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    IB QUOTES messed up?

    mine too, yes, right now! wait, they just came back
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    CNBC

    Liz Clayman? ew! not at all. In all fairness though, she does have one of the better vocabularies in the staff.
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    Are pivots useful ?

    fortuna, i've been considering the virutes of pivots lately based on the successes of others and i'm interested in your work. can i ask how good the simulated equity curve is? would it be possible to request a screenshot of it (either pm or posted)?
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    Futures and year end tax reporting

    this is all very comforting. i only trade the popular minis, does this mean i do NOT need to be archiving my IB daily statements? (because i haven't been)
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    Holy Grail

    is it a trend following system, mean reversion, market making, other?
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    Managing Your Losses Or Winners?...

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    What Kinda Chair Do You Trade From - and The Importance of Good Seating

    i like someones beanbag and tablet pc idea. do you find the remote tablet still feeds data at an acceptable speed? i have been thinking that some day it would be great to set up a projector, and project my charts on a big empty wall, instead of glaring at this little bright screen
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    What Kinda Chair Do You Trade From - and The Importance of Good Seating

    i sit in a very crappy chair. time for an upgrade....why am i so cheap about such an important piece of equipment?
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    Eurex Comes to US Markets

    i haven't been able to find a concise list of minis they will trade. has anyone come accross one? thx
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    Start of anti-psychology

    somehow i doubt market psychology will change one bit over the long haul.
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    hard drive chatter

    hey! i ain't no pre-vert
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    Why do you come to ET?

    same, plus every once and a while i like to think i can help some new guy out by telling him to use a freaking stop.
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    hard drive chatter

    thats what i was thinkin man! my worst fear. well, maybe not my worst...
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    hard drive chatter

    interesting, thanks very much. that makes me feel a lot better. thanks again!
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    hard drive chatter

    frequently, in the middle of the night when i am totally inactive on my pc, i hear the HD chatting away incessantly for long periods of time, anywhere from 10-30 minutes. when i come in to check it out and move the mouse or change focus by clicking on anything, it stops for the duration of my...
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    groggyness

    i know the feeling. it's funny, without fail, every single time i leave my apartment to get lunch or something which is about once or twice a week, my position improves while i'm gone. its almost uncanny..... i find audio alerts incredibly helpful for reducing screen time.... search the...
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    Day trading strategys!

    what is a checkerboard fill?
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    tear out your hair

    good point. i guess i do most of my research at night, since i'm manually executing and some days it keeps me pretty busy. also the one 15" crt doesnt help things. i need to hook up some of that dual lcd action. good point though.
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    tear out your hair

    an 'herb' garden....now there's an idea :) thanks for the suggestions dudes.. my trading is low maintenance most of the time with audio alerts and running around the apartment, but today it's just all shit entries and chop. blech. i get the impression gaming is a good way go, thanks guys
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    tear out your hair

    i'm so bored i'm about to start counting the leaves on the tree outside my window. i know this gets tossed around from time to time, but for gods sake what do people do to handle the boredom? i have 2000 songs on rotation which helps, but only so much. a guy can only eat so many...
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