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We had a computer that wouldn't boot up due to a defective DVD/CD-R drive. After disconnecting the that drive, the system booted up fine. You may want to try disconnecting non-essential components of your system and see if you can then boot up. All you really need is your hard disk that...

Poke around the options and set the X-axis values as categories. That should do the trick for you.

I'd be interested in hearing how IB compares to Velocity Futures, especially IB with ButtonTrader, if you happened to use ButtonTrader. -- MMM

Davo, A rule of thumb for you: Take entry via lmiit orders so you don't eat the spread. Exit when your stops are hit at the market. Better to eat the spread here than have a larger loss. - M P.S. A second rule of thumb for you: There are no rules, but only guidelines. You...

Thanks T-Rex. Can you a suggest a stop loss as well? I know you said it's an individual sort of thing, but I would be interested in hearing your thoughs on stops. Thanks. -- M

Hi T-Rex, Thanks for summarizing your entry signal. With 25 pages in this thread, it's helpful to have it all in one posting. Can you please also summarize your suggested stop loss and take profit price levels if you are trading just one unit, and and if you are trading multiple units...

Probably best if one tries out both ButtonTrader and NinjaTrader. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. If NT does what you want, then it is probably the better choice as it is cheaper and easier to learn. If NT does not, then you will probably like BT. BT is much more flexible...

Jay, Any thoughts on my question? See below for the question. Thanks. -- M

Jay, Can you please elaborate on the extra costs of delivering futures data? In today's electronic age, I don't quite understand how it can cost an extra $25 per month per user to deliver data to users over the same equipment used to deliver equity data, especially since other data vendors...

JayF, Can you please shed some light on why eSignal charges $25 a month if you wish add access to futures exchanges? What services does eSignal provide to the user to justify the monthly $25 fee? I'm referring to the description for the eSignal Premier product at...

Thanks Jay. Do you know offhand if they provide intraday day, 24 hour globex pricing data of the e-mini ES? -- M

Jayford, What's the link for the CSI data? Also, I've found that not all vendors provide intraday continuous contract data. TradeStation and FutureSource, for example, only provide daily continuous data, not intraday. -- M

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Hello, I'm looking for real-time data feeds that have continuous futures contracts (ie, a single symbol that will contain the price data for all the futures contracts, including the current contract and the past expired contracts). I know that Qcharts does not have continuous futures...

Hello, Today's FOMC minutes created a bit of a stir in the mraket today. I had thought this report would be a non-event, since the minutes were from the October meeting. Was today's action an anomaly? Or does this report generally create market volatility? Thanks. -- M

Hi, Say you take a valid short sell setup. The market continues to go up against you, but you have not yet been stopped out. At this higher level, the market completes another short sell setup. Do you take this short sell setup? On one hand, I think you should, because each trade...

Rich, Very generous of you to take the time to post the coupons! Thanks. -- MMM

In a similar manner, I found tracking my trade P&L, both in real time and historically, in terms of points instead of dollars to be helpful psychologically. For me, losing 20 points has a lot less sting than losing $1000 (when trading the ES). -- M

Another breakthrough that comes to mind is the acceptance that the outcome of any trade I take is totally random. It might work, or it might not. All I can do is control my risk, and take profits, if any. This mindset greatly reduced (but not entirely eliminated) the emotional...

Another breakthrough: Realizing that trading is about making money, not about making myself feel good. Example: I like catching the bulk of a trend day, and would tend to hold onto positions hoping that they would continue to run in my favor up to the close. I would become myopic, and...