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Don.. i doubt you would have gotten the same response had you simply asked your question under one of the old threads.. its just a nuicance to be enticed into a subject that someone doesnt find interesting by a new thread with an unclear title.. that said.. anyone charging 750 a month...

well.. i agree that shading calls by a penny or two when going for small moves could make a difference.. but while i dont think thats happening at RT, its important to point out that you get slippage regardless of what you trade.. so if you get a penny slippage on the qqqs when looking for 20...

Somtimes when you get lost, you end up someplace better.. =) -qwik

freehouse.. you can disable it under layout.. -qwik

i can recommend "The Stock Trader".. its basically a one month trading Journal.. its well written and full of good information.. i dont have his new one but ive heard good things.. -qwik

easy.. Allen is over at realitytrader now.. and doing a fine job i might add.. =) -qwik

roger.. you can only short a nasdaq stock on an upbid.. if you try to short at the bid price when the stock is on a down bid then the TWS adds .01 to the current bid and places your order there.. -qwik

def.. i was wondering if there has been any progress on IB offering combined equity/futures accounts.. thanks =) -qwik

Aries.. please elaborate with specifics on "robbing traders and running shady business".. im aware of the the article about Braun, but is there something else i should be aware of? what do you mean by "robbing"? you think their commissions are too high or did they screw with your money...

well.. im not a 2 mil a year trader yet.. but what tony is describing is something i went through personally.. i began my trading career nov 1999 as something of a spread trader/scalper.. my strategy worked very well for me, but i was taking a huge number of trades every day, so even if i...

actually, i find the Q's easier to read than individual stocks.. they respond very well to technicals.. actually, i prefer to trade them from the nq chart as it is much cleaner.. i wish the dia and spy had tighter spreads.. -qwik

Stockk.. sorry if my comments offended you.. -qwik

tuna.. its called free riding.. if you dont have a daytrade account then your trades take 3 days to settle.. so once you use your total buying power, you have to wait for your trades to settle before your buying power is updated.. the best thing to do is go with a broker that updates your...

perhaps we should change your name to "TightLipsDave".. btw.. you have ended 3 days flat.. exactly how do you define flat? +/- 50 dollars? 100 dollars? 300 dollars? just curious.. good luck tomorrow.. -qwik

honestly, i was looking on the web for a nice place to take a break for a week.. when i saw the pictures of clearwater, i decided to give it a try.. its a nice little city.. nice beaches, friendly people.. bay on one side and the ocean on the other.. i think you will like it there =) -qwik

hey nitro.. clearwater is one of my favorite places to go for a quick vacation.. last time i was down there i saw a television ad for sunstate trading.. i have no idea if they are prop though.. http://www.tradesunstate.com/ -qwik

i trade from home.. i started about 2 years ago trading listed stocks for the spread.. then i moved to trading breakouts and breakdowns on nasdaq stocks.. now my trading is about 50% stocks and about 50% QQQ's.. im currently studying (slowly) for the series 7 exam and will be approching a...

bigbear =) i think with the mauling that don bright has endured on this board, its pretty safe to say that its him.. an audited dna test would be more conclusive though.. what do you say don? willing to give some blood to the cause?.. (j/k of course) so bigbear.. do you run a desk at...

hmmm.. i think stockk is from hong kong.. which is almost more english than chinese.. but even on mainland china i didnt notice the people being overly superstitious.. im no china expert, but one thing you will find among the chinese is that they view failure in very harsh terms.. if you...

let me see if i understand this.. worldco broke nasd regulation.. but for an agreed amount of money, the nasd is overlooking the matter and worldco was not required to acknowledge their mistake.. hmmm.. seems like a pretty good shakedown to me.. -qwik