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My feelings are shared in some of the posts on Bright. Check out the Broker recommendation post. Emotional Blackholes was how someone put it. 83% negative that isn't a good sign. Trading in an office can be good if the majority of traders are good. The office has to grow slowly. Having the...

As a professional I can't use SOES so there is one for me

Greatballs have you turned off Virtual Memory? Normally if you don't have enough memory -your computer borrows from the harddrive. This is one of the slowest processes a computer can do, but it allows you to keep going if your memory is used up. Robert Tharp

John I've traded with Waterhouse, Morgan Stanley, Southwest Securities, Richmark Capital, Fox Investments, Morgan Stanley I choice and now trade with Echotrading through ECN's. FIrst If I do a market order with ECHO I am usually filled a tick or 2 away from the best bid or...

Baron well said

I'd just upgrade your system then to 2000. Windows2000 is a lot more stable. I think that can justify the cost of the upgrade. How much would it cost you if your computer would freeze? Robert Tharp

ISLD is one of the most liquid ECN's I know. If I want out of a position I can usually get out on ISLD. I've also noticed that most of the users on ISLD aren't too bright. If they are moving one way the stock is going the other way. Robert Tharp

easy on your desktop right click your mouse. choose active desktop, and customize now move to the screen saver tab go down to the power option go to monitors and choose when to have them turned off after so many minutes/hours of inactivity Hope that helps or go from...

John for some reason my email box won't let me send you anything. I've tried both addresses so I'm just replying here. praetorian2 is right. Most MM know of that technique. We trade in decimals now so all they have to do is pay a penny more. I haven't been able to trade that strategy...

FYI on this website you can just click on the name to email someone. But email is robtharp@home.com

Hey Baron how's the book part coming along? Robert Tharp

Hi M.. The Peak Performace Course is something pretty long to do. It is based on all types of trading. It isn't a trading system like most courses. It's about psychology and the human mind in relation to trading. There are 100's of exercises to go through to help get you in the right...

Well when I was at the Chicago Board of Trade there is also that herd mentality, and I found it sickening. To give you a quick statistic about 80% of the floor who are traders (not brokers) turns around each year on the floor. The interesting thing is that about 15% or so is the...

The specialist has the right to hold a market order for 2 minutes before exercising. It needs to be calculated into your trading style. I'd suggest a slightly longer timeframe. Robert Tharp

Jeff and me used to be on the floor together at the CBOT during the same time. I was in the 30 year pit while he was in Soybeans. We have a few friends in common which was interesting. We are using our own software. The designer of the ECN Brass Utility designed our trading software...

Best to you Gene I'll write you/others later when I get some free time and answer everyone's emails. I've got a lot of work to catch up on now. Robert Tharp

Hi John , Finn just finished installing Windows2000 on my computer. I was having too many problems with WindowsME but was the only trader using it, so problem solved. Finn-- I NEED to stress the golden rule of trading to you CUT YOUR LOSSES SHORT AND LET PROFITS RUN. You are...

There are just so many ways to trade. On scalping I'm not doing much there. I will usually get the bid but see if I can get slightly more than 1/16. I trail a stop. This is best done in the REIT's and energy sectors I've discovered. The key is to figure out what fits you for your...

The squwak box on Lind Waldock is over 45 seconds delayed!! My computer clock is the same as the NYSE in SYNC. On the floor every 15 minutes a siren will blow saying 15 minutes have passed. It blew and I quickly looked at my clock in the lower hand corner (it's modified to show seconds) and...

John P.. answered you question pretty well. I know traders who trade every market so it doesn't really matter. I know a few traders who scalp 1/16 to 1/8 profit per trade AMEX, NYSE with the specialist on the slow moving sectors, usually stocks with 100,000 volume and high dividends...