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Hi Dottom, You kind of lost me with the optimal f thing. Could you please post a link that tells what an optimal f is? I am not a math guy, but I have come up with some real-life trading ideas based on the concepts you mentioned in your post, I would be interested in seeing what you and...

Orignally Posted by Newbie: The example is to show that if on average if you made 100 trades and only had 35 winners and 65 losers-yet your winners averaged 2 to 1 risk to reward..... you would still be profitable. Hi Newbie, I am glad to see you started this thread because I have been...

I apologize if this has been posted before but it would be nice if IB could put the day's High and Low into TWS. This seems so basic, and with all the features they've added lately, I do not understand why the High and Low are not included.

I e-mailed IB about this problem months ago, and they said they were working on it. A lot of the solutions that been offered on this thread would work very well to solve this issue. But IB could at least start by taking the account numbers and addresses off the e-mails...this is not rocket science.

If my IRA acct is going to be charged $10 a month (even though I generate hundreds of dollars of commissions for IB in my main trading account), I will be moving my IRA out of IB. It is probably better to have your Retirement account with a different broker/clearing firm anyway to manage your...

I know a way around the inactivity fee. Keep your balance below 15 dollars. My balance in my Datek acct is only $10.00 and no fee has been charged. :)

Baron, Yes I agree. After all, who can forget the classic IB threads such as: -IB Order cancelled-won't go through -IB appears to be down??? -What is the symbol for BUND on IB? and my personal favorite: -IB Outages Suck Today Big Time With all due respect, I think this...

Can anybody tell me what happenned to the OCA checkbox. I cannot seem to find it. Thanks, Alex

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Originally posted by Hitman The only FACTS in trading are price and volume, everything else, are intepretations, and for many traders, his/her own intepretation is good enough. Hitman, Awesome post. One thing I would add is there is one other fact in trading and that is the number of...

I have been specializing in buying into panic selling and pullbacks for the last six months. My account has been in a trading range but my winning percentage, average point gain and average profit-loss per week have been in an uptrend for that same period. I have only been trading for a year...

Originally posted by dufferdon This rule did not originate from the SEC. They promulgated the regulation at the specific request of the National Association of Securities Dealers, who asked for the rule because they were worried about small accounts being able to cover their losses and...

I trade NASD stocks that average over six million shares daily and are over $20. Not recommended for beginners. I also try and stay away from stocks with huge floats. Of course, with the market decline my basket keeps getting smaller and smaller. I'm starting to think that soon there will only...

Are there any that actually teach traders real daytrading skills? (non-newbie stuff)..? Try realitytrader.com Alex P.S. I am not affiliated

Originally posted by def As for orders that get in the hands of mktmakers. this scenerio could possibly happen: a: order finds its way into the hands of a mm who holds onto it Def, Please explain your theory of how market makers hold onto orders. From everything I have read and...

Originally posted by jtrader: Def are you saying that the order can be held by a market maker for 2 min or more. Jtrader, You can be assured that market makers do not "Hold onto orders". The only limitation is orders on Selectnet must stay live for ten seconds before they can be...