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I'm in SiliconValley, and my IB TWS has been down for at least 10 minutes.

Just a comment, I don't understand how someone could short EXPE and long EBAY at the same time since those internet stocks tend to be correlated to one another... For a new trader, you are really playing the whole field buying/selling internet stocks (EBAY EXPE) one second, then retail...

I agree, you are getting raped on the commissions. Better to goto a direct access broker which charges per share, e.g. InteractiveBrokers charges 1c/share for up to 500 shares, and 0.5c for incremental shares above 500. For example, buy 500 shares cost $5, buy 1000 shares cost $7.50 Your...

I think risk managment is very important. It is hard to evaluate what you are doing based on the trades. We would also need to know account size, and what your risk mgmt strategy was for each trade, e.g. did you have profit and loss targets. For intraday trading, one way is to have profit...

FYI CyberTrader is lowering their commissions again. They are getting more and more competitive with other discount direct access brokers. I recieved this notice via email: ---- Our new pricing is available on July 24, 2003 to all clients, for every trade. Equity Trades: $9.95...

Just put the totals on the Schedule D with note "see attached schedule". Then attach the TradeLog Gain/Loss Schedule D report. Much easier than trying to import trades into TurboTax. TurboTax isn't designed to handle large numbers of transactions.

JFreeChart is the most popular open source java charting package. Check out the forums on the website. It is very active. I would try them first, because there are many more examples and community. http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html

I agree the RED/ORANGE looks horrible. I'm trying to think of another website which uses that much RED/ORANGE and I'm drawing a blank. Plus, for a financial website, RED has the connotation of LOSS. The content is improved from the old website. I liked the targeted messages for Active...

http://www.geocities.com/afleance/qqqvsvixvxn042503.html VIX 23.90 +0.61 finally had an up day today, although relative VIX (VIX/200dma(VIX)) is still low 23.90/35.52 = 0.67 Wednesday was a good time to average into some shorts, with VIX having gone straight down and SOX with 7 straight up...

http://www.geocities.com/afleance/qqqvsvixvxn042203.html How low can we go in a straight line down? VIX down another 3%, and it is now 34% below 200dma. The Relative VIX is 0.66 At least we got a strong rally in conjuction with the VIX tank. We've had other days where the VIX drops 5%...

Here is chart of QQQ v s VIX (green) and VXN/QQV (orange/pink) http://www.geocities.com/afleance/qqqvsvixvxn042103.html VIX and VXN continue falling, falling. The relative VIX (VIX/200dma(VIX)) = 24.27/35.72 = 0.68

Here is chart of QQQ v s VIX (green) and VXN/QQV (orange/pink) http://www.geocities.com/afleance/qqqvsvixvxn041703.html QQQ been treading water past 2 weeks while VIX/VXN have plummeted. Doesn't mean we can't go higher, but it reduces the momo short crushing potential. That was an...

I recommend that you www.spamex.com Instead of trying to wash / filter your incoming mail, spamex takes a more proactive approach. [NOTE: This only works if you start over with a new email address] spamex lets you create 100s of disposable email addresses , e.g. 8dlw-23dos@spamex.com...

Here is chart of QQQ v s VIX (green) and VXN/QQV (orange/pink) http://www.geocities.com/afleance/qqqvsvixvxn041103.html I don't like how VIX and VXN/QQV are falling like rocks, not good for short crusher momo.

SEC Enforcement Actions Seen Declining 8:56 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will probably bring fewer enforcement actions in the future than it did in the most recently ended fiscal year, said a top SEC enforcement official on Saturday...

There is a known problem with Java 1.4.1 where a windows machine will reboot / blue screen death when closing a java application. The problem only happens with certain video cards (ATI usually) You can workaround by adding the following to the java startup line -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true...

I sent email to Intuit Support complaining about the ProductActivation, and they finally responded. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear XXX, Sorry for the delay in responding, I would like to apologize for the inconvenience that TurboTax has caused...

I was searching for Samsung LCD, and more than half the search results are look like fraud: Samsung Syncmaster 24" 241MP for $510 ? Awesome, right? Auction eding in 1 hour 21 minutes. But the seller has 0 feedback and is in Romania! Haha And most of the bidders have 0 feedback too. Probably...

I've noticed an increase in fraudulent auctions. For example, checkout this auction for Samsung Syncmaster 191T LCD: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2302863390&category=3696 The seller has 0 feedback, although he is selling 27 high ticket items, and all the auctions are...

You may want to read the following articles before you shell out $40 for TurboTax Deluxe 2002 this year. Intuit is following in the footsteps of Microsoft XP by adding ProductActivation to TurboTax software. When you install TurboTax, it installs some protection software called CDILLA which...