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I like this one: http://thestockmarketwatch.com/markets/pre-market/today.aspx

Is quantitative analysis of past data the only way to get a reliable edge in the market? or can a trader study live price action for long enough to be able to develop a sense for what will happen next?

I want to pull the stats on my trades since the inception of my account. I am looking for information like win / loss ratio and risk / reward. I looked around the reports that IB provides and I cant seem to find one that give this type of information. Is this something that I can get directly...

I already have a long term buy and hold portfolio in the 6 figures range that I have been building for 7 years. I am specifically asking about Day Trading.

I admit that I have some fear / greed and discipline issues. I am aware of it and mark it down in my journal whenever it comes up and am working through these issues. Its not something that I can fix overnight. I go through stages where I am good but then I slip up. I am a pretty disciplined...

By risk I am referring to where the max loss that I will stop myself out at. 50 cent drop in price with 200 shares = $100 loss or 1% of the account.

I am trading "in play" stocks that have fresh news catalysts and are gapping up or down. I tend to do best with $10 - $20 stocks. Its not too hard to catch a 50 cent to 1 dollar move in first 2 hours of the day. Hard part is making sure the move is in your direction.

Please explain why you say this. I can take 100 or 200 shares and keep my risk to 1% or less per trade. Why is 10k not enough for learning reasons?

I am outside of USA so no PDT Rule for me. I trade stocks usually between $10 - $30 price range. I am not trying to live off my trading profits yet as I have plenty of cash saved up on the side to live of for a few years with no income if it comes down to it (Savings are in long term index...

Which of the level 2 subscriptions do we need to get the full picture of the order book for us equities? Seems like there is NASDAQ Totalview, NYSE ARCA, and NYSE Openbook. Do i need all three?

Anyone have the IP address for the IB USA server so that I can do a ping test ? I am in a pretty remote mountain town so it is possible that that is causing my issues. My download speed is 15mb and upload is about 0.4 mb. My orders do go through instantly though.

I read Sierra is good for futures. Does it have a decent real time stock scanner?

I am learning to trade and being in Canada, IB is pretty much the only option for reasonable commission charges. I have been using TWS with IB data feed and I am quickly coming to see the disadvantages of this combo. My issue is that sometimes the platform does not update prices in real time...