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I am an American, and I certainly believe that the US has the right to defend itself against legitimate threats to its security. I do not, however, feel that the administration has made a strong enough case to justify the kind of general invasion that is currently being contemplated. But all...

Here are 2 commercial sites that might be what you are looking for. http://www.tsunamictechnologies.com/ http://www.pioneertechnology.com/index.php good luck, saxon

Let's see...starting with $100 K, at 500% per year over 5 years, that's $312,500,000. Must have been SOME kind of house you bought. :D

You should read the IB help page about stop orders to get an official answer, but basically: 1) For US stocks, stops are not triggered by market action outside of regular market hours (i.e., 9:30 am to 4:00pm ET). 2) A sell stop is triggered when the OFFER (not the last trade) hits your...

Looks like Island might not exist as a separate entity for much longer anyway. saxon =========================================== Instinet Closes Island Deal Fri Sep 20, 6:19 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Agency brokerage Instinet Group Inc. , which runs an electronic share trading...

I think I'm about to take the plunge and buy a premium software package to keep track of my trades, so I'd really appreciate some comments from y'all before I shell out the $250. I have been using just Microsoft Money, which is ok for stocks only. But in order to handle options, you have to...

Hmmm...83% bears........ :)

north by northwest

My vote: A new bull. (stock market) Happy sailing, saxon

Just finished reading the book "Jesse Livermore" by Richard Smitten. He portrayed Livermore as an obsessively methodical guy, and a great believer in his trading rules. When he followed them, he was a rock-solid trader. His curse was that his instincts were also quite good. If he traded...

I just about fell off my chair one day when Becky Quick used the following example to explain a market sell-off following the release of an unexpectedly bad economic report: She said, "It's like when I'm feeding my baby girl. When I give her a spoonful of peaches...which she expects...she...

Good points. As a former pit trader myself, that advice to develop "reciprocity" with the brokers is really important. But try to pick your opportunuties carefully at first, assuming you are going to be starting small. If a broker is bidding for 100 lots, don't hit him with 1. But when...

So far...so good. Today, for example, I recovered in my index puts about 50% of what my stock portfolio was down. Not 1-for-1, but it takes some of the sting out of a down market. And by putting only about 1% of my capital at risk. I use 3 different puts; SPX (large cap), MID (mid), and...

I am currently using index puts to hedge my stock portfolio. Would I be better off to short the index futures? Specifically, I am concerned about the "time decay" with options. Do futures lose value as time passes in the same way? Thanks, saxon

Anyone here use the subscription version of Zack's Research Wizard? If you are familiar with it, I'd appreciate some comments on whether or not you think it is worth the $800/yr subscription fee. Thanks, saxon

def, you are talking about trading all products from one ACCOUNT, or just from one screen? Being able to trade stocks, options, and futures from one account would be great. Never understood the need to have a seperate account for futures. It should be just another account upgrade (like...

OK...my last word on the subject... It is not my intention to "bash" IB, but rather to suggest, in the strongest possible terms, a sense of urgency. Perhaps all this goes without saying; but I was quite surprised (and worried) to see the NYSE lost at the most critical moment of the week...

I'm not really thinking of leaving IB, either. There are many things about IB that I like. But if they want me as a long-term customer, these connection outages had better start happening like...next to never. Russian roulette is not my game. saxon

8 minutes after the open and IB losses their connection to the NYSE?? Come on...! :( saxon (Can you say...MASSIVE SYSTEM UPGRADE NEEDED)

Truly I tell you, you are not far from the kingdom. :) saxon