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Short within the first 5 minutes of the open.

I will post my opening thoughts here. Please limit your replies to constructive opinions. If you really want to criticize, then start another thread. Thanks. xXxtrader

looks like yesterday was the final squeeze

SHORT is the direction... Be nimble be quick But when the sell stops hit The market will be sick

flip a coin instead... Just kidding

Many if not most firms are geared toward the successful or self-sufficient trader. The key is to find traders willing to help you. Possibly you can work out a profit sharing agreement. Most importantly, you have to be a likeable rookie in their eyes. Possibly you will be switching firms...

I am ready to short again. Damn techs, brokers, etc. are ahead of themselves again.

amazing how easy it is to be a fiction writer

still weeks away from any bottom

Both have agreements with 3rd party desks (NITE) where they get paid to send their orders. You will get worked on order above 200-300 shares, i.e. lose $ beacuse they will fill a partial order and then trade against the rest of your order.

Besides the market difficulty... - outdated computers - poor connections - unreliable software - unruly trading environment - lack of genuine training etc. Do your diligence on where you trade... $600/mo desk fee is the highest out there.

Listening to greed will get you in trouble.

Just curious... What are some strategies involving futures arbitrage? What type of trading do you recommend for a $500K account?

The mkt is being bought up because the first week of July tends to be a very strong "forward" indicator of the 2nd half of the year. Since, we had a June selloff. The buyers are stepping in early to take advantage of any possibility of bullish bias. I don't necessarily feel Monday is a...

is PROGRAM RELATED. Other participants in the US stock market have devised strategies which buy futures and hedging with something else??? Their strategy is based on squeezing the shorts. So, its a strategy that is being AMPLIFIED, regardless of whether the govt. strikes first or not...

"I know several, and they are as you describe. If nothing else, they certainly don't want to riks their cushy, high paying jobs, just to try to screw one of us out of a couple thousand shares." SPECIALISTS WILL NEVER BE IN DANGER WHEN SCREWING OVER A RETAIL TRADER. I HAVE HEARD ALL OF THE...

so until that changes...

for trading because when you lose all your money, you will at least NOT have a gut.

Which stocks would you buy if you had a gun pointed at your head?

Yesterday's low NOW represents huge resistance. ie QQQ 25.3 Watch as more negative earnings get announced over the next 2-3 weeks.