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I was with express for a while and thought the trailing stop was a little suspect. I switched to interactive brokers and found the trailing stop to be a little suspect. The solution I found was to manually trail or use an external application to trail. I stayed with IB as they are much...

I personally think paper trading is for the birds! I started out paper trading and everything was peachy. I had ice running through my veins and was killing it! Then I started trading with real money and realized that bad fills can change your profitability in an instant. Worse than bad...

Boy am I jealous! I was setting up my trades when I got a suprise visit from my Aunt who bought my Uncle who is in grave condition. What was I to do? So I did the right thing and left my screen and got them some food. When I got back I could not believe what I saw. I have been waiting for...

Thanks all for this post - especially flip for starting it. It is really encouraging to see someone lose and have the confidence to step back in the market to start the slow process of recouping profits. I lost 4 grand on 2 wheat trades 3 weeks ago and was wrecked emotionally for a few days...

I am in with a few contracts and wanted to know if anyone has experienced any issues with exiting... I am up and wondering if I am going to have problems getting out with my profits.

My first futures account was with express and for a complete newbie it was fine, but the commissions were way to high so I eventually moved to interactive brokers. Interactive brokers has better commission rates and faster execution, but don't expect anyone to hold your hand. By the way...