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Hi ND, Congrats on your record day recently. I have a feeling that your record #s will continue to grow as your skills seem to be going parabolic lately. The most frustrating part for me is that I decided to trade again when I saw the tape starting to act like a big move was coming. Just a...

WE 5/7/10 recap: (WE = week ending) I certainly picked a good/bad time to trade again. Still having problems with LS, mostly with the hotkeys and the horrible charts. One of the biggest challenges is trying to figure out all the variables for the hotkey configuration. I don't remember...

Let's me answer by saying that I'm not capitalized at all. If you noticed, I never stated what my starting cap is. I hope you can read between the lines. After 9 years, I know it'll take time to get used to today's markets. Thanks for your input, and no doubt new traders should heed your...

cal, I meant to address your post a bit more but I've been busy learning how to ride the bike again. Further, until I have a P&L worthy of the flamers, I don't feel qualified to give advice. Look at my P&L this past week, I lost money in one of the best weeks for trading. Consider the...

Wow, a ND sighting in my journal? Don't you know I don't pay for celebrity appearances? Guess you missed the memo. Ask lescor or RN. I've been following your progress young lady (ahemm, care to share how young? Hey, 'least I didn't ask about your weight, or said, "you're not THAT fat" -...

First full week of trading: What a week. PIGS and the EU, SEC vs. Goldie, the spill in the gulf, it was a great week for trading imo. This was the kind of week daytrading was made for. As expected, I had my share of operator errors and other issues the first full week. Hotkeys not...

Week 1 observations: No more "listed stocks". Due to electronic trading, it seems like all stocks trade like NASDAQ stocks of old. For me, watching GS is like watching an OTC stock. No more .50 - $1.00 spreads right before the specialist puts on a big print, no more waiting for your...

"what happened to other successful that you used to trade with?" I assume you meant other successful "traders"? They're still trading. Most of my former colleagues are over 40, if not 50 (one is over 70). Daytrading gets tougher as you age. As such, many of them have made the transition...

Thank you Sir. I hope it's entertaining if nothing else. :D os

Thanks lescor. I read your journal (one of the very few very I subscribe to) whenever you update. I hope other traders realize how valuable your insights are. Not too many people have the mental fortitude to come back from a loss like you recently had. Somehow I knew it wouldn't take you...

Thanks Blox, hope we both get something out of it.

It's a tough business, period. Wish I had a more profound reply, but I don't. Follow what the successful traders on this board are saying (Lescor and a few others come to mind immediately) and try to incorporate their wisdom into your trading.

Just ignore the thread, it's very easy to do.

The first 3 days were spent on a demo account to get used to LS. After 3 days on the demo acct, I went live on Weds - 4/21/10. After 9 yrs, I almost didn't recognize her. Nothing crazy obviously, but blotter's attached. os

We're going to find out. Honestly, I never thought that I would ever write a public journal. But after following some other journals and speaking with a few members, I thought it might help. So with that said, I hope we all get something out of it. As long as this is a productive journal...

Just got Time Warner today and I get nothing more than 40's and 50's on the "tracert" after the first 10 hops. I also did not see any significant difference going through my VOIP router or straight from modem to pc. I'm getting about 18Mbps down and 700Kbps up. Thanks for the help, much...

I'm also running a VOIP phone line through a T-Mobile router. As I said, I'm not a big techie, so I wanted to ask if this will slow me down or not. This is what it would look like. cable modem ->cat5->t-mobile router->cat5->PC From the T-mobile router, I also have a regular phone line...

Thank you all for the help.

Probably 6-8 charts, < 3 indicators on each, < 30 symbols on watch list, lightspeed for execution, news feed and a RT scanner. I don't have FIOS where I am, so I'm stuck with cable or SAT dish. I'm leaning towards cable with the following service: Download Speed 15 Mbps Upload...