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The first question is, how long have you been running your current hardware setup? If you weren't previously having this problem and now are, I would say it isn't a memory cache problem. In that case, I would crack open the computer and check to make sure that the cooling fan for your CPU is...

Pumpers and bashers are parasites in my opinion who have no confidence in their position, and therefore feel the need to go to the message boards to try to hype or scare people into moving the stock the way they want. During the bull market there were many stories of penny stock pump and...

I'm currently short on LH as well. Big runup the past several days, as well as the fact that it peaked out today at a previous resistance level. I'm looking for a multi point retracement.

When you send in an order, depending upon which exchange it's sent to, it may already be getting filled as you send in a cancel order. It shouldn't happen if you're trading NASDAQ stocks through ECN's, but if you're trading listed stocks or options, or NAZ orders that go to a market maker, you...

I personally go where the movement is, as I prefer to trade smaller share lots on bigger point movers. As a result, my basket of stocks often varies with some becoming less volatile and being replaced by more volatile ones. Some in my current watchlist are PDLI, NVDA, CMVT, FCEL, and LH (I...

You can't say for sure. It's possible there was a huge institutional buy order, which would make sense, since you said it came late in the afternoon, which is typically when MM's and institutions do their serious buying or selling without as much of the hiding their intentions.

My first recommendation would be along the lines of what Baron said, just don't uninstall any programs that you don't have the installation disks or CD's for. Any programs that you do have the installation disks for, first back up any saved files or documents that you've created, then uninstall...

praetorian, As moderator of the trading forum, I consulted with Baron regarding your query on posting trading picks on the boards. He said that as long as they are trading picks and not penny stock hypes (i.e. pump & dumps), they are fine. In fact, Baron is considering adding a forum for...

Interesting idea, Def. I hadn't considered that.

Generally speaking, unless you have a desire to own or be short the underlying stock, you're better off reselling an option that is in the money. In the end the net profit comes out about the same both ways. For instance, if you have a 50 call on a stock that is trading at 60 and you paid a $5...

trader88, I know that Tony has and/or does also use RSI (14 day), as well as moving averages (20, 50) for additional support/resistance levels. If he has adopted other indicators since I've studied with him and his trading, I'm unaware of them.

Welcome to the boards. We're glad to welcome new members, and take pride in the fact that we all work to contribute to a productive, informative and positive atmosphere, with none of the spam and flaming that occupies a lot of other boards. Hopefully the Elitetrader boards can help you to be a...

I am a faithful Tony Oz disciple, having taken his seminar and read both his books. I feel that in particular, if you read his last book "The Stock Trader", you probably won't get as much out of the seminar. I studied with him before that book came out, and the seminar includes a lot of case...

Just be careful Swoop. There is a cliche in the trading world that says "professionals average up, amateurs average down". It means that most successful traders add to their position as the trade moves in their favor, whereas most unsuccessful traders add to their position as it goes against...

Averaging down and pyramiding? Yikes! I guess it's a bit less harrowing doing it on penny stocks, but still it's the same premise that most traders who got wiped out used when they finally got caught in that one trade that they weren't able to get out of. I suppose if you have the massive...

LN, I assume that your $600 is play money that you can afford to lose, because you basically have no margin for error. You also will be unable to do any naked option plays, as you don't have enough equity to cover the margin requirements for almost any naked option position. I believe IRAF...

js1257, Here you go... http://www.amex.com/structuredeq/sp_holdrs.stm If you want to check out sector index options, also check these out: http://www.phlx.com/products/sectors.html http://www.amex.com/asp/option_info.asp

tradeRX, While you are of course entitled to your opinions and insights on this matter and any other, please express your posts in a substantive manner, rather than the above which is reminiscent of unproductive posts seen on Yahoo and other "flame"-rich boards. One of the biggest attractions...

Like the saying goes, "If it ain't broke don't fix it." One of the things that can trip a trader up is getting his/her head spun by all the different trading methods and styles, and trying to follow all of them. If the way you currently trade is producing consistent profits, and you are...

I trade JNPR often, and most of the time I use limit orders going after a particular bid or ask. I don't like market orders since I don't necessarily want to pay more than a certain amount to get into the stock. As far as how I trade it, it's not much different than the other stocks I...