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    Futures Firms with free Charts

    atcbrokers.com they introduce for openecry. Basically the same thing. I believe their initial minimum deposit is 2500 , OEC's is higher. 577 654 8400 is their phone number. Ask for Robert.
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    New and ready to Trade!

    when did ET become financialadvisor.com? Go ask for CD or MM rates at local bank or go find a financial advisor in your area....unless that's too "tedious" for you ofcourse.
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    My first day live

    I'm not going to go too in depth right now since I'll just send myself into a deeper depression talking about it. I basically did everything I told myself not to do. I got emotional about the money, got off to a bad start early and tried to get revenge and make it back which just killed me even...
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    My first day live

    Incase anyone was wondering I completely got my ass handed to me today. I don't even know how to describe what hapenned to me in the last 7 hours. I'm embarassed and a little sick to my stomach. I have a lot more respect for you guys that have been doing this for a while without going broke. I'm...
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    My first day live

    Thanks mschey. One of my goals is to keep it simple and safe by trading 1 contract at a time. I'm more concerned with trying to stay on the right side of trades while dealing with the emotions of having real money at risk rather than trying to quickly make money. I think I have all of the...
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    My first day live

    Hey guys, Tomorrow (11/1/07) will be my first day going live trading futures (YM). I've been studying the markets for a couple of years now and decided about a year ago that I want to make a living by trading. I've spent months preparing by paper trading, reading ET posts, reading books and...
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    Timothy Sykes 4 Cover Stories In One Day

    Don't you get enough praise and recognition for you accomplishments from your mom or other people in your life? You seem to be in desperate need of attention and acceptance on ET where 90% of people here just want to bash you for one reason or another. What's the deal with that?
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    +285
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    Funniest Trading Clip of All-Time

    Was that really Johnny Walker or apple juice in a jw bottle?
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    Any airline pilots trading on the side

    I'm actually a student pilot. I've thought about asking if there were any full time pilots that traded in their time off on here but didn't think I would get a response. That would be a pretty good gig in my opinion.
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    Are traders frugal with their money?

    Ok, theres a good example of the difference between cheap and thrifty. I consider myself thrifty, I kind of have to be while I'm in school...my goal is to graduate college with no debt whatsoever. Thrifty to me means bargain shopping, never paying full retail for clothes or shoes, not buying a...
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    Are traders frugal with their money?

    I just got done reading the book "The Millionaire Next Door" which many of you may have read as well. It's basically all about accumulation of wealth and how millionaires are typically frugal and don't live high consumption lifestyles. It says that many doctors and lawyers tend to be...
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    Chicago ET Home

    I'm looking into moving to Chicago within the next year or so after I graduate college. Since you guys are being so helpful with hotel accomodations and attractions for visitors, how about reccomending some resources for finding an aparment up there? There seem to be a lot of luxury highrises...
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    Hedge Fund Book

    Did you join ET for the sole purpose of promoting your new book? If so that's cool I'm just curious. I think you have a pretty tough crowd to pitch to around here with everyone throwing punches at you. Best of luck regardless.
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    Futures prop firms ?

    I've been researching a company called Geneva Trading out of Chicago. They look like something I might be interested in the future. Check them out: www.geneva-trading.com/ Theres also a firm called jump trading or something like that which I heard is also reputable as far as futures firms go.
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    Preparing for a Life After Daytrading

    I'm getting ready to finish this book and it's one of the most interesting reads I've come across. I'd recommend it as well.
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    Preparing for a Life After Daytrading

    Are you still interested in finance/investments. Why not try to be a financial advisor, broker, analyst......lending...etc etc.
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    simple question about a money market mutual fund

    go to bankrate.com and search MMA's and high interest savings accounts....last i checked you can find close to 6%.
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    If you could live anywhere

    Zurich, Switzerland Awesome city, beautiful setting, and convinient location to the rest of western europe.
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    Is it realistic to average $17.50 a day trading YM with 3.5k ??

    Do you honestly think you need 300k to make money trading futures?
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