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    Tom Demark Indicator buy signal ?

    hello fellow TA wizards ... can anyone else on elite trader who fully understands his work or some of it confirm if the dow index fired off a TD combo or sequential buy signal today or is close to doing so ? thanks seth
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    Trailing stops now at IB

    is the change of the commission structure if you route direct to an options exchange ... instead of smart execution ... you will be charged $1.95 instead of $1.00 per contract :(
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    Quickest way to close a trade in TWS

    think if you right click you then will see an offer with your position ready to transmit to the best bid ... of course if you are not quick ... and the bid is gone ... you must do it again ... hope this helps ... :)
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    Get ready for a possible 87

    without some major event this week that we have not forseen ... tell ya what ... if cisco comes out this week and says it committed major accounting fraud for the last 5 yrs on tuesday and if the united states or europe is attacked in a major way by the forces of evil as we...
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    Trade Wall Street's at .005 shr

    now theres a new way for me to be confused .... TWS is short for IB 's trader workstation ... also for tradewallstreet :D
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    Futures on stock

    Anyone have new info on when we can start trading these new derivatives ? the volatility is certainly here now ... after searching some of the various websites one chicago nasdaq liffe I am :confused:
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    Schoney and Generic

    one of the principals at generic the firm has a few top traders in my opinion but their fees are too high compared to some others ... I am sure some others on elite trader can provide you with more info than I can ... good luck !
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    Traders under 25K

    crushed me last week instead of having a 1500 $ winning week I only made 100-200 $ what is your winning strategy on COF ? you bought some at $30 and held on ? good luck .. market is quite volatile now
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    Traders under 25K

    in e minis ... for most traders ... better off swing trading using options on QQQ if you want to spec on movements of nasdaq 100 in my opinion
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    Gold spike

    with the dollar weak and stock futures weak at that time once the eco $'s came out at 830 am that caused shorts to panic setting off buy stops in the comex pit ... anyway ... thats my take on it
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    Paul Tudor Jones videotape

    I sort of remember it being on TV once ...
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    Gold action today

    guess unless you have a commodity broker firm to give you comments from the Comex floor in NYCwhere the locals trade you are doing well following what you see. another thing to try to put into the equation ... on days like today ... when the gold stocks and $xau did not stay firm...
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    trading movies

    where the hero was a bike messenger turned option broker or was it the other way around ... he traded on the PSE I think and lived in the wes coast in the movie I forgot the title ... :D
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    Forex trading

    the management of GAIN Capital at an investment Expo in NYC they seem to be honest chaps good website ... have not traded with them , but they would be my first choice if I were to start trading Spot FX again good luck
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    Forex trading

    can be thinner than the spot market and you have to take into account commissions that being said ... I have done both spot and futures USD / EUR ... but only dipped my toes into the waters of currency trading ... still concentrating my attention and accounts on equities and mini...
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    Preferred routing of Nasdaq stocks

    it has been posted here before ... that island is the quickest ... though perhaps that is due to it only matching internally wonder what the ecn mergers will end up doing to execution speed :confused:
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    Forex trading

    pip rates www.gaincapital.com has slightly delayed dealing quotes at their home page for example USD / EUR is 4 pips wide now ... at least they do not charge any commissions ... so that has to be factored into the P+L equation
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    Are there Indicators worth watching for Eminis?

    tick , trin indicators sox spx cash , ndx cash , dow indices and recently ... $xau and the USD / EUR + USD / JPY also bonds .... good luck
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    Is this big news or a non event ?

    "The Coca-Cola Company Will Expense All Stock Options" Coca-Cola announced Sunday that it would expense the cost of all stock options it grants from the fourth quarter onward. "The world's No. 1 soft drink maker said the change would have a minimal impact on its financial results in the...
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    How long before you become a "Pattern Day Trader"?

    my experience was not with datek I prefer IB for the small number or trades I do for the cost savings but in order to trade actively I need to keep my acct balance over 25K for the 4:1 BP
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