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ahh so you do have stops if you use IB; basically a market order at the price if it hits and IB sends it out ...

oh I didnt know there was no stops on the YM (I dont use them so I never knew); I'll have to check out those programs you guys are talking about. Are they programs hooked up to a broker then? and they offer a charting package also?

This is a little off topic; but I follow computer hardware etc and read this http://www.driverheaven.net/#news85118 info on the r520 ati vid card. My question is; can someone slander a company to make their stock fall or is that illegal? I thought it was illegal; I like ATI so I...

question about stops ... When I did trade during the day and I used a mental stop; I would often get screwed becasue: 1. the 1-2 seconds from knowing you are going to push the button to the trade going through. 2. your order is the last market order to go through so if there are a bunch...

I use qcharts; I like it alot for its charting features; the data sometimes gets on my nerves but I'm used to it. great charts JM

porgie what time frame do you use for your system? what T.A. tools do you like? ie you dont have to reveal your system I'm just interested in what you feel are good T.A. tools

Ya I can understand wanting to get a lcd; I'm using a dell 2405 atm. I really like this one; I'd probably suggest getting one of those more then getting 2 of 17 or 19" monitors. btw are those 2 min charts that you have JM? I really liked reading stock books; mostly T.A. books; although I...

JM, I'm very much interested in seeing some more charts. I'd like to work on a shorter time frame and you got some nice trades there on those charts. btw I have a hitachi 21" 812 monitor for sale; its a crt monitor so might not be what you are looking for but I have had it for 6 years and...

Well even thou you cant trade for the full day; least you are getting your feet wet. I think most people cant trade the full day (ie job) unless they are so good trading is their job. I dont know if its advised (you can ask your mentor); but you could hold overnite and set a stop. But...

I cant day-trade right now else I would be putting trades down here (to help learn). I did make 2 option trades; ie I just wanted some money in the market and since I cant trade the YM; why not some options :) I need to refine my trading strategy; ie in the past month I saw some nice...

JMowery1987 , Thats cool JM you want to get into trading at your age; I didnt even know what stock or futures trading was when I was 18. Really good thing about posting trades R/T (and if you put why you made the trade also). Is even if you are wrong which well most people are wrong most...

Volente, I'm somewhat knew to futures trading and YM trading. I think the 20 point stop is a good idea. Through my practice in the past few months using real money; the YM sure likes to take people for a ride and wipsaw them. I really dont understand but thats just the way it is. My...

JMowery1987, You can only trade the last hour? Not sure what you will be able to do with the last hour; who knows maybe you can do well. Here are some other options for you; you can run them by your mentor see what he thinks. You could buy options on the YM for longer term holds...

volente, if you dont trade off 15 min charts which do you use? 5 min? 1 min?

Ill check into those ZB bonds today was the first day I traded the mini crude; with 12.5$ a tick that sure adds up quick with that ZB contract looks like it will be even more of a wild ride I was trying to look into trading cocoa today; to even get quotes on IB looks like I have to...

Right now I'm trading the mini-dow. 1. I'm looking for something that has a low margin rate meaning Something that has say a 2500$ or less during normal trading hours per contract. 2. I would prefer to view RT quotes on qcharts with the future. But I really dont want to pay alot for RT...

kubilai, I think I have my question phrased wrong; I should of written my question; "What's your opinion on holding overnite if you are a short term trader" MacroEvent made some good points in that if hes holding a good position and its showing strength to the close that he'll hold...

Short term meaning that you often buy and sell during the day weather its many times or just a once. In your experience is it wise to hold overnite? Lets say you were trading off 15 or 30 min charts and the index still looked strong into the close. Or is it better to close the trade out...

thanks for the tips there I'll probably try out those places; not going to open a place bymyself atm (too many things on my plate here).

I'm not looking for buy and sell calls; I just want a room where I can hang out and talk to peeps about plays on the mini dow. If there isnt one maybe we should make one