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By that logic, women should never have been given the right to vote nor slavery abolished. Among other things... And note that neither the consitutution nor bill of rights prevents gay marriage. That's why Bush back in '04 wanted to amend the constitution and/or bill of rights to define...

Just don't screw around with the 60/40 rule for section 1256 contracts. They tried that two years or so ago. Nevertheless, I'm conflicted. I would like to see universal health care. But let me see the plan first. And if it's really all good, why not cut military spending, special interest...

Good question. If your society defines itself in secular terms, then all issues must be addressed in secular fashion. In the US, society is defined by secular terms, given the seperation of church and state. What secular reason is there to deny homosexuals the same rights as heterosexuals...

College classes aside... as they are breeding grounds for the attempt to shape social thought - consider the random walk theory. I'd rather stick to peer reviewed work which hasn't conclusively shown that homosexuality is genetic. Only that it MAY be a predisposition. The problem of...

Is being homosexual genetic? Using anecdotal evidence such as "they knew they were gay since they were 6" doesn't amount to proof. Any study out there that definitively proves that homosexuality is genetic? I've read about the ones that point to partial genetic contribution or...

Why pay north of $25 per round turn? Broker assisted is even more. Their platform is mediorce at best. But their customer service is good though. Always was. The mechanics of futures trading are not all that difficult to learn. I take it you're looking to become a position trader. You...

Not hate, but scorn. In my experience, usually it's the academics and strict position traders that scorn sucessful daytraders. Successful daytraders violate the paradigm that these two groups hold as dear which justfies their careeer choice and worldview.

Liquidity is your friend.

Huge intraday gaps in the ES? You must be using bad data. Huge intraday gaps are relegated to illiquid to relatively illiquid contracts. This is one of the reasons why almost invariably all sucessful daytraders trade highly liquid instruments. $500 day trade margin means that the ES...

Put academics in tier 2.

The experienced traders know who is and who isn't a trader - who's experienced and who's a novice - who has book knowledge and who has real world knowledge - who tows a party line and who's on the front line.

To make benefit for your glorious account?

Exactly. Keeps you in the game long enough to actually learn something.

1 word: Moneymanagement. (AKA, stops.)

BTW, there's nothing fundamental about price. It's purely technical. Technical analysis, effective technical analysis, is much more than just indicators.

Crab Meadow Beach, North Shore, Long Island using DBC's QuoteTrek FM Reciever and a payphone. This is early 90's trading options.

Thanks for updating. It appears that once the $vix pops into the 30's, both IB and OEC will suspend favorable intraday margins. IB was quicker about it this time than when they did it last in Sept '07. That one lasted for 6 weeks. Might also have something to do with the credit crunch...

It's not less effective intraday. It's equally effective. The only catch is that you must create intraday only rules and setups. You should have a system for your specific time frame. A 1 min system will not translate with the same effectiveness to the 5 min timeframe. And vice versa. Nor an...

MBtrading. But US instruments only. Stocks, Futures, Forex, Options, Bonds. www.mbtrading.com Couldn't tell you anything else about them given that I don't use them. I prefer IB. For all their short comings, they've only gotten better over the years.

Yes, IB's TWS load time is relatively slow as compared to a few other borker platforms. But IB's quote update and order execution is above par. Especially in fast markets. Pop up windows, menus, and pages "blink" up on any system running a minimum of Pentium IV mobile 2 ghz, 1GB RAM, Java 6...