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I have been mulling a pairs strategy for playing the open: At the end of the day short one of the pair and go long the other. Any moves after close or pre-open would be approximately offset - no big loss or gain regardless of market action while in a long/short pair. In the pre-open, the...

Smikey Trader, I was just curious about the "simple overbought/oversold indicators " you mentioned in this post, what are they??? Thanks

Thanks qwiktrade... gee this is embarrassing, i was so worried about a possible problem with IB or SuperSOES that I overlooked the most obvious explanation: the downtick rule

This past Friday at approximately 10:58 I placed an order, using IB's "Best" routing, to short 200 shares of MCDT at $33.66 At the moment I placed the order, the ask was $33.67 and the bid was $33.66. MLCO was on the inside bid and there were no other bidders at $33.66 Since I "hit the...

I hate to reveal my ignorance, but i dont understand the benefits of having a back-up broker: If I have an open a position at IB is it possible to close that position at another broker? (I wouldn't think so) Or would i have to have enough $ in the back-up acct to offset any positions in...

u can and there is already a thread on this...started by me...called "NQ vs QQQ vs Comp"...or something like that - u can search by clicking my "Posts:xxx" link on the left there are other threads that address this topic here at ET as well...dig if u care to!

FWIW it seems that this has developed into a thread which could be very useful to future-newbies (not to mention 'sophomores' like me!)...but would be easier to find if it was under the Trading classification instead of 'Industry News' P.S. Babak: Captain Kirk NOT= William Shatner :D...

having given serious thought to this important topic, seems we should not 'sell short' Kirk's potential as a trader.... what's that old saying(?): i'd rather be lucky than good? How many guys u know with a toup and a beer gut who , week after week, consistently bag the hottest intergalactic...

re: "Remember that early STNG episode when he re-aligns those crystals in seconds, moving his hands at lightspeed?" i seem to recall that Data was suffering from some odd malady resembling alcohol inebriation at the time...i could be wrong...but sober he would be a handfull no doubt

Buck Naked = Bucky Lee = shortnfool = tradeRX

Vikana, FWIW i have two machines both using Logitech cordless wheel mouse - never had a problm and the convenience of NOT having that wire attached is really great, after all, due to its nature a mouse must be mobile to operate ... and that wire was always on top of papers etc...

Eldredge, noise is measured in decibles and is usually abbreviated as 'db' or 'dba' - in the tech specs for my Vectra VL400's this line appears: "acoustic emission sound level (LwA) (typical): <= 3.8BA (38 dB)" i don't know what the 'BA' is but i have a lot of experience in audio and...

Win 2K for SURE! i have a Logitech cordless wheel-mouse that is really a good thing I have read that Rambus memory runs hot, which may possibly require more cooling which may possibly mean more noise...but that is speculation only...i am sensitive to noise so 1 of my main criteria was to get...

i think part of my problem is that i get depressed when the CNBC crew are all in a good mood, but that's just me...

i can see that these could be problematic...guess the world's just not perfect

Ok neo_hr, here's my .02 - my basic advice for a beginner FWIW Yes, trading can be learned - but one thing to consider is that, while there is plenty of common ground, every trader will develop his own personal style. It's great that you have friends doing this, but don't be overwhelmed by...

rtharp, could you elaborate on your statement: "It's what the minority are doing is what the market will flow to. If everyone is short than we will go higher. If the majority of the public is long we will go lower. "

I feel much the same...I started trading just before the bubble bust so almost all of my experience is with a downtrending market. I can spot a lame duck, but become quite dazed and confused by stocks that keep going up...

i gave up on Datek a few months ago around the time they went "direct". I don't know if they have improved the interface since then, but i have to say that Datek order entry interface was about the worst imaginable... but there are excellent 3rd party order-entry programs for Datek - the...

thanks to everyone - now i understand the algorithm (and how to work around it!) i appreciate your sharing of experiences and the hard work that has already been invested in this topic what bothers me most about IB stops is that it seems difficult to carry multi-day positions if the stops...