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  1. uptik2000

    Favorite food for daytraders

    oh candle! that is nasty my friend! I actually have a funny story about that. It involves a crowded college bar, a long line for the men's room, an empty pitcher, and a girl who insited that she had left her pitcher of beer near my friends and I.
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    Favorite food for daytraders

    i guess you could always solve the bathroom problem by putting a wirless laptop in the jon, or something like that...wirless network to a wearable computer even if you really want to get crazy.
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    Favorite food for daytraders

    as for me, i love coffee...so I try to eat a decent breakfast of cereal, bagel, coffee, and juice...then a small lunch,whatever's in the fridge,...and luckily I've got a girlfriend who cooks a nice dinner everynight (otherwise I'd eat pizza and taco's every other night) never had much of a...
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    Proposal: after hours Elitetrader voicechat via (free) Yahoo messenger

    candle- there is an elite chat on yahoo messenger that some people go to...I would be interested in increasing the activity there after hours (keep the market hours to posting trade ideas), however to be honest on Friday's I'm out the door at 4:01pm to meet the pals for adult beverages(ie...
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    Margin allowance of Bright vs Echo

    i don't know a bout Bright...but at Echo the margin depends on how much you put up...and their minimum is lower than Bright's just call Rob @ Echo...he can answer all your questions. the toll free # is on the web site www.echotradeonline.com
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    Anything better than RealTick?

    I've had RT for over a year with no complaints...the only other software I've tried is cybertrade(didn't like it the setup)..and ILX when I was a broker(and I have broker friends that call me now for charts and level 2 quotes) I like RT a lot, seems like it can do every thng you...
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    Series 7 study material

    dano- I have STC books , but they're at my parents house(3 hours away) I'm going to visit them first week in November...if I find them I'll let you know... They're good books(i scored 84 first shot) might have some notes in the margins and I'd be willing to sell them to you cheap...
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    October Trading Journals

    I feel like I started something. But my point was to try to be constructive...I enjoy Hitman's journals ...sometimes they remind me of my own days last year, when I had an active day thinking I made a lot when most of the profit went to commish Yes I trade full time(no other income) gave up a...
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    October Trading Journals

    Way to go Silk! Nice day. That's what I'm working my way up to. I had that QLGC and I was also short the QQQ's. One question...where are you getting 2-1 on an acct that size? I'm only getting 1-1 at TNT because of the new rules. They said I can have 2-1 but I'd have to call the orders in ...
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    October Trading Journals

    How do I use that 'ignore' feature again? Doog- I'm trying to be constructive...every post you make(all 4 of them) is negative..I don't get it...
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    October Trading Journals

    (it seems that my profitability is inversely related to the number of trades I make per day/week). you said it better than I did.
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    October Trading Journals

    Hitman- I enjoy your journals(even though you didn't reply to my last priv message), but I wanted to throw something out to you... As far as your firm goes...and your stating that everyone there uses that much commission...just because everyone is doing it doesn't mean it's right...you have to...
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    Remote trading at Worldco??

    you're right Hitman...I guess its a difference between prop and pro firm so are you saying that you didn't have to put up any money at woldco?
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    Remote trading at Worldco??

    but robert, echo has remote right? isn't that a big part of echo?
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    LLC Taxes

    ok, thanks for the private mail about the k-1 I guess i was wondering more about: how is that money taxed and any other bits of info to prepare myself for next year Thanks
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    Trading with Tony Oz Scanner - November 2001

    do we have to reveal our passwords for that...I remember seeing somewhere a space for password... can we trial run it?
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    LLC Taxes

    Can anyone comment on how professional firms that operate as an LLC(ie. Echotrade) treat taxes. This is not just for Echotraders but anyone else who is working at worldco , echo, heartland, etg... can you put some light on how a trader pays taxes. Thanks Don't fade yourself. :cool:
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    Time to turn in my claws?

    If you are using chart patterns to short from...try imagining charts upside down to see possible long plays....but I agree that shorting is more "comfortable" now...but thats because its making me money. Trade what you see, not what you think.:cool:
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    Bloomberg versus CNBC

    I like Bloomberg ...however my cable provider doesn't offer it...sometimes I'll watch it on the net ... I agree about CNBC...they hype everything...sometimes I just put on the mute
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    Onsite Trading

    limitdown are you in onsite's LLC?(as a pro) if so that sucks if your $ is locked up. If not maybe its time to jump ship. I'm with TerraNova never had much problem with them...but now I'm limited to swing due to new margin rule...might be going over to Echo(got the series7) it seems like it...
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