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Thanks, Joe D, your comments certainly make sense. But the real difference to me is cost savings, not speed. I have to question the honesty of retail brokers, none of them has mentioned you'd better get a direct Globex connection if you make more than 10 r/t's a day.:) :confused:

http://www.cme.com/electronic_trading/trading_access/etrading_solutions_providedsolutions.cfm CME provides GLOBEX Trader to connect with Globex directly for $400/month, which sounds like huge savings compared to trading through a broker. I'd like to hear from those who have been using this...

I am wondering why some firms have a limit of 50, which would keep them away from high volume traders; though I haven't reached that limit yet.

What is the maximum number of emini contracts you can trade in one order? 50 or a few hunderd? I have different numbers from different sources. Thanks in advance.

The most important thing is to let God stand on your side, not naked women.

You'd better create a view for every statistics. For example, you could create a view for win/lose ratio.

I am doing this in Access/VB. I have a table containing the basics for each trade: time and price of entry and exit. Any other info can be built upon that. Why do you choose MySQL/PHP? If you want a server strength platform without busting your budget, that seems the only choice. But Access is...

My 2 cents: The only way to justify your trading activity is to live a simple a life and donate most of your profit to charity. Then the judgement from God may be changed from SIN to NOT TOO BAD.:) Read the book God in the Pits, which may shed some light on this issue.

Traders are gamblers. Is gambling ethical? This is a very old question and should not need any more arguments. What does the Bible say about gambling?

Traden4Alpha, are you a stock trader or commodity trader? I have heard commodity traders are considered self-employed and must pay self-employment tax.

Bone, it seems you are an exchange member. But how can a retail customer of a broker clear through a bank? Thanks.

Compared with J-trader: 1. It does not calculate the average price of open positions. 2. No export of trade log. I am wondering how you can use it without those features.

No, unless used on servers for disk intensive application. I'd like to recommend the fastest ATA drive: http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/02q1/020305/index.html

Sorry about the typo in previous post. Intel CPU is cooler, and it does NOT cost you much more. I am also interested in the Quiet PC. The PC I have has 3 case fans, 2 power supply fans and 1 CPU fan. I think the fans are the source of noise. Does the products from QuietPC.com really help?

Why do you choose AMD? Intel CPU is cooler, and it does cost you much more.

Does Ffasttrade provide trading log that can be exported? Thanks.

How do you know 60% volume is decline volume? Thanks.

Time is not the only issue. If you place a buy limit at 1000, the piggybacker could enter a buy order later at 1003 before your order is triggered. I am wondering how successful traders protect themselves from front running. I can only think of the following cases that you can be safe. 1. You...

karabugla, did you work for as a futures broker or stock broker? I agree with your second point, you can hardly figure out the secret of a sophiscated trading system by simply looking at the orders it generates. But I am still a bit worried about front running. Is there any regulation in the...