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I couldn't agree with you more. If you're not doing a lot of shares then one, maybe two phone lines would be the ticket. Unfortunately for me, I'm stuck w/ Starband until Feb and after that I just may just take my own medicine...two pots lines and that's it. I guess the point of my very...

Nicodemus wrote: Precisely why if I was forced to do satellite download/charts, I would want a system that uses POTS for the upload. At least I've cut that in half and double my chances at grabbing that elusive liquidity. Have to agree...this is about the best I've been able to come up...

I used it for a short time when I had my account at Datek. It worked pretty well...kinda clunky but overall good. If I could, I would use it for my IB account as I prefer it to IB's java workstation. I seem to remember that it is only as good as your data feed...If data quality/speed is...

POTS=Plain old telephone service. Regular voice type lines. Aloha, Jim "Hello, Watson! Come here, I need you." :D

I was one of those dedicated mouse clickers until a couple of weeks ago. I had a mouse go bonkers so I had to resort to hot keys (I'm using IB, btw) and after about a half an hour I was hooked! Man, you guys were right! I'm a lot faster using the keyboard. Who would have thunk it? Even old...

P2, I feel your pain. :p Okay, let's just say I sure understand. The only positions that made any real money for me last week were all shorts...and I don't particularrl;y like shorting stox. I did a couple of "hopefully" long trades and got burned on almost every one of them. WHen I got...

Thanks for the input, guys. WHITE: From whom does PCQuote get their feed? Tnx, Jim

Does anyone on this board us Orbit software by PCQuote? I would appreciate any comments, good or bad...I'm always on the lokout for better/less expensive software. Thanks, and best regards, Jim

You wrote: "Why don't you guys write a letter to president bush?" I'm tempted to respond: Because someone would have to teach him how to read first. :p Jim

CandleTrader, you wrote: a) Trying to trade NYSE without Level2 is pretty crazy, and that applies even for swings in my opinion (institutions can take a while to get filled in massive size by the specialist, at the price that they requested). I'm not sure if I understand how the Level 2...

Hitman, great topic!!! Here I go again...you all are going to think I get kickbacks from this guy, but no, I don't. SO.... Get one of Van Tharps most recent books. He spends a great deal of time on exits. I have found that his methods work prety well for me when I apply them...

I need to address a point made by tntneo about latency...in my reply I seemed to gloss over high ping times. He's 100% correct...delay means trouble. When you go to a dish, any dish imo, you're going to have terrible ping times. Starband wasn't particularrly up front about it and it seems...

Get the book. For me, it was well worth the money...about the course, I can't say..you'll have to ask someone who had been to one. However, by using Tharp's techniques, my profitable trades have become more profitable and my unprofitable trades have become less unprofitable. Or, to put it...

I have Starband...it *is* a two way satellite service. I also have two additional land line ISP's, both using different backbones plus I have two pots phone lines.... With the dish, you'll want to consider the latency issue as ping times can go as high as one second. Really! That's one...

I checked out Terra Nova online. The trade off seems to me to be that I can get 4:1, but their commissions will eat up my profits...or at least put a hell of a dent in them. I too am considering my options even tho the $25k rule doesn't directly affect me ....the search for IB's replacement...

RE: Fast fills at IB... That's incredible! Are you talking about listed securities here? If so, I really have to review my trading because over on the NYSE, I'm *not* getting fills anywhere that fast. Or are you talking about Island and the other ECN's? Jim

I forgon to mention...you might go to the ZoneAlarm web site and get the demo of Zone Alarm *Pro*. It is free for the first 30 days. I think that ZoneAlarm, freeware, and ZoneAlarm Pro, paid, each work a little differently from the other. Jim

Rope... You have to take the Echo offer...it is the best I've ever heard of, especially for someone new to the firm. Really! Best regards, Jim

Babak wrote, in part..."past days I've been bombarded by port 80 probes - I feel for those that don't have protection." Same thing is happening to me. In the morning I find that I've been hit with 40 or more probes overnight. What's with that? I use ZA-pro so all is well but still, I have...

Re: NexTrend's data speed... I compared NexTrend and RealTick side by side for nearly a month. What I found is that the NexTRend data feed is a little slower than RealTick...by about a second. That may make a difference depending on how you trade. For me, it *did* make a difference and...