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no, not quite a 1 million account. I buy most stocks under $10. Anyway, any broker is more reliable than TD Ameritrade (I am very happy with, but during peak time it is slow)? I still would like to have trade-based fees. Share-based fees just do not work for me. TIA, freewilly

Currently I am using TD ameritrade. I am very happy with it except sometimes: 1. Data feed is down, so backfill (mostly intraday backfill) data is lost. 2. Execution is a little bit slow for my style. I was thinking to open another account with Scottrade Elite, but review shows it is even...

Well, if he bets heavy (even not with margin) on those dollar stocks, he could lose 50% of his account value overnight as well. If betting on those stock were so rewarding without much risk, I guess everybody would do it. Reward and risk are always tied up together. You mean "if......"...

Thanks. I like market watch. If I can prove that news improve my trading, I will get briefing or other paid service.

Now, I am looking for some free news feed first, to see whether I can trade with news. I usually use yahoo finance, but you know it is usually delayed news. Anything better than Yhaoo finance? Bloomberg maybe? I don;t want audio/video news(I have a non trading 9-5 job), just text news is...

to OP: If a nuke drops on your head, I guess 100 OZ silver will not save you and your family. My point is that you just can't worry so much in your life. Life is full of risks, even when you walk in street and when you drive, but lives go on and we still walk and we still drive. To me...

Well, you are are not alone. I lost 25K this week as well. Cheers

congratulations! Freewilly!

so you will try to lose all you money, your house, your wife's money, your parent's money, your parents' house, and your parents' retirement fund, and you can hope you will not lose money again?

Thanks a lot, guys. freewilly

real time charts are the best, but I will be happy to see some charts with delays. Thanks in advance, freewilly

Sorry to hear the loss again. I did not trade much last week, so my account is pretty much unchanged. My suggestions: 1. Do not force trades. Many people forget cash is also a position, and very important position. 2. I would say recall what you did last year. I don't think it was...

Well, I am totally opposite. I switched from IB to Td AMERITRADE. IB is way too expensive for people who have some sizes. IB is $0.005/share, if you want to buy $10K share, that's $50 one way. I sometimes by 100K shares or more, that's $500 one way for IB. $10K share is really not much...

Thanks, guys , for all the inputs. So it looks like 3mpb's is more than enough for 10 charts. Don't know why some people are so mean here. I was asking a serious question. Don't you better things to do? Did you have a bad childhood?

"I do work through an S-corp. For each dollar I earn I allocate 33% as 'wages': that is subject to FICA taxes. The remaining 77% is counted as 'Profit/Dividends' and is only subject to Federal and State INCOME tax." One thing I know that does not add up is 33% plus 77% is more than 100%. :D

I enjoy Neke's post and I believe him.

anyone can help? Just the lead?

12mps sure is good enough for sending orders. I don't send millions of orders every second. however, i do open lot of charts on my monitors, usually 10 of them, real time charts. Would 12mPBS enough for that? Just tested my computer speed. the one that is wired (cat5 cable) to the modem has...

None of them works. The only sure way to make money is by Ponzi game. Monopoly is likely to make money. Big money can make money most of time, but most of them failed in 2008-2009 miserably.

I do day trading. I usually put lot of charts for many stocks on the monitor. I only care about real time data. I am using Comcast cable now. They have 12mpb/s download speed. Don't know whether there is a way to get faster than that. Comcast is the main player here, but I think Verizon...