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A brother trader has ended his life. What many of the novice imbeciles making smart-ass remarks fail to realize is that it's NOT the loss of money that hurts-- it's the loss of precious TIME in one's life -- the thousands of long hours and hard years that go into building an account to the...

Avoid Gain Capital. Caught them unfavorably manipulating my cost basis on scaled-in positions! More than once! Would sue them, but dumped them immediately, so damage was minor. -Prof.

A BIG +1. Same old story with them. They knew about data problems back in January. They had many months to address them and didn't. Of course when you call, they tell you "...it's all fixed now..." Absolute BS. It's a shame. They used to be a great platform. [Al Goldstein--...

This volatility is a gift.

There's nothing wrong with trading 3 minis (intraday,) on $10k with the tight stops you were using. Market tuition. ;-) You can work it back. -Prof.

Would've tried to buy the pullback for a retest of the highs. -Prof.

Yeah... -Prof.

Wrong. He's picking Bin Laden or Reverend Wright-- -Prof.

Hi, Lady. Welcome to the site. We've all been through slumps. Without knowledge of your methodology, it's hard to troubleshoot the issues precisely, but here's what I do to recover: When I'm in a slump the first thing I do is pare down my lot sizes. No more 2,000+ share lots! I'll...

As mentioned in my older posts, the reality is that Tradestation has known about these problems with their servers and quotes since FEBRUARY-- and they've done nothing to fix the issues. It's now worse than ever. It's an extremely rare day when they act like men and own up to their...

Have used many of them and I've never received the quality of service I get at CommerceBank. http://www.commerceonline.com 7 day-a-week banking at the branches, open late, unparalleled personal service (when they get to know you), friendly people with a brain, numerous branches and they'll...

Exactly-- margins are excellent and liquidity is good during our U.S. session. I love them. Just remember the spreads can be pretty wide after hours. That pretty much sums it up. -Prof.

I've traded them for years, love them and think they're excellent 'bang for the buck.' Not super-liquid after hours (can have wide spreads) but they give some superb action on occasion. -Prof.

A big +1. Well said. Periodically weed out the imbeciles. Those who overextended themselves during the mortgage and credit bubble were like sloppy drunks at an all-niter-- and this is their painful hangover the next morning when the sun came up. Darwinism at its finest. -Prof.

How pathetic that it's so damn hard to find an ethical currency brokerage-- Are there any? It's sad as hell. Closed three accounts with Gain Capital after catching them screwing me on the cost basis of scaled positions and commissions. -Prof.

Yes...G-O-L-D. It rose $4 since my last post an hour ago (cashed out). Did you bank your nickel on oil? -Prof.

Japan is -370. Not pretty. Bought some Gold as a hedge.

Japan is -367... Dow fut's were -70 last time I looked. Not pretty.

Was also affected by the recent data disruptions. It's never been as bad as it's been this year. Their phone lines were overloaded with calls and no one was able to get through to place an order. The funniest part is when you get through to the punk trade desk managers, they won't own up...

To a degree, depending on the complexity. Feel free to PM me. -Prof.