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lescor/automate: i imagine the possibility of "making a mistake" is always there for all traders, but why would a firm give one trader 100x and another 10x is the question..both traders could theoretically make the fat finger mistake, though the firm may perceive that one trader is less likely...

For the NASDAQ orders, can't you guys just submit regular DAY limit orders on SUPERSOES? A regular DAY limit order submitted to SUPERSOES before 9:28am will not be filled premarket (ie before the opening cross at 9:30). However, it will participate in the opening cross and, if not filled, it...

Interesting..so why is it important at all if the trader is making money or not...take 2 situations: Trader A trades for 6 months, ends up breakeven after commissions Trader B trades for 6 months and makes $100K after commissions Assume both traders put up 20K and never lose more than...

How do prop firm managers decide how much buying power to grant a trader, and whether to grant a request for more buying power or not...what specifically do they look for? Would be great for some prop firm managers to comment on this...

An IB rep told me today that I can't place an ARCA reserve order through IB. Can anyone confirm this? If you can, how do you place it? Seems quite strange that IB wouldn't support this, since ARCA supports Reserve orders http://www.archipelago.com/traders/equities_order_types.asp

just bare bones excel, no vba, but then again im not doing anything "too fancy"..not sure how to solve that particular "shift 50%" problem in excel either, might require some creativity in excel..

have u looked at amibroker?

PriceVolume = (Last Price x Volume)/1000 ie indicative of how much money traded today in the stock

not sure if this helps but here it is anyway http://www2.barchart.com/pricevol.asp

i wonder what makes today so different for a number of people here..the poll is clearly lop-sided..what's so special about today? Maybe its an inherent flaw in the poll, ie mostly people who had a bad day would vote or post..

i use excel, its pretty powerful, but i guess you are looking for something more fancy..excel will get you up and running fast

diligent, what kind of features are important to you and will you be needing?

i dont know the answer to your question, but just wondering why you dont wanna use Tradestation's data? Do they not offer futures tick data on their servers?

Penson clears for a lot of brokers, doesnt mean that RML and Lowtrades are the same just because they both clear through Penson

interesting idea, what happens if my trade takes all the available liquidity and therefore their black box cant execute at the same price level, would it attempt to execute at a worse price or "skip the trade"?

what made you decide its not for you?

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69194&perpage=6&pagenumber=1

For Nasdaq stocks, your order may have "traded through" the 10 lots at 0.25. When you send an order to your broker and leave it up to the broker to route it where he wants, your broker may end up routing it to the seller sitting at 0.26 rather than sending it to the seller at 0.25. Normally your...

Try actually placing all your limit orders in TWS, you might be pleasantly surprised!

You had a winning strategy that with time turned into a zero-return strategy. You have to look for a new edge, but dont come back to trading just because you have "an absolute need to have not been beaten".. What do u think this absolute need will do to you when you dont have an edge...