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I'm still trying to decide which is better. Best ECN definitely used to be the only way to go but now that supersoes is here, Best is quite good too. I still use Best ECN for the majority of trades but I've found Best market orders to be quite fast and reliable. I will usually enter a stock...

Isn't Ken's trading room temporarily down now? I think Ken is on vacation until October. Does anyone know when he'll be up and running again? Also, about how many calls does he make in a day? And does he tend to play the same stocks over and over or just play whatever meets his criteria? I've...

I've been trading full time for a few months now and I've been starting to get really bad headaches by about 2:00pm est. from staring at monitors all day long. I'm sure some of you have this same problem. I'm looking for some suggestions other than to pop more asprin. I'm thinking I may need...

Candletrader, Are you absolutely sure Cybertrader will allow unlimited long side trading in a cash account? I don't mean just updating your balance, I mean clearing the trade. I was under the impression that ALL brokers who are subject to regulation T (cybertrader included) had to clear trades...

If this has already been mentioned I'm sorry. It would be really nice to have a small window that shows your positions and P&L or at least balance on the main page. It's kind of a pain to keep pulling up the seperate page to see make sure you were filled.

Looks like everyone gets the shaft on this deal. WHAT A JOKE!!!

This is great news. Were you using "best" on your nasdaq stops? I'm curious which route will be the best. (No pun intended). Also, what price are they executing at? Do they still have to have two prints at the ask or did they change that dumb rule?

Liv2trade, I wish you the best of luck with your chat room. I do however have to agree that scalping is probably a thing of the past. At least with nasdaq. Listed stocks may be different. I don't know because I only trade nasdaq. I would however be extremely interested in a chat room on trading...

TradeRX, I guess there are two ways to look at this strategy for two different types of people. When trader 1 makes money, he gets all attatched to it and starts to count it as if he just got a check sent to him. Trader two thinks, "Hey, I still have my original capital and now I have some...

Skiley, In answer to your question: By increasing your bet size when you win you DON'T expect to win anymore often. The odds stay the same. You're just in a better position to lose that's all. You have a little cushion from the previous win. I'm currently experimenting with different...

Skiley, There are two ways to look at the game the PHd's played. Say you have a bag of marbles and 60 are black (winner), while 40 are red (loser). If you keep each marble out of the bag after each draw, and let's say you draw several losers in a row, then yes, your odds of picking a winner...

This crazy rule is just creating question after question. Hopefully we'll all figure it out soon. I also noticed that in IB's email it had "SAME DAY" in bold. Does this mean you can safely make two round trips every day without being tagged a pattern daytrader? Or three for that matter. Just...

Well, there you have it folks. We'll have to wait to hear from DEF for double verification on the email I just received from IB. If it's true, all traders under $25k are basically SCREWED!! The way I see it, here are the only options. 1) Trade three VERY selected and well thought out...

I emailed the questions from my previous post to IB cust. service and got this reply: Dear Trader, All US Brokers have to comply with this new Rule on September 28th. IB is going to comply fully with this Rule on August 28th. Therefore, if you want to day trade without limitations...

Railman, I've also been doing some dd on Appian video cards. Do you know if all of their cards will fit in a PCI slot? I've heard that some of them need an AGP slot. Is this correct? I only have a PCI slot on my machine so I need to make sure I get the right one. I'm also looking at the...

HELP DEF!! The big questions on this thread that need double verification are these: 1) Will IB update balances in cash accounts in real time thus allowing unlimited intraday trading on the long side? 2) Can we really still daytrade AMEX stocks using margin and shorts? 3) Will those...

What has everyone found to be the best route when using IB stops? Arca? Best? Nasdaq? I tried one today using arca and it did absolutely nothing. Both the bid and ask passed right through my stop and then the order dissapeared off my screen. I assumed that meant it was executed but when I...

With the new SEC rule there has been a lot of talk of smaller traders making the move to trading futures. There seems to be a lot less info out there on trading futures than stocks. Can anyone recommend some good books and/or websites to help get started? Thanks.

I have an IRA with Scottrade and I use their quotes and charts as a backup. For the most part they are very accurate. Occasionally you'll get the "ghost" quotes and sometimes it will freeze up all together. I wouldn't use them as your only source if you're trading full time, but they have worked...

Commissions can be a killer. Who's your broker? I would recommend switching to IB (Interactive Brokers). You can find MORE than enough info on this board about them before you make the decision. I've been extremely happy with them and have saved tons and tons of money in commissions. Good...