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That is a valid point. It makes me wonder but then again I've not managed large amounts of money. Buzzy Schwartz is probably a good example. He won some trading contests and did very well compounding his personal accounts. When he started managing OPM his % return took a nose dive (as would be...

My username is one of the following: a) First 3 letters of my wife's name and 1st 4 letters of my favorite professional Football team's name. b) I turned my trading around after the 6 pack had turned into a 3-pack. c) I had just TRIPped, fell and said ACK before posting. d) An...

I hadn't either until I did a google search. He was featured in a Fortune article located at: http://www.chartpattern.com/news/fortune.html The site looks like he is selling his wares. Maybe since he went to cash, he is trying to make payments on his new mansion with subscription...

Does anyone have the data only subscription? If so, how do you access the data? And while I'm asking, how up-to-date is the data compared to IB or other relatively fast datafeeds?

cdemo demouser btw I don't think they run the demo when the live servers are running (such as right now).

Let's make sure we are all talking about the right things here. Your Introducing Broker (usually referred to as the "broker") can go belly up or be shut down by the NFA and you will be reassigned to a new firm. If your clearing firm goes bankrupt then you do have a serious problem. So if you are...

First off let me say I don't have TS2K but from what I understand Omega dropped DDE support in that version (TS 2000). Best bet is to create a Win DLL to do the dirty work for you and call that DLL from your TradeStation code. Frankly it is hard to mention TradeStation without the word...

It was a very tough week for me. I finally turned it around on Friday after a poor showing all week. Not sure if it was better preparation or the market acting better but my timing was better and my confidence is back. Having a week like the last one made me reevaluate what I am doing and look...

tom_p: You are the reigning king of one liners on EliteTrader. Thanks for the laugh (again).

That is a good story Pabst. I'm reminded of the story in the book Ender's Game where a group of boys are taught war games. They learn on simulators, only at one point the simulators are transmitting live signals to a fleet that is actually engaging enemy forces even though the boys think it is...

Shorteee, Might I direct your attention to the lower right corner of each post where links for EDIT, QUOTE and KILL are there. I humbly suggest that EDIT would serve your purposes in case of a future miskey.

In addition to the ideas posted here about sticking to what works (morning trading) and studying your trade journal you might try the following: Examine your trades for the times when you did quick reversals, as in the string of losses. See if reversing is a strategy that pays off for you and...

But but, but... darkhorse, Nana said MrBuzzy was a great guy and EVERYONE knows Nana wouldn't lie. You do trust your Nana don't you darkhorse?

It is a security feature so someone doesn't log onto your account and start placing trades in your account while you are also trading. Unfortunately security also limits our ability to to things like have a backup up and ready to go.

No problems today with IB. Are you sure it isn't your internet connection? Using futures acct here btw, so if you are using stock acct it might be a different story.

Believe it or not I have in my hand a print copy of the latest expose' by Geraldo Rivera: ElitistTrader - the shocking underground workings of EliteTrader. This Fox News exclusive uncovers secrets Baron has tried to keep private since ET's inception. Little known "unwritten rules of conduct"...

The pit has its place. Pit trading is typically more efficient in times of great turmoil or crisis (at least that is the company byline). When technology fails the pit can offset trades @ 5 minis to 1 large contract. The large contract adds lots of liquidity to the minis in the way of arbitrage...

IB sends limit orders directly to Globex where they Queue up with every other order (even those from Globex terminals) in the order they were received at each price level. IB holds stops on its servers until the stop price is hit, at which point it is sent as a simulated market order. If you...

First in first filled.

There is probably a site that has all this basic info (and more). Tick is the # of stocks on the NYSE that had an uptick - the # that had a downtick on their last trade. For example if there are 1000 stocks and 400 had an uptick and 600 had a downtick the TICK would read -100. A general...