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Nov. could be my first losing month using Open only orders. I am not down too much so If I have a good week I could still get profitable for the month. Since May I have been using OO everyday and since 1998 I have been trading open order on stock with news that was a big surprise. I have been...

Dow jones news service is real time and fast. Ameritrade offers it for 29.95 and so does many other brokers and data feeds. I also subscribe to Briefing.com and i think its about 3-5 minutes slow.

IB's customer service is just horrible. Sort of like a DMV clerk on a bad day. If you call with a question CS will say its on the website is there anything else i can help you with today. Then if u ask where on the site, IB customer service will say, sir u need to be more familiar with the IB...

More stocks are opening with gaps larger than the envelope and not giving anyone a chance to get out with a profit. They move quick and hard and can sucks days of profits in minutes. I get the feeling that too many traders are using this system. I now realize or at least believe that Don's...

I too am very interested in using API to automate the opening orders at IB. I do not know anything about using API so any info on it would be much appreciated. Please post or PM me. Thanks Eric

I am not sure how u put up with all of it here and you do it with good humor. Take care

I completely agree with your point, the fills that go against you and just keep right on going will kill returns. There must be some clue that can tell u if you are on the same side as the specialist when u get your fill. To me this is the key, if you are filled and the specialist also used...

Checked my Oil stock and I have had good luck with oil. I adjust my orders for premarket and indications, that may help me. Just need to find a way to avoid the big lossers, that move quick and never come back. My closing orders get ignored by the specialist. and Its always a different...

Had a great day today - 7 fills and 7 winners, + 1.10. Was quick to take any profit on my shorts. I was ignored by the specialist on two "slingshot" orders to cover shorts that should have received fills. I canceled the order after it was not filled for about 30 seconds while the ask was...

My after commission net for Sept Open only orders was a plus $254. The Good news, i made money. Bad news its my worst month and if the trend continues i may have a big losing month soon. I have to find a way to avoid the big quick losers. From my perspective more stocks are going straight...

Good job Tony. Wish i had FOX on my list. Good luck

UPS opened up 1 penny, thats all it took to get a short. That UPS chart is very ugly, like a rocket. I raised my envelope so a stock would have to open up at least a dime to get a short. I do not always do this, but i did not want to many shorts today. Its those damn big losers that...

Futures do not close. The cash index compare to the futures right now is not much diferent than the after market has experienced the past week. This is not a big move.

Well today was a good day. This strategy is not like it was a few months back. The winners are not running as far and a few big losers are moving very fast and erasing profits. My opinion is that the specialist is not helping as much as they use to. Its all about trading skills and...

Not a big fan of Dornan. But i did vote for him. I lived in a part of Santa Ana that was in his district. I lived about four blocks from Loretta Sanchez. She changed her name to sanchez that so all the mexicans would vote for her. I was hoping that Bob would changed his name to Lopez and...

My opinion is that the open only orders are drying up very fast. Not sure why, maybe 100s of bright traders putting in thousands of orders for 2,000 shares and lookin to cover right after the open. or millions of ET trader placing 100 share orders, or just less volitivity at the open compared...

Almost canceled my orders at the last minute but did not and had five fills. Trading today was scary for me, just seemed like it would be easy to take a big loss.

1 fill, a loser. Lost .25 on WFC. Must of had too large an envelope today and yesterday. No fills yesterday. TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE: I think we all understand that Don is in business to make money. He charges money to attend his seminars to make money. The fact that Don has motive to...

I start to place my open only orders at 9:15. I also place open only orders a couple times a week after the market opens for stocks that have delayed opening due to an order imbalance. My accounts are with IB and tradestation that i place open only orders. Good luck, there are some very...

Yes California starts with Federal AGI, then adds and subtracts differences in law to get to state taxable income. California makes its own tax law, it does not conform to federal law. There are hundreds of differences between California and federal law.