned with, you are much better off to stick with 1 and either jack up your current machine, or possibly get a backup and run two towers simulataneously. Let me give you an example. Last...

I realize that intraday equity buying power in some houses can go as high as 10-1. My inquiry is concerning deep out of the money put or call spreads, say a week out from an expiration on a proprietary platform. If you are licensed and a legit prop trader, do you guys get any "extra" juice...

Thanks for pointing out my subconscious brain-fart. My mind has been on the opposite track for the last month having written calls so much......I have been trying to leg out of this spread I have....long the stock..short in the money near term calls.....every time I try to cover the calls...its...

If you are trading options that is one thing. The exact fill price is going to be rather significant for you, whether you are a buyer or writer. However, if you are merely writing an out of the money put with a relative short life, in an attempt to pocket some premium -- at that point in time...