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Candletrader says: >Why are you all getting so emotional >with each other? And: >uncontrolled emotion is bad news for >trading performance Misreading of the indicators would be every bit as bad for trading. Someone has become emotional, yes -- but there is no "with each other"...

>EDAT was a period - like the tulip bubble where >lot made money not because of any talent, simply >for being at the right time at the right place. >After a few hundred years it would be asinine >for me to recruit tulip traders !!!!! There is no question that during the "bubble" the...

>I know that you trade what you LIKE but >a smarter person maybe trades what makes >him money !!! >P.S. EDAT is DEAD so get over it and stop >whining !!!! This is interesting...if I really should be a "smarter person" and trade something that makes me money and "EDAT is dead"...

Andrasnm, Some of us trade equities because we like them, know them, and find trading them quite profitable. Insinuating that those of us who choose to profit from this "vice" are somehow inferior because you happen to like your "vice" better only weakens your valuable contributions to...

One of the things I really like about IB as compared to MB (RealTick) is the way they handle the downtick rule. For purposes of explanation, let's establish that there are (at least) four distinct actions involved in an execution: A. Queueing an order B. Submitting order from trader to...

>Why wait for your neighbors house to catch >on fire before you decide to put the fire >out down the block? By all means Redart, don't wait. Put the program together...staff, promo material, political connections, member packages, budget, etc. If you can impress the DAT brokers with a...

>IF tradestation isn't avalable anymore, >what data vendor can I check out that >may have what I'm looking for? If what you're looking for is 2 zeros at the end of every volume value then I can't help you. If this is the case, I would however argue that you might want to adjust your...

>Also, where can I find a system that >shows the volume in the Level 2 with >the real volume size, i mean, you don't >have to add 2 zeros.... If you select your data supplier based on a desire to not have to append 2 zeros, you may well be disappointed. It really isn't that...

Go to "Setup Studies" Select "Upper envelope" and Lower envelope" Under the "Parameters" setting for each of the above select the "Bollinger band" option button. JB

You ask some great questions Maxito Unlike some other participants to this thread, I find LVL2 to be an important tool. In scalp mode I used to use it almost exclusively (only need aditionally a 1m CME NDU chart) and was quite profitably at it. As I have learned the market I have moved to a...

I have only tested the data feeds from TS and RT side by side and found TS data quite often stale. After the results of the test I cancelled my plans to trade with them so I can't comment on any other software feature comparisons. JB

Redart11 asks: >Does anyone know if two computers on one >cable router splits the speed of the modem? Baron responds: >Yes, the bandwidth is shared. I'm sure in the context he intends, Baron is correct, but I'm not sure that he answered the question that was asked. It depends on your...

>Thanks for the cold splash of >water in the face! Though I haven't >reached your point of cynicism at >the entire industry You will. :-) JB

>$4500 for a program?! Is it that good? If it was that good, you would never be hearing about it -- they would lock it up in the basement, humming away while they flitted around in their LearJets. How do these questions keep coming up???? (no offense to Agora...just pissed at this...

I had NOTHING but hassles with Qcharts/Qfeed. I have had NOTHING but great data and service from RealTick. JB

>How "easy" and fast is the trading >page on IB? Is there too much to enter >before placing the trade? If you decide on the fly to trade a security that you have not traded in the past, it can be a pain to get a order in fast (though some on this forum have explained some pretty fast ways...

One thing that is important to remember is that many of the ECNs have downtick rules implemented into their logic, but of course the information that have as to the timing of the upticks and downticks will be different than what is displayed on your screen simply because of latency. With the...

Yahoo.com has years of daily data for naz and listed. JB

My tests didn't confirm this behavior. JB

>by the way, I am not a scalper so maybe >that explains why my standards seem to >be more relaxed than yours LOL. You know, I'm not scalping much anymore (used to be a *furious* scalper) so all this stuff shouldn't matter as much to me either. I just developed the habits and old habits...