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I was looking at Pinnacle Equity Management in Vancouver. It doesnt seem to be the standard 'use your own money, pay us commisions' deal. Am I wrong?

Just a quick note that I'm in Canada by the way. With Questrade. Hmm. I do have a margin account. So maybe it is already setup to let me sell, and buy using that money right away. Perhaps the settlement wait-time is just for my balance, but not my trading balance.

The more I look at think or swim, the more I like it. I've registered now and will open up an account in a couple weeks. In the meantime I *think* that I can start paper-trading there so off we go. Thanks everyone.

I say 'qualifications' there because there is a prop-firm in town (Vancouver Canada) that does not require a deposit, no commisions etc. You trade the firms capital only. I think you get paid proportionate to the gains you earn. That's the kind of place I want to apply to in a few years. So...

How can I prepare for prop firm trading? I am looking at a 2 or 3 year timeline before applying to a firm. 1) What eBooks, paper books, videos, blogs are worth looking at to learn about prop firm trading (day trading I suppose?) 2) What software is available to look at charts and...

Yeah, I hear what you're saying but the total value of my portfolio is only $10k and I keep about 20% in cash, and 30-60% in equities/options at any given time. So that leaves only a couple thousand - not enough yet for me to feel good daytrading/chart trading. I guess I'd like to chart the...

I see. I think I will eventually go to IB since I spend a bit of time on automated trading. IB has a $10,000 requirement though, so I need to get enough in my main account to syphon over. Is there any way to paper-day-trade without setting up a brokers account somewhere? I hear that...

1) It takes me 3 days for my funds to settle after selling stock. I experienced this at 2 brokerages. Do day traders have special accounts that allow their funds to settle instantly? What is the name of these accounts, how do we get them, what are the extra costs / minimums? 2) Is there any...

Ah, n/m it seems to be updating now

When does the market open for option trading? I bought options of a stock yesterday, since then the stock has dropped 25%, but the options are still at the same price according to my online broker. The broker is quoting a new price for the underlying equity but the option is unchanged...

I'm talking about 50-100 symbols, and not pulling years of historic data but just logging/capturing the real-time stream. I've just signed upto IQFeed but not sure on the best next step. Appreciate any help.

What software / feed will allow me to save tick data to my HD? I've been playing with OpenTick over the weekend and their Java API let's me pull tick data from their servers and insert into mySQL database. Works great, but their data has major problems. I am looking at other...