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    OptionsXpress vs. thinkorswim

    Nice one (selling the puts) :cool:
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    machine trading replacing us?

    This is an automated post. Please do not reply.
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    Pacific Exchange to Add Penny

    Yes, BOX trades in pennies via its Price Improvement (PIP) See www.bostonoptions.com I've sent orders to BOX before but never received PIP. The ISE is the way to go - 100% electronic and on many options it is the most or 2nd most liquid exchange. I never have a problem with fills on the...
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    Top Toronto Trader Investigated.

    Wasn't me :p
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    I begin trading (investing in) options on Monday

    Get a good Black Sholes calculator (my trading platform has one built in) so you can gauge your risk/reward under different scenarios and set exits. BTW: Dow shaves off hundreds of points recently but the VIX stays at 11-12? Very odd, would make options quite 'underpriced'
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    S&P 500 looking very toppy

    Nice call: "The S&P is about out of gas. Maximum number is around 1225, " 1225 on the ES was perfect resistance level! It touched it then tanked.
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    Lm

    See LM today on news? Was up 17% + at one point, When it failed to make a higher high near end of day, I shorted it. Holding until Mon.
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    Is the market really like this?

    One time I saw a post by a guy on a chat board who posted a wild made-up story about how he had met someone who could move the market, and who gave him secrets. He posted one of the "secret" ticker symbols in order to pump the stock for his own account. A sucker born every day... The SEC...
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    DIA / DJX Options

    FYI, DIA has a gap at 107+ on its daily chart...maybe someone's betting on a gap fill...
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    best options technique for the retail trader

    long Strangles can be brutal with regard to volatility collapse and time decay. Only use in very select situations (e.g. earnings or news play on a very volatile tech/drug stock). slightly OTM Calendars can be good if there are only 2 weeks left to expiry and you can be fairly sure the...
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    Nasdaq Busts and my $11,000 story

    http://instinetgroup.com/legal/trade_policy.shtml
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    OptionsXpress vs. thinkorswim

    Check OX's stock: symbol OXPS. It is a real POS after the IPO....
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    Genesis Sec. must get their act together

    Last I heard size and soes do not work before 9:30am since that's when the MM's start? Only ECNs in extended hours.
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    Suffering in Canada

    cyberTrader is not here yet, but Questrade licences their software. I happen to use it.
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    Is Jim Cramer a Hypocrite, shyster, just plain stupid, or is he a genius

    He is too emotional to be a consistent trader, I think! I bet his win rate is 50% at best, and the losing trades maybe he sticks these in his client's hedge funds :eek:
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    What's the best way to get an order executed

    INET - or INET hidden order.
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    What do prop shops offices look like?

    http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/images/day-trading.jpg
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    Who really does provide the most liquidity?

    What I mean is, the fact that he is trading those stocks - "JDSU, SIRI, SUNW, ADCT" - means he works @ swift. No one else would even condsider those to be good trading stocks, unless you are in the rebate game. These stocks spend most of their day locked in a 1¢ range, with people shaving...
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