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i know prophet charts does a great job although you'll need to open an account w/ tda (formerly tos). also check out stockcharts.com. in general you can open an account w/ the minimum amount of $ then withdraw the money and still use the software.

here's another site i have in my rss feed http://condoroptions.com/ like i said before, use options as a tool to express your strategy which is best for you - options aren't a strategy in and of themselves. for ex, i swing trade based on mean reversion and use a tight price stop and...

i strongly suggest against paying for any newsletters if you're looking for knowledge - you can get that for free and w/ zero conflicts of interest on the internet. ask yourself what knowledge you want to acquire first then ask what type of trader you want to be (time frame) and want types...

shorting a runaway momentum stock b/c of a fundamental thesis (e.g. fraud) w/o a stop is a recipe for disaster. it's much better and easier to just wait for a change in trend before shorting (e.g. price below 20 or 50 DMA) - yes you'll miss out on the first 10-20% drop but no one ever calls the...

b/c most of the time a larger tv has a much lower resolution as a smaller computer monitor so you're seeing the same amount of stuff.

don't really see where you are getting a thin mkt from in CL - it is one of the most liquid commodities. i mean if you try to move 500 cars at 2 am est i could see there being a prob. re the slippage on breakouts i'll give you that b/c by def on a breakout the mkt is moving fast and that's...

http://www.forexfactory.com/ in the upper right hand corner click on "filter" and choose the country/currency you want to see econ data for as well as the time (in your time zone!). you can also see a data calendar for tomorrow and the upcoming week. and best of all it's free.

AFAIK, trading through an entity doesn't change the fact that you still have to pay SE tax if you own/lease a seat. i could be wrong.

re bailing in the panic, there's a difference between having a stop loss (like 5 or 10%) and bottom ticking the mkt in march 09. saying they'd be in the green by now is irrelevant b/c there was a huge drawdown - esp if the manager "earned" management fees during that whole process. if you ran a...

the issue of liquidity, spreads, etc can be eliminated by only trading the highest volume options. there are hundreds of stocks w/ options that have a b/a spread less than 5%.

b/c you can buy best of breed parts from the lowest cost provider like newegg. for ex, the power supply is often overlooked compared to ram or processor speed but it's just as important obviously. you can prevent it going out like it has happened on some off the shelf lower end computers by...

to the op, i would def explore your options given your situation. i was in the exact same position as you years ago (assistant to reg rep). i would NOT count on being able to take over his business b/c he could get hit by a bus tomorrow and all the clients leave or more likely when he is...

having a time stop when swing trading (1-10 trading days w/ 5 being the average) is a must along w/ the usual price stop (i'm only talking about going long premium).

i would at a minimum sell half esp w/ the huge move up yesterday in the vix and w/ the spx near its 50 dma. i think we see a move down to touch it in the next few days then a quick rebound which will crush the vix.

AFAIK TF is traded/cleared on ICE not CME.

you did the right thing in covering - like you said it could have kept going. i'm sure some of us remember that porsche/vw incident a few years ago that almost blew up a few hedge funds...

as a previous poster commented you must put down every transaction not just the total. do not get confused w/ 1256 contracts. here is a solution that will save so much time/stress/energy that i've used. here are the steps. it requires tradelog and turbotax premier edition. download...

all else being equal the higher a volume a stock has the higher volume its options will have. generally if you stick to options w/ stocks trading over 1 million shares a day you're fine. also there are a lot of stocks w/ penny spreads so that def helps. a way to screen for high volume...

one way to prevent this sort of thing is to hedge your position (use less than 10% of position value) to buy otm calls so you would prob end up breaking even vs taking a huge loss.

run cc cleaner on a regular basis at least once a week. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner uninstall all antivirus software and replace w/ mse. if you ever want to uninstall a program i suggest using revo uninstaller (you can use the portable program which doesn't install on your comp in...