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In the continued spirit of making up, let's give it to secco, waddaya say?

(1) First try cutting and pasting the ticker data into Excel. If this is not possible and there is no other way of producing a suitable format from the source, try using a text capture with SnagIt - maybe this will be more amenable to importing. (2) Sort the table from (1) alphabetically by...

Started late and finished early - amazing how much File, Exit, Yes can save you. Thanks, CaroKann. (Now where did that bitch Eva hide my running shoes?) +15.0 pts / 15 RT

I trade with them and am very satisfied to date. Software and technical support is thru GHCO, their clearing firm, who are also very professional. Executions are fast, my connection (DSL) very stable, and as a relatively new client I have yet to experience being in a position when Globex is...

Good point, CaroKann. More specifically, I have to pull my finger out and urgently revise my trading plan for shares to make it e-mini compatible. There are big differences between the styles and instruments and I thought I would pi$$f@rt around in the minis without a specially tailored trading...

Thanks for the comments, guys - they're appreciated. Today I made a concerted effort to lower my trading frequency and at about 10am was up 18 points and thought that in light of yesterday's fiasco, it would be a good time psychologically to stop for the day. What do you think happened next...

Got into a highly unsynchronized scalping frenzy trading 4 contracts and was duly punished :( -62.75 pts / 483 RT

What and they just let them go? This is outrageous! (Quietly celebrating the existence of traders who believe everything they read, like Bryan Roberts.)

Start the table with [ code ] and end it with [ /code ], without the spaces of course. Play around with it in Preview Reply before actually submitting. More info here also : http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/misc.php?s=&action=bbcode

I decided to play bunker after a good start and mentally closed shop at 9:38am, finally saying goodbye to X_Trader at 11:00am. Apart from X_Trader which is purely execution s/w without any graphics, I have nothing else open on my screens - in fact I rely on the bottom right corner of CNBC for...

Got a few chores to do, so I just traded the first hour. Decided on discretionary, 2 to 4 contract, tight stop, scalp mode today. While there will be no self-flagellation (coulda, woulda, shouldas) on this thread, I always appreciate feedback regarding my trading style. Those not wishing to...

Too late - I'm going out with #6 tonight. (Or was that #5? :confused: ) This is, after all, the Year of the Grandfather.

As promised ...

I have the highest regard for stock777's sense of humor, so it was rather strange that I took him literally this morning. After my first trade went against me, instead of closing out I bought another contract. Instead of closing out the error, I mistakenly bought yet another contract. So I'm...

I opened an account with Advanced Futures to trade the e-minis using the X_Trader platform. The s/w was installed on Friday and I spent yesterday familiarizing myself both with it and the gyrations of the ES and NQ contracts. This morning I decided to get my feet wet with 1 ES contract using a...

Seeing as no one has answered, let me drag myself away from 21 year-old Amanda, whom I just met earlier (www.gamblersanonymous.org/), and give you an example in a sentence : Amanda doesn't know it yet (or so it seems), but she is in for a good grandfathering tonight.

Breakout : "Because I have to average a 3 to 1 ratio to survive." Breakout : "When I say 3:1, I mean you make 3 dollars when you're right and lose a dollar when you're wrong." With the stop strategy outlined above, you do not average 3:1.

CNBC is to be commended for its interview with market astrologist Arch Crawford (www.astromoney.com) on Thursday evening's Technically Speaking segment of Business Center, who presented solid and irrefutable proof that intergalactic movements do in fact influence the markets. I mention this...

Yesterday you cut losses quickly (-1.5, -1.0, -1.0), yet on Wednesday and today you let them run a bit (-6.0, -5.0, -5.0). Set a stop loss - maybe 1.5 points is a little tight, but 5 or 6 points is too generous for your style of trading. Be as discretionary as you wish, but have a...

Great day, Huios!