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Paper trading does not come close to trading because you do not have the emotions that come with knowing that your money is on the line. But it is good practice if done correctly. Make sure you are serious when you paper trade and don't change your trades. Like when a trade goes bad, erase...

I had this problem too when i try to change an order from sell to short. It will click on another row causing another order to appear. I couldn't figure out why orders kept appearing for a while. The workaround I use is to click on what i want to change, use the arrow keys to move up and...

ronb107, It depends on what you are looking for in a chatroom. If you are looking to learn new skills and methods, I suggest you look somewhere else. When I had my 1 week trial, Waxie was not often in the chatroom. When he was, someone asked him how he decides where to put his stops...

This is directed to the people who are using Tradestation. 1. If I get TradeStation, does it do everything that QCharts does? Real time streaming quotes? Has anyone compared their quotes to see if they lag? 2. Can I do something like this with the Easy language strategy creator? If...

def, Always use wires when transferring money to and from IB. That is what I have learned. I have a friend who deposited $15000 and got a e-mail notification for $1500. He notified IB and is still awaiting a response. Mistakes like leaving a zero off a check is just not acceptable. I...

def, I just made a deposit to my IB account by check for the first time. I find it completely lame that my check is being put on HOLD for 15 days. This should only be happening for people who are starting new accounts. Example: I have 50k in my account. I made a deposit for 10k by...

Maybe it just needed more time. I got one of my stop loss market orders hit on MERQ at an even number and took about a .4 slippage on 1000 shares. Buy stop at 53 on 4/19 where it took off in the middle of the day. I would recommend even number or halves for your stop. There should be more...

I tried applying in March to http://www.etgtrade.com to get more information but this is what I got. Dear Candidate: Thank you for your interest in ETG, L.L.C. We are unable to offer you an opportunity at this time. We will contact you if our needs change in the future. Again, thank...

My two cents on some of these trading chatrooms like Trendfund.com. They have a list of focus stocks with the trigger points to go long or short. But they don't have any sort of stop-loss point. 1. If the buy trigger point gets hit and it goes down. They'll post something like, "out flat...

mgregor, I think what praetorian means is for the futures to be positive causing the market to gap up. After the gap up, it should provide a fairly good shorting opportunity. Then, the market should continue to sell off into the negative territory through the day. If the futures are down...

Using QCharts... I'm reviewing my old trades from a long time ago. I want to see a day for example 02/12/2000 with a 3 minute chart. Is there any way for me to jump to that date? Or do I need to keep dragging the chart to the right until the bottom gets to that date which would take...

A quick question about IB. If I put a Stop-Limit order in case the stock doesn't go as planned, if I close the TWS and open it again, will it still be there? Is the Stop order held on the client side or server side? I would like to be able to place stops for my swing trades without having the...

What is a good amount of capital to have before attempting to trade for a living? I have been trading for 3 years on the side and within the last 8 months turned 50k to 75k. I have to admit that a 50% gain in captial is nice but 25k is nothing compared to my current job. I'm thinking you...