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This has really been an eye opening type thread. Really good information for us bathrobe traders :-) One question for you with more experience than I...Let's say that trading capital is NOT a problem...account size is around $500k or so. Also let's assume that the at-home trader has access...

P2, I have alittle experience w/ tradestation...off and on for several years. My suggestion is to play w/ the esignal software. You might not like the charting compared to TS Pro... But also, keep your TS account active until you find out just what they're up to. As an Omega customer, you...

Brian, I don't know what firm yet but I'm starting to see a Series 7 in my future. Best regards, Jim

Eugene, Thanks for the review on Bright. It certainly helps the prospective student get a handle on the Bright menthod(s). Actually, it sounds like a pretty damn good program and I am considering it. One question, to trade the way the Brights teach...the opening trades and all...

Van Tharp's risk management system(s) took me into profitability. That just about says it all. It's in his book TRADE YOUR WAY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM. Best regards, Jim PS-This book took a couple of reads... Chapter 6 was a killer! (in a GOOD way)

First the bad news... I have used TS Pro up until about a month ago. The main reason for moving (to NexTrend) was for real time futures info, which TS doesn't offer...yet. They assure me that quotes from the Chicago Merc will be online in June or July but I'm not big on holding my breath...

Ken, John, all, I just got a month trial of esignal v6. I've poured over the help files but can't find an answer to what is a fairly basic question regarding charts. If I take a 1 min interval chart and zoom in enough to trade, I keep having to mess around trying to keep the most...

Cornac, Don't know about frame relay but it is worth a phone call. Thanks.

Hey guys, just a quick note to say "thanks" for all the input. I appreciate your advice! Best regards, Jim

Hey Hawaii, howzit? FWIW, give Tradestation Pro a try. For the price, I can't find anything better. As a test, I'm running TS on one computer and esignal on another machine right now...so far, they are running even. Yesterday morning, at the open, TS did seem to "stall" for a few seconds...

I am fairly new to this site so if this has been covered here before, please excuse me...I'll keep this short. Is there any way of judging "schools" that "teach" daytrading and other short term trading? I've been a buy and hold value stock picker for 16 years...Read so much Graham and Dodd...

Da*n, I knew I would forget something. I believe it was White who asked me just how far out in the sticks I live no have no cable or dsl. Well, I called my telco yesterday and, you're not gonna believe this, but here goes: I am so rural that I can't even get an ISDN line ouot of here...

p2- If makes you feel a bit better, here are my average ping times from rjt.com using the dish. 1. 1524ms 2. 902ms 3. 813ms 4. 1822ms For satellite, those are pretty good times. I've seen it take 2 seconds to get to my broker (IB) Aloha, Jim

White 17- The most significant problem is the latency created by the great distance the signal has to travel. I did a bunch of pings to various places and sometimes the delay can be a second, two, sometimes three. The system I have is Starband which, unlike Direct PC, uses my dish to send...

Where I live (the sticks) the only broadband option is satellite, which i use. It isn't as fast or broad as the others but in my case it was the best I could do. I'm mostly satisfied with it but if DSL were ever offered I would ditch the satellite dish in a heartbeat. Best regards, Jim

Please pardon this newbee question...Could someone please explain the short/downtick rule to me? I thought that it means no shorting a stock on a downtick..period. But in reading this thread, I get the idea that I can short on a downtick if I use a market order as opposed to a limit order...