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TRO... I think what ironfist meant was that his system might have to change over time as conditions change.... perhaps his word "markets" is what you responded to. a couple of examples of conditions changing... but there are many more... 1. change from fraction pricing to penny pricing...

Hi... this is a great thread and I really enjoy reading what jrvat has to say. . Having said that, I agree with all the others comments about TheRumpledOne's charts.... It is distraction to what jrvat is trying to do with this thread. I don't often post but really want jrvat's thread to...

I run 2 charts (tick/minute), 2 quote sheets and 2 marketdepth/matrix boxes for each.... using ES, ER2, NQ and Ym..... runs less than 56Kbytes most of the day... except right at open and news/fomc... toucan

Just wanted to give you all an update... I went to the local mall and brought up my charts on the dell 24 inch monitor and it looks like I will lose about 10% horizontally but gain about 25% vertically.... So it appears as though what I can get on the 24" monitor is what I currently have on 2...

Thank you all for your replies..... I wanted to keep things easy so I simplified what I had and what i'm thinking of getting... I really have an older dell workstation with 6 monitors driven by 3 dual matrox cards.... Its been a really good system for the last 5 years, but I need more...

The 30 minute time limit for editing my post has passed so I will update the post here.... I currently have 2 21" monitors hooked up to a matrox dual monitor card. I set the screen area setting for the matrox card to 2048 by 768 pixels so I could use both monitors. When trading I use 4 charts...

I currently have 2 21" monitors hooked up to a matrox dual monitor card. I set the screen area setting for the matrox card to 2048 by 768 pixels so I could use both monitors. When trading I use 4 charts total with 2 charts on each monitor. My question is since I use 2048 by 768 pixels to...

Nice job pekelo... thanks Toucan

GTS... yes thats when i first started seeing the drop.. changes in bond/interest rate... high yield bonds cef's subprime loan related... loan participation/mortage related cef's jitters over stock dividends.. stock dividend cef's but seemed across more than just these...

makloda and gts... thanks for the input... any general thoughts as to why? optioncoach.. I looked at the following categories... loan participation general mortgage corporate high yield equity income global income gen bond investment grade most that I looked at are taking hits...

Does anyone have any thoughts as to the current weakness across many CEF's.... Seems like the price drop started in the may-june timeframe and has continued down. A lot of CEF's just punched through support or multi year lows. I looked at news for quite a few CEF's and couldn't find anything...

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Is there anything significant when a CEF declares Long Gains or Short Gains.... one example is PFN... for the first time since inception, it declared a long/short gain and I have already received that money.... On jan 5 it then declared its normal dividend.... another example is SBG...

Optioncoach... I see a lot of funds with falling prices.... Is it typical for CEF prices to drop in the fourth quarter.... say due to end of year selling. Looking forward to your search for replacements.. Toucan

Thanks for the input coach.... I find it difficult to stay in a CEF if the share price profit is greater than 6 months of dividends... But I will try harder... :) glad to have you back Toucan

Hi... This is a really great topic and discussion. I have read what everyone has written and am interested in researching more. I have looked at the etfconnect website and the yahoo finance website..... Other than the etfconnect and yahoo websites... Where are you all getting information...

i use tradestation for automated trading.... in general, it works, but.... my understanding is.... the automated trading subsystem was written by a third party and then interfaced to the tradestation software... so the interface is complex and doesn't always work, requiring a trader to monitor...

I loaded 1747 on 5/10... i don't have the problems you described, but have had browser problems ever since the download... any url that ends in .aspx will not allow data entry... microsoft internet explorer just gives an error message and closes.... and mcafee virus scanner doesn't detect any...

PSPR.... I trade very much like you have described.... I trade stocks using short term trends that occur during each day.... I have 2 possible entry points on the 2 min chart.... a narrow range or a pullback that occurs after the trend has formed. I always use a limit order at bid, ask or...