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Does anybody know what this thing is about ECC and non-ECC RAM? Do I need ECC for trading purposes? If it can correct errors I would say it would be a wise investment. All I know is that you can't combine the two in one machine, so I'd have to throw the old one away. Any help would be...

Aren't there any drawbacks about getting Series 7? At least for the rest of your life you will always have to answer "professional" whenever you apply for software, a broker, datafeed, etc, and always pay more than the retail price. Money may be to be overcome, but what about all...

tymjr, OK, I'll just see what the futures can mean to me then. Thanks a lot! I've given up on the Q's. For long I have thought they were perfect for beginners. Well, they are NOT! They are so shaky that it's almost impossible not to get stopped out. And they never make a really big move...

Thanks a lot, tymjr, that will get me going on the futures. Just two more questions: As far as predictive value (of the front month contracts) is concerned, what time span should I think of? I mean, if you laid a Nas100 futures chart upon a QQQ chart, what time shift could you expect to...

There's one thing I really would appreciate in TWS, and that is to have the ability (not the necessity, as it won't suit everyone) to set a default order size for every stock separately. I now too often close a position of say 200 shares, and forget that my default order size was still 100...

OK I know very little about the futures. Where do I find their quotes, how do I follow them, do they have symbols like stocks? Is there a future for every stock or is it something for the whole market? All I know is that they are a bit like options, where do I find more about them? As for...

That probably means that they work on some days very well, and on other days not at all. During yesterday's glide probably any indicator would have worked (I didn't check, but it seems probable).

Babak, def, Thanks. I never visited the website anymore since the introduction of the installed (new) TWS version. I'll check that from now on whenever I do a program update. (BTW nice new web design, I like those drop down menus; that release notes' link is however very hard to find if...

Whatever changes are being made to IB's TWS, - and I really appreciate that they are constantly working on it to make improvements - wouldn't it be nice to be notified by e-mail of such changes so that they don't take you by surprise, and so that you don't have to plough through the manual? (not...

OK, perhaps I will. But you 've got me on the wrong topic now :D ! It's clearly the end of the day! Thanks all the same!

Well thanks dozu888, but the indicator I'm using right now seems to work. But will it work tomorrow? I'll see. It's always a very personal thing, you have to find the right trading style that suits you, and the right stocks that suit that style... and so on. Trial and error and a bit of advice...

Yeah that's what I mean, if you compare, you sometimes see the one half a minute or so behind the other. What I understand from all your reactions is that Scottrade are worth the try. I'll be using Scottrade next to Datek for as long as Datek doesn't cut me off for having a 'zero account'...

Hm.. well, actually I'm beginning to think you're right folks. Only rely upon others where you've failed yourself. And I'm still experimenting with different indicators on different stocks. I just got the feeling I must find something workable one of these days. And some of these stock pick...

Thanks Baron. It never occurred to me that I should click on it... It's stupid, I know...

OK thanks. So they don't ever lag behind with their quotes? Because that's the most common and annoying problem.

Well, millenium-traders did better yesterday, so I'll give them a try. As for Tradingin.com I'll take closer look at that too, although I've seen better performance lists (never tried though). Speed of trading is a thing too. Watching and waiting can make you get bored and exit too early.

What indicators do you use? MACD is unreliable. I'm trying to concentrate a bit on Bollinger Bands, they sometimes work, but many false signals too, bouncing several times on the lower band happens quite often. Any other suggestions for indicators and how to use them? (It's getting off...

Well I checked out millenniumtraders and momentumstockplays. Maybe I caught them on a bad day, but it surely did not work for me. I may give the first one another try later though. Any other interesting stock picks sites or live trading chatrooms? Thanks.

Interesting thread. Basically about the psychology of trading, which could probably fill a whole website. Anyway, I do NOT believe that cutting losses is the major key to success. The problem with me is - I think - that I cut my losses too soon. A stop loss of $0.20 under my entry with QQQ...

It may have been asked before, but anyway: What is the meaning of the blue downward arrow at a subject's title? :confused: