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Let me also put in a vote for trailing stops. It is the primary reason I trade more with your competitor than with you (but I still have 2 accounts w/ IB). Thanks in Advance. :-)

re: MTM. If you later wanted to NOT use MTM, why couldn't you create a new entity to trade in, and move all your day trading there, (such as an LLC)? This would leave your personal account to have long term positions only (mutual funds, bond funds, etc.). Seems to me this would be a very...

I just signed up for the trial and downloaded the software. My first impressions are that it is not as flexible as qcharts. These are the immediate things I find lacking: 1. Charts - Trend lines are too simplistic. No way to change the colors or size of the lines - necessary for S/R...

I am a TP bigot and I have to agree with the previous posters. I trade mostly volatile stocks (Cien, Jnpr, HGSI, AMCC, etc.) and use the Major S/R's like the others. Today I traded BRCM, CIEN, CMVT and YHOO. I attempted to trade JNPR but cancelled my order. No options. I'm a point off the...

As for trading the QQQ, it is not very volatile. The volume is big, 40-60M shrs/day. If you are used to trading stocks that move a lot (AMCC, BRCM, JNPR, BRCD, ITWO, HGSI), then you will be disappointed with the movement of the QQQ. The good news on trading QQQ is that you can select it thru...

Yes. In the upper right hand corner of each frame, there is a minimize, maximize aqnd cancel button, (hopefully familiar since they are used in all windows frames/applications). Just to the left of that, there is a small box (button) labelled 'sym', that when 'clicked', changes color to indicate...

Arch. I have an account at Ben & Jerrys also. I made the mistake of letting them trade it for a while - what a huge mistake. On top of very expensive fees ($50+ exchange fees per trade), they never made a winning trade and always had 3 legged spreads (3 commissions in and 3 commissions out)...

Hey Arch! WWWWHHHAAAAA SSSSSSUUUUUPPPP???? I got tired of waiting for real options on Cyber and finally went with IB for options. I did so with low expectations, given the many questions everyone seemed to have with them in the beginning. Don't have any idea on the margin rules, though. So...

I don't have any first hand experience with Starband, but I am a DISH NETWORK customer. There is a delay betwwen live TV and Satellite TV, typically about 1 1/2 seconds. The satellites are in a geo-sync orbit above the earth (in other words, so high up that even though they are in orbit, they...

Yes. RE: Futures - I watch the DOW and NAZ futures constantly, as well as the TRIN and the index for both. I also watch the SOX and the S&P futures. It's almost as though they each get a vote and it has to be an overwhelming majority for me to enter a trade. Then I still use the MACD and...

I have a more complicated situation in that I had an existing C corp that I wanted to use to manage the LLC trading. Last year I filed trader status and I will no longer use that enitity for my trading. Since the LLC is a LEGAL entity as well as a tax strategy, I will refrain from giving you...

DG. If you are making money, why not set up another entity such as a Limited Liability Company, trade within it and have that company form a pension plan (for your benefit) and salt away much more than an IRA allows? See TAXTRADER.COM since they are the pros. I have received some very good...

Honda. I have 2 W98 systems, each with 3 monitors. I have an AGP primary video card, with 2 other PCI cards. All with no problems. I attempted to upgrade to W2000, but there were no W2000 multiple video capable drivers for my ATI cards, so I went back to W98. It is all OS based, so it is easy to...

It was a worm/trojan horse virus W32.HLLW.Bymer Symantec has more details... http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ :-)

All. Had a few mediocre trading days considering the market opportunities we had just experienced. Couldn't quite seem to get good fills. Just updated my virus scanner and BAM, I had been infected by a very sophisticated virus. Actually, It was a WORM. It 'burrows in', notifies it's mother over...

RE: Options assignments and replies-thanks to zboy and privateer. My interest was peaked this monday when some identical JAN msft credit put spreads were assigned at one broker, but not another. Naturally, took a hit on the smaller account (where I could least afford it). The broker was Ben &...

Privateer. Thx for the reply. Actually, I'm keeping cyber. I'm looking for an ETRADE replacement, where I do options, mutuals and some long term positions (aka mistakes). Have just started the investigation process. I'll give your suggestions a whirl. My needs seem to be very similar to...

IB - TWS 4.0. Has anyone found a good combination of hot keys? If so, would you care to share with the readers of this forum? I'm looking at IB and am interested in the feedback. Thanks in advance.