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    What is TRADING the markets to you?

    well, first, it's my job. but i really enjoy it. it allows me to work from home, see my family, have time to do other things, be my own boss, and make some money. most people who i've talked with think it's great i can work from home. they also have understanding of some of the risks...
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    John Carter :Mastering the Trade, Second Edition:

    really? you're going to jump straight to that conclusion? guy posts about seminars with a couple other people and if they're worth it, tries doing research on those seminars, posts once in politics, posts once in psychology on losing trades...then posts 3 years later on another seminar that...
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    IB - changing default for smart to go to ISLD?

    ok, thanks for letting me know. i'm not switching, so i'll just do what i've been doing (with direct routing). i just remembered at one point, there was an option - i think for BATS - to exclude it for SMART, or maybe put it down on the list, or something similar. thanks.
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    IB - changing default for smart to go to ISLD?

    thanks IB, but i don't have that option? i have: SMART Option Routing Algorithms Default Display (check) (greyed, checked) SMART Multipurpose (SMART) (uncheck) (uncheck) SMART Highest Rebate (SMART Rebate) it has above that information about Destination, but i don't...
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    IB - changing default for smart to go to ISLD?

    i'm on IB, fees are bundled together. sometimes i'll place a hidden order. if i use SMART, a chunk of time it goes to BATS and has a low probability of getting filled. if i direct route to ISLD, it has a better chance of getting filled. so, i'd like to have my initial default routing for...
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    tape c securities halted by nasdaq.

    prc - thanks for that info, just got back (got out of my positions when things resumed), now i don't have to try and track down what happened. taking tomorrow off, let things resume to normal.
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    tape c securities halted by nasdaq.

    cnbc sez reopening 2:45, indications 2:30
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    tape c securities halted by nasdaq.

    To NASDAQOM,NSX,PHLX traders: Thu Aug 22 12:26:39 2013 EST NASDAQOM,NSX,PHLX have currently halted trading due to market data issues at the exchange. explains TASR having screwy L2 across several brokers.
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    tape c securities halted by nasdaq.

    just got that popup on my IB.
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    George Soros Is Pulling All Of His Money From Bill Ackman's Hedge Fund

    so if people think ackman's going to get redemptions...and HLF gets squeezed long, JCP gets sold off... how long til his "positive" positions start getting beaten up in the opposite direction?
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    When People Ask "What do you do for a living" What say you?

    i posted about this last week; i am not a black box trader, strictly manual/discretionary. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3852424#post3852424 (repost) i tell people i trade, i've gotten the "are you ok?" when the market's down big, etc. it's fine, i know they mean...
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    So say you do find a Holy Grail Method...

    i tell people i trade, i've gotten the "are you ok?" when the market's down big, etc. it's fine, i know they mean well, and i tell them that i just need the market to *move* and be right on the direction, sitting market = not good for me. i've got a patter down, where it will be "i trade...
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    I am no longer Swinging for the Fences

    congrats smart money. i do it as my full time job, so i can't directly compare, but when i started breaking through and didn't swing for the fences, a few funny things happened. 1) my bigger and more irresponsible losses were significantly reduced. 2) i had a more steady pnl 3) i would...
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    USU the crazy stock, $2.8 to $22.5!

    it's a reverse split stock. when a RS stock *doesn't* keep falling, a nice short squeeze can happen. i was able to get some shares short, covered down a couple points a couple days later. it's insanely hard to get a locate on it (i thought 1mm shares outstanding?). but yeah, there's...
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    Duel ISP

    peplink 30 is awesome. got it from 3gstore. here's my post on it: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3503183#post3503183
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    Moving To A New Broker, What's a Cancel Fee?

    slightly off for your specific question... but on options, some (all?) exchanges charge cancellation fees to non-market makers.
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    John Carter :Mastering the Trade, Second Edition:

    i liked mastering the trade. however...was at the ny trader's expo a few years back, and went to his seminar. he took the normal questions, and then i asked something about how much overnight risk he took on positions and what was his strategy when a position went against him overnight...
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    davian trader - ponzi scheme? social media.

    had an account on here called daviantrader. shilled, was banned. if you go through the older tweets looking for hedgieguy, they're fun reading. http://sirf-online.org/2013/07/15/the-erstwhile-hedge-fund-king-of-akron-ohios-very-hard-summer/
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    Mean Reversion / Parabolic Strategy

    nodoj - was going to send you this as an email, but you can't receive msgs... a while ago, you and i discussed some al brooks stuff. finally saw his videos, wasn't knocked out by them....but really like bob volman's book. it's better written than brooks' book, and the nuggets aren't buried...
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    Meet Dylan The Day-Trader

    lots of stuff from the article: <b><blockquote> on a slow day like this, they may unintentionally find themselves all trying to buy up the same 3,000 shares of a $3 stock.</blockquote></b> and that's why i don't teach my *specific* strategies and pitfalls - even if 90% of people using it...
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