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Thanks! I use Tradestation and StockFinder for scanning. Both have their pros and cons, but Stockfinder doesn't appear to be a priority for the parent company so you're probably just as well off picking Tradestation if you want to avoid learning multiple systems. I'm primarily a short...

10-22-13 I think it's fair to say that I ripped it up today. Last night I decided to reassign the tickers to the scanning computers. I currently have in operation three Tradestation radar screens populated with most of the top 2600 stocks by volume. I also have a "mop up" scanner powered by...

Hi NoDoji, I can't tell you how great it is to know you're still successful. I really became burned out on how many people came and went from the chatroom. I don't regret it though, I made some great friends too. I'm trying to balance writing, trading, and entering a journal. So far it's a...

10-21-13 Monday started out fast with several tickers flashing in front of me. I actually just missed one, that was a bummer, but it's a fine line between spending the whole day getting ready for trades and accomplishing nothing else or allowing one or two trades slip by now and then. I'm...

10-18-13 Friday caps off a great week of trading. Only three tickers today, but I made a lot of bank with (PRKR) which is a sub $7 stock using size. I hardly had time to fire off my short with (ALGN) as it didn't give me long before it fell. (GALT) is kinda thin to say the least and I...

10-17-13 The hits continue coming with another great day of trades. I didn't have shares to borrow for (SLCA), but I was able to buy puts and that finished the job for the most part. My profit would have been much greater using stock instead of options, but my risk was much lower because I...

10-16-13 Wednesday was a big day of trading. I was six for six and some had decent size. It was almost too busy as I was already in two active trades while juggling entries of trades that came up just short. I can defiantly see my trading mojo coming back. At one point I had two trades on...

10-15-13 Tuesday was a better day. I had two nice trades. I received full profit target with (ACAD) and while I didn't receive the full target, I had some size on (TUMI) which gave me a decent gain in real dollars. As it turns out, I covered the (TTM) puts too early, but made a respectable...

Slow day of trading on Monday and more or less broke even after commissions

10-10-13 Today wasn't quite as strong as yesterday, but I still had three solid winners with (TXTR) producing a respectable gain. I'm currently flat in my trading account, but I may begin a long with (JCP) in IRA accounts. (PBF) + .51 (TXTR) + .40 (VNET) + .26

10-9-13 (ARIA) + .49 (wow, it's not often I make more than 10%) (CALD) +.25 (DRI) + .55 (HPQ) + .41 (I even managed to sell 89 shares at 22.75) (JOSB) + 1.18

Nope, and I agree there is a real risk that your money could be lost. Not unlike joining a prop firm. They do have some issues that need to be worked out, but they could become competitive as the US becomes increasingly uncompetitive.

Congratulations!!! Best wishes to you, mom, baby, and entire family.

I don't normally agree with NoDoji, but in this case I might make an exception....LOL (totally joking as I have nothing but love for NoDoji) There should only really be "one conviction" and that is either you have a known edge or you don't. An edge can come from more than backtesting (my...

Stayed with Suretrader and still trading with them. I am not a big fan of DAS and miss the "booktrader" of IB, but I do enjoy the leverage, the short availability, and the lower costs. So far so good. On another note, I have slowed down in writing about stocks and have increased the amount of...

I ended up getting things worked out with suretrader. I started trading with them and it's going smoothly. No complaints. They only offer a simple DAS web based trading interface for free, but with the rates they charge and the better overall offer, even after paying for the software platform...

I am still looking at Trevorbain.com, but in the mean time I have worked out the issues with Suretrader and started trading with them this week. So far everything is as it should be. Will report more as I find out more

Some of the offshore brokers have been in business for years. Just because a company is not located within United States, doesn't make it "shady". Others like Suretrader are backed by someone who also operates a US based broker and is regulated by the Bahamas. Are the risks higher? maybe...

I asked for a refund of capital from suretrader 12 days ago. I still haven't received it yet. I emailed the owner again today to follow up when I logged into my account and saw the full balance is "sitting there" waiting to trade. Hopefully the second time is a charm. I am currently...

The motivation for me to open an account was to accurately describe a true experience, and it wasn't going to be my primary account. With that said, I think before I start promoting a brokerage, especially an offshore brokerage, on my blog, I want to make darn sure I won't experience my...