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yale hirsh's stock traders almanac shows that day as the one most likely to be a down day for the SP500 and Nasdaq. IT DOES NOT STATE HOW MUCH % wise a down day July 18 has been historically , just that it closes lower ... :cool:

of the ecns ... email them and ask politely if necc. good luck

try to use the 1 Percent hot setting in your TWS " 1 " that should prevent major foulups ... who knows .... their might even be a way to set it at 1/2 of 1 %

with getting quotes and charts today for stocks real time but did have problems yesterday afternoon I use the basic subscription ... $9.95 plus exchange fees per month

rappers ....:D

quotes at www.gaincapital.com good luck ...

is more than 5 perhaps 10 percent away from the Best Inside quotes ... it might be busted thats been my experience

try bloomberg terminal ... they seem to have everything else

I will look into it ... thanks

how much does it cost monthly for a retail spec acct ? (non prof.) and do you need special hardware to use it? thanks seth

bought 100 shares GS @ 73 sold it immediately to island at 73.40 made 40 cents ...

not sure if this is good idea for active traders they charge extra for more than 1000 trades per yr

I try to keep my daily and monthly on a Zip Disk ... and have used a software package with some success called GTT Tradelog I do not love it but think it is worth a look good luck

if you have a systematic approach for daytrading that tries to get most of the daily high / low you might do ok but I found the spreads too big for me in mini dow in my opinion .... if your commissions are low you should consider either es ( mini sp500) or...

Friday I know it was an early close ... but some sort of data feed error probably caused this ... think I read somewhere trades done earlier that day were posted after the close for closing price in some issues on some quote vendors guess I will go to the NYSE website and copy down the...

know what the overnight levels high / low were on nasdaq and sp500 futures on days like today ... one can get hurt when they are broken and you are fighting the intraday move

alone ... no prop firm I agree with the P+L swings ... they can change my mood if I make 3-5-7 % of my trading cap in a week ... I feel great ... if I have a losing week that approaches a good week in % loss ... I feel like I should stop trading and get a real job. well so far ...

I think putting too much of ones account into one position is too risky unless you have strict Money management rules like get out at end of day or $ or % loss get out rules good luck to you

< it does give you an indicator premarket. > hmmm ... does the indication for a stock that is not delayed due to order imbalance show up on open book between 925 -930 am EST ?

I use IB for my daytrading scalping what might I ask are you and your fellow traders charged for commissions for 100 shares , 1000 shares , options etc ? Are all of you retail specs or part of an LLC ?