Just open up the IB book trader DOM, while you are connected to Kinetic for charts and more reliable bid/ask data. No need to sign up for Kinetic MD. Or just open an IB market depth window.
Paul Rotter, arguably the greatest daytrader of all time (certainly the biggest in terms of volume), uses P&F. Not saying it's the best or for everyone but it is definitely used by quite a few professional old timers.
Their feed is not as bad as many say, I have often used it, including with cumulative Delta. But DTN IQ or Kinetick (same house) as a feed and trades placed through IB is a standard set up as well. You need to ask NT, should not be an issue.
Program trading, it happens across the board, not just DOW stocks. But more to the point, there were bearish divergence all day long, it was not wise to stay bullish late in the day on a Friday under those circumstances.
The real question is why did you not identify the day as chop (a most likely scenario, one we have all been through in formative years)? So yes, quit if you are losing, but more importantly identify why you were losing.
However, in Los Angeles county, seasonal lifeguards make 16 an hour and full time lifeguards make 27 an hour. Hardly the 200k discussed above from those in Orange county.
http://www.salary.com/Articles/ArticleDetail.asp?part=par340
Furthermore, Orange county is the only major county in California to have declared bankruptcy, again under Republican leadership.
Moral of the story: not everything is always what it appears to be.
I find all these generalities on California quite entertaining, but maybe folks that are not from this state should be reminded that Newport Beach is Reagan country and that the entire county (Orange) is 100% republican run. So enough of this leftist stuff, Newport Beach would be insulted.
Basically, republicans need to face up to the fact that the tax cuts in time of war created our deficit projections for the next 10 years. That they will never do and as such are not for the most part realistic candidates. Mitch Daniels is the only one who actually talks about this and the need...