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The value of your asset is how much others are willing to bid. If there is no bid(illiquid), your asset value is 0. Yes i am sure in the subprime cdo case, the bid & liquidity will return down the road with the government and firms all pulling to resolve the problem as it's in everyone's...

Why would you want to join a prop firm after just getting an mba? Do you even know what a prop firm is? It's 2 completely different mindset, people who get their mba plans to join a large investment bank and work the 9-5 (well more like 8-8) stable jobs. People who joins prop firm mostly...

can someone tell me the commission they are paying through mirus trading? I submitted commission quote request 3 times but havent heard anything back, almost 3 days now. Currently using their zenfire feed with NT for paper trading and am happy with it. Markets: CBOT - YM Average Daily...

$60 a month is nothing, if you cant pay that how can you afford to trade YM? it's $5 move for 1 point for 1 contract. You could lose $50 in a few sec trading just 1 contract. Besides the datafeed give you access to not just YM, but all other futures too like ES, NQ EDIT: also if you goto...

sorry i dont get it, this is the hours listed: M-TH 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm - 3:15 pm next day SUN 5:00 pm - 3:15 pm next day so right now it's around TH 2AM, that's within the 5PM - 3:15PM next day range, so the market should be open? not closed

ok so it is a timing issue? that because it's 2AM? all the daytraders are asleep? :)

Hi i just started researching into futures daytrade, YM specifically. I like it better than stocks for the obvious reasons: 1 symbol to manage, easy routing, no level2 monitoring needed, not limited 9:30-4 (i work full time) etc... Looking for help on a couple questions thanks! My setup...

what does cooltrade has that ninjatrader does not? One advantage i see right off the bat for ninjatrader's auto trading component is the ability to "unlock" the gui and modify the c# code directly.

Hi dustin, just want to clarify. Your definition of a strong stock in your quote is based on CURRENT day only right? Not if it's moving up in the past 6 months etc..? But then my question is also how do you define a strong stock? Becuase when the market opens, noone knows if a stock will be...

i can just picture him in full body armor with a m16 in the middle of baghdad, carrying a laptop daytrading via satellite uplink. that did be more hardcore than the cab daytrader lol

This country had 1 chance to start turning things around - he's name is Ron Paul. But of course, we fked that up nicely. How could we not? we are the nation that reelected bush as president, not once...but twice.

dang if zen-fire is futures only, what's a good(and relatively cheap) data feed provider for normal stocks? need level2 and market depth too. Here's the list ninjatrader support: DTNiQ eSignal FuturesBetting GAIN Capital Interactive Brokers MB Trading OpenTick Patsystems Track...

Hey guys, got a couple more questions. I been making ok progress on my daytrading learning, but still tough with a fulltime 9-7 job. I plan to daytrade equities only, just the regular stocks on nyse/nasdaq. 1) TOS doesnt cut it, i have switched to NinjaTrader. For its market data feed...

This is the country that elected bush not once, but twice. What did you expect?

Speaking of ditm plays....anyone know what happened to Lenny Dykstra? He was suppose to continue updating his trades and "not leave his readers out to dry". He popped off the radar about the same time the market started to tank and never posted any updates like he promised. I would be...

hi sorry but where can i sign up for zen-fire market feed? cant find it. Also i am not looking to trade futures, just scalping normal stocks listed on nyse/nasdaq. Is zen-fire still considered to be a good choice for the data feed?

so did you pass the series 7 with the for dummies book? :D

it's too early to invest in space tourism. You will most likely tie up your money for a while.

Looking for some opinions, what do people think yahoo's price action will be like coming monday morning?

lol i love their commericals. I think it's a good buy long term at current price level. Short term, based on technical looks strong but with the current market situation, who can really predict? Lets see if it can hold 5 coming monday.