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Yep, not to mention the leverage available to the average Joe trading futures (extreme with daytrading margins) and that you don't need to get a Series 7 and trade with a pro firm.

I wouldn't spend a grand on a PC and get cheap on a monitor. Its the part you interact with the most and the specs on the monitor you posted are at the other end of the performance scale from the premium video card.

Watch it, that was my Grandma! Just kidding and I agree with your point about being held responsible for people doing stupid things but that lady was 79 yrs old and not the driver. You'd think that if you live that long you'd gain enough experience and wisdom to know that hot things can burn...

Aw come on Don, its well documented by those who have successfully made that transition that different skills are needed. We know your success has been with NYSE trading and you justifiably are biased. Many futures traders only look for 5 or less trades per day to catch a small portion of a...

I'd think anyone doing that kind of volume would be able to negotiate a nice rate with a broker.

I see. I'm wondering if this is more of an advantage in commodities and slower markets than index futures. Program trades kick in and take out bids or offers so quickly I think it would be more of a distraction for me than anything. BTW, love that nickname!

Thats interesting. I wonder if it was volume related or Townsend related.

You should be able to select which card is recognized as the primary in your BIOS setup screen (hit DEL key when booting). Off the top of my head its something like "Init PCI video" or Init Primary Video <AGP/PCI>. There is also a setting within windows, control panel, display, settings...

I'm wondering about the correlation between weakness in the Nikkei the day after a flat or negative close in our markets. I don't know what hours Nikkei futures trade but it seems like they are far more often than not, down a bit unless the US market gains on the day. There also seems to be a...

I use Realtick for data only and will be among those awaiting your evaluation. I'm especially interested in whether or not their US futures data lags your current feed.

WarEagle, OK, I gotcha. We have totally different perspectives since I'm a discretionary intraday trader who rarely holds even into the final hour while you are a system trader with a longer timeframe. My post had in mind the trader who has experience day trading big cap stocks (with an...

I don't know if you were referring to ES or NQ trading but my guess is that you were specifically addressing traders who are just starting out trading the index vehicles. This seems awfully conservative. Initial margin is much lower than 12k on the ES & NQ e-mini's and the risk of a news event...

I suggest you look into battery backups for your trading system. Especially if you occasionally take large positions for brief moves. I know mine have easily paid for themselves. I have my systems (PC, monitors, cable modem and router) on battery backup that gives me 15-25 minutes to exit...

Let me state first that I am not an accountant and do not prepare my own tax returns. US capitol gains are classified as long term or short term with short term being taxed as ordinary income and long term taxed (federally) at 20%. I believe the wash rule is applied only to stocks...

We're all anonymous here. For our amusement, can you toss out a figure?

There's certainly nothing wrong with at least diversifying. I'm looking into some small time property rehab. Buying houses from estates (dead folks adult kids who just want to cash out) and doing some minor fix up if the neighborhood property values will support my rehab and markup cost...

dozu888 I'm wondering what would prompt you to take this route. Is it reliability, transaction costs, managing multiple accounts or what? This seems to be an awful lot of trouble to go through if you're just trading an account or two but I admit that I'm not familiar with the advantages of...

I haven't seen a motherboard with more than 1 AGP slot but I haven't been following hardware that closely in the past few months.

Order Routing and stops are the reasons that I think its better to trade the Nasdaq e-mini than trade QQQ. AMEX stinks and I hate chasing ECN's around. I think your commision costs are lower as well (with the right broker) and futures have tax advantages over stock trading and no wash rule...

Alright, Cliff Notes version. I run Realtick on a system with 4 individual video cards (1 AGP + 3 PCI) on Windows 2000. My monitors are arranged 2 x 2 and Realtick is spread across all 4 monitors. When I need a new PC, I research motherboards on the net and have it assembled locally with...