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For those of you who are being charged professional fees by IB. Did you ever think of explaining to IB, that if you were a professional, you would have to be registered as one with the exchanges. For example, hold a series 7 license.

I find trading news inconsistent. It's hard to interpret how the market will react to news. When stocks react bullishly to good news, it's usually at market tops. When they react bearishly to bad news, it's usually at market bottoms. Otherwise, it's "Buy the rumor and sell the news". If...

Toby, If your going to use Quotetracker, why don't you use one of the free data services. Try http://www.sonictrading.com/ or http://www.scottrade.com It doesn't matter what data service you use, intraday charts are built into the program. Bob

Don, Would you clarify your new pricing schedule. What are remote traders paying $200 a month for? What is the minimum to open an account? What happens if your account falls below 15K? Bob

I also visited the Elite Trader chat room in the spring of 98, but I wasn't very active. That was back when Baron and co. were mainly daytrading Dell. Whatever happened to the guy who was very active in the chat room and was a cabbie by night and a daytrader by day. Does anyone know if he's...

I had the same problem when trying to connect to othernet. You need to increase the connection time. Go To: - File - Connect - Options Change 'If not connected within:' to 180 seconds. Bob

Mike, Is this what your looking for? http://charts3.barchart.com/procal.htx?sym=jnpr BTW, where do you get your S/R numbers for the e-mini's from? Bob

Robert, I'll take you up on your offer. Maybe next Friday I'll stop by. Does Echo offer futures trading? Bob

What is the margin for the S&P and Nasdaq emini's with IB? I'm looking at their demo and it's not using the current margins set by the exchange. Bob

When it comes to ISP service, it sucks!!! I had internet service since 92, back when Mosaic was the only browser. I tried every major ISP service since then. Nothing comes close to @home service. The T-1 service at work isn't even as reliable or as fast. What bugs me is they only charge...

When it comes to quote providers, trading software, etc., you need to manually switch over anyway if your ISP goes down. I'm still trying to figure out what good a Nexland router would be for anything other than web surfing. For example, Lets say I have cable access with @home (which I do...

Fo those of you that trade futures, do you pay self employment tax on commodities/futures trades? I'm getting conflicting information. One accountant said commodities trades are earned income and equities trades are investment income, so you must pay SE tax on the commodities trades...

I'm glad I didn't sign up with them. Their old commission structure was a minimum of 175 contracts a month for $5.32 r/t flat. Now you have to do 2500 contracts for $6 r/t.

Where is everyone meeting at on Friday night? I'll be in Vegas this weekend, staying at Bally's. Bob

I just called them to confirm, the $5.95 R/T does not include clearing fees and that it would be an additional $2.32 for the emini's. Take a look at http://www.elocaltrading.com - $3 + 2.32 fees r/t - $7.5K minimum balance - J-Trader platform - Must have minimum of $500 in commissions...

I'm not sure why this guy was still holding 500 shares out of the 1000 he shorted. Jay made more than one call on the stock. If you weren't greedy, you could have picked up some nice $$$$ quickly. Jay did make some other good calls during the week. The only reason I signed up for the trial...

I had a trial to the pit about a year ago. He made some good calls but was unclear on when to exit. He also told his "students" to manage their trades. One thing I didn't like was how he responds to pressure. He calls a short play on EMLX after the infamous fake news story. He called...

I went to the trading expo in Ontario, Ca. two years ago so I could take advantage of a discount they were advertising. So I'm at the expo and ask for a demo of a few stocks I mainly trade. They all show a negative balance for the past month trades. The salesperson quickly changes to a system...

Great topic. How about Echotrade sharing some of their trading strategies. Go Diamondbacks!!!!!! Bob

Health insurance seems easy to get for full time traders but what about long term disability insurance. I haven't called in sick from work in over 10 years but I been around long enough to know it's something you need. Does anyone who trades full time have long term disability insurance...