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That's pretty high, are you running a Plll ? If not, please advise your processor, ram and software.

Like I said.............

Futures look grim, trading curbs expected. Expect news before the open.

Thanks Gnome! I looked it up, for anyone interested: If your brokerage firm goes out of business and is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), then your cash and securities held by the brokerage firm may be protected up to $500,000, including a $100,000 limit...

I'm talking retail personal brokerage accounts like Schwab, IB, Fidelity etc. Is the cash portion of your account FDIC insured?

>As far as a market crash............wouldn't expect one on monday at all. The two key crashes in the US and plenty of crashers in other countries happened during a Rally, dancing in the street, all is good, DING DONG the witch is dead atmospher.< Basically what I said. The name of...

Who really wants to deal with FDIC and wait month's years to get your dough back?

You buy when they are crying and sell when they are yellin' Way to many shorts. Friday was Capitulation.

No history as to when a stock was added to the IBD 100. There is a pretty good reason for this, check out the Canslim fund, a total failure. Like others, I tried to backtest the 100. Would take a ton of work to figure out the dates (additions and deletions). It would be so simple for IBD to...

There is a lot of truth in what you said, appetite for risk and the desire to manage multiple markets can drop as one gets older and the trading account gets larger. I found my exposure went down as my account has grown substantially over the years. I usually manage between 3 to 6 swing...

As the sample size has grown, poll voters are inflating their account size. This is pretty normal human behavior. I believe the first 100 or so votes accurately reflect the account size, over 50% are 50k or less and over 25% are 10k or less. If someone wants to start another poll it would...

I had a feeling the majority of Elite Trader posters were small fry traders, so I put the most emphisis on the lower brackets. Some interesting numbers huh!

No, my account size is what counts.

Do you have account size envy as well as d... size envy?

This poll is not about how much you make. Everyone's trading style is different. It is about your Trading account size.

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Just for curiosity, lets do a poll on the Trading account size of Elite Traders. Personal trading accounts only. Be honest, it is anonymous.

You actually call yourself a pro trader and have less than 25k in your account?

The Markets have ceased to rally on the Fed announcements.

With Benny in the wings Fundamentals are out the window. You really need to trade on technicals here and take profits while you have them. Don't get greedy.