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QCharts has no idea when the charts will be fixed. The website said this morning that "the expectation would be this weekend, but there is no ETA." No NASD charts for the week and the data feed was still screwed up today. Someone mentioned the "GenV" data feed. What's the story and when...

I had read a few weeks ago that certain ECNs were "allowing trades beyond two decimal places". Today, QCharts goofed yet again and completely blew their NASDAQ quotes. Late today, they blamed the problem on the "new 4 digit NASDAQ pricing". Can anyone shed any light on the need for 4 decimal...

I do need to find a better service. The charts are nice when they're up. I had ESignal before and it had problems as well. I'm just hoping QCharts can keep it together long enough for the technology to catch up and some folks to offer quality service at a decent price.

It actually started late Friday night...I had some decimals creeping in to the right side and it worsened over the weekend. I thought they would get it resolved by this morning. I guess I should know better by now.

ZA is good, BlackIce is also good. I have a cable connection and get probed about twice per hour 24/7. If you have a high speed connection (always on), you need something. Roger made some very good points. I have a peer-to-peer network setup with 3 computers at home. A friend of mine has...

Guido, I'm not a fan of 2 prints either. I would like to see the addition of actual trades (below the stop) added to the equation, then elect the stop based on either scenario. Frankly, they must get the existing code to work before attempting to improve it.

I use marketguide.com for that sort of fundamental data. Use the link and scroll to the bottom. You'll get the historical P/E for ORCL for the past 5 years. The "ratio comparison" selection on that page will also give you all the ratios you could want as well. It's free. I have a data farm...

Rigel, IB's sell stops are triggered on the ask side. Their system is updating the quotes in real time and they appear to be accurate. This isn't the problem; it's electing the stop when the criteria have been met. Dave, thanks for the info. I'll see what he's doing that I'm not. Maybe...

Dave, I'd like to know what your friend is doing to get his stops to execute. I've only been here a week and will likely close my account early next week short of some drastic change by IB. The stops simply don't work. I also use stops (at Brown as well) for 100% of my exits and the...

Well, this was a short lived trading account. I talked to IB several more times today about the stop problem. In addition, I had yet another position that stopped out today that NEVER went active for 6 minutes after the stop was passed by the ask. I had to manually cancel it and enter a...

QCharts tracks real-time VWAP and those farthest above/below if you're interested. I agree with Def, I'm unable to see how VWAP is any sort of indicator for entry. I had always heard it was primarily used by mutual funds. I also read in a book a few years ago that some MM bonuses or incentive...

It seems like all you would need is self clearing and real time updating. Waterhouse does not update real-time and Datek gives you "daytrading buying power" set once a day, so they won't work. Take a look at Brown... brownco.com. I think you need 15K to open there.

Roger, A few close friends of mine are trading the stock pretty heavily and they told me about it. I'm not sure about the details but they said he did have a few "convictions or SEC fines" and was still on the SEC's list for some past indiscretions involving his company stock. It may have...

I've been building a fundamental short position in MOVI since the mid 20's. The CEO has been convicted of a number of stock fraud and manipulation related activities. The company is like a mini-blockbuster (movie and DVD rental) chain. I'm not sure why it's going up, but I'm pretty confident...

Although I can't remember the specific implementation date for Datek, I do not think it's effective yet. I'm under the impression that the PDT stuff starts as of the implementation date. I could be wrong.

I have a Datek account as well. I'm not sure where they came up with "3 day trades in a twelve month period", but they will likely lose a lot of customers because of this. They have a more complex system of "strikes" during a smaller 90 day window. Once you bump against a margin call...that...

After trading with IB for only a few days, I have discovered something about their stop orders that some of you may already know. First, the stops are not triggered until the stop price is passed by the - ask on the long side - bid on the short side, and the bid/ask prints TWICE at or past your...

One other option for swing traders is to only make purchases in the last half hour of trading. This reduces the likelihood of getting stopped out during the same trading day. It doesn't help those who go home flat, but it will be possible for those who don't mind carrying overnight positions...

This stop slippage problem was very bad again today. It appears that the stops are getting delayed by about 30 seconds on my two that got hit today. Both were short covers. The first was slower moving - after the bid posted twice above my stop, the order activated and printed exactly 30...

If it gaps one tick below, it will NOT go active until the ask is posted twice at or below your stop, regardless of where the tape is printing. That's my understanding, I may have misread this.