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I'm demoing IB. Is there anyone out there who went from the demo version to the real version that can give me some information? Is the demo version much slower than the real version? I notice the quotes seem to change rather slowly if at all. I'm assuming that the real time version reflects the...

Praetorian, please take a look at WCG. This does not fit this pattern and I apologise for that. There is something happening there in volume but the price has only gone up 1.25 from the base. It looks like there has been more interest in this stock in the last week than in the last 6 mos. What...

Preatorian, does this mean you are scanning for spikes up with no volume? Thanks

Preastorian, "the exact bottom"... I'm still trying to ID the bottom. Can you tell me what you'd look for if you were looking for a reversal off a bottom? I am using 1 minute candlesticks with 1 minute MACD and Stochastics. When the 3 of them agree AND I see volume confirming it that's my sign...

Praetorian, I have read in Ken Wolff's stuff that these plays should only be considered after a 20% drop. Do you have an opinion on that? Thanks

Orb, thanks. I'm trying to play it before coming to work and at lunch. Works OK on the west coast. Trying to play dumpers on the open then 30 minute breakouts or breakdowns. Between 12 and 1pm i'm looking for late day breakouts above the HOD or the HOD from yestereday. Then at the last 20...

Why did you leave real tick? Any technical reasons? Did you find something better?

Which RT package do you use and what do you have to pay per month? Thanks

Here is a scan from http://www.stockcharts.com that may be of use in finding similar plays: "http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.scan?s=TSA[t.t_eq_s]![t.e_eq_n]![s0,20,v0_gt_40000]![C1_LT_X1,10,C]![H0_LT_L1*0.975]![L0_NE_H0]" It's a new scan called "Runaway Gap Downs" if the url doesn't...

Orb, what is your trading style... number of trades daily and type of stocks? Thanks

PKJR, thank you for your reply. How many trades do you make on a busy day and what type of stocks? By that I mean how fast are your stocks moving and how well are your orders filled? Thanks again

RTHARP, I made this post after reading some recent comments regarding IB... I hadn't read the broker's review section at that time. That was a mistake. It seems like whatever problems people have encountered recently is an exception to the rule. Thanks for your comment.

For those who really like IB, what do you use for hardware? Is their software supported under Windows 2000 or Linux?

I am currently with Scottrade and would like to go to a direct access platform. Recently I have read nothing but bad things about IB on this board. I opened an account with IB and have called their "Help" number with questions about transfering money from my old account to my IB account. I...

Praetorian, please elaborate on your comment about "avoiding names and stocks that move with the futures" I read in the books I've bought that that method is the most sure. I want to do this rights and make a living at it. I appreciate any advice. Thanks

Don't kill this thread yet. Please.

I hear a lot about IB. Is that in most opinions a good direct access platform? I've lookinginto Cybertrader and others and don't wnt to pay that much as I like to limit my trades to 100 to 200 shares. Thanks

Pretorian, when they tank it to get longer will I see a limited number of down bars? The reason I ask is when I'm watching a stock that is moving lower on somewhat bad news I notice it often goes down gradually and then drops for like 4 or 5 bigger red bars... levels off for 2 bars or so then...

I see this pattern almost daily. Usually it doesn't recover this much but enough to profit from. Almost any bad news causes it. Watch INTC in the first hour tommorrow.