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Not sure what your monitors run on, but mine require electricity. That is, they must be plugged into an electrical power outlet. So they do use electricity. Plus I think they would last longer & perform their best if I don't have them running all the time when they're not really needed...

I'm aware that I could disable the extended desktop to each of the secondary monitors. That isn't a very proficient way of switching between all on to just monitor #1. In nView Desktop Manager, there is a "Profiles" tab and a "Desktops" tab. I thought there may be a way to configure something in...

Like a lot of traders, I have a multiple monitor set-up. I currently have a single 24" wide screen LCD and three 19" standard LCD screens. I have a question about how Y'all manage your screens. Does anyone know if there is a way that I can switch between having all my monitors running to...

To enter a trade, I have QuoteTracker set up to buy a set amount of shares and all I do is click "Buy" in QT. TWS does have a trailing stop feature. So as soon as I put a trade on, I set the trailing stop into action and let it work. I have the defaults set to my preferences. So yeah my...

Thanks Aok, My trading is rather simple. But since you have used these programs would you say that ZLT could be used to configure a trade such as: Set trailing stop on entire position; sell half at a predetermined level. Once triggered, reset stop to break even for remaining half and if...

Indeed, the volume on the SPY is much greater. But the SDS and SSO have avg daily volume of 20 mil and 3 mil, respectively. Not exactly what I would call "ill-liquid." Still, I cant understand how using a TWS Frontend would cause "horrible" fills.

I've been day-trading the ProShares Ultra SP500 ETF's (SSO and SDS) which are structured to move twice the performance of the SP cash index. Right now I'm trading 500 share lots in my IB account, keeping my stops relatively tight. I've had some success in picking my spots and would like to...

In historical charts you remove spikes by editing the the historical data. Example: For symbol XYZ, note the date of the spike, right click on the chart and then click "Historical data for XYZ." A box then pops up showing the data the chart is built off of. Then locate the date in the box that...

Terminology is certainly important to understand and use correctly, especially when it comes to options. The spread you described above can appropriately be called a 'vertical put spread' but it would be more in detail to call it a <i> bull</i> put spread and since you are looking to <i>sell</i>...

Thank you, excellent advice. I agree, why fight a 1.40 or a 2.00 spread. Trading is hard enough without putting yourself in a deep hole right from the start. So far the consensus is Stay Away!

Well I'm more of a 1 to 3 day swing type trader and small movements of a point or two are usually the targets I seek, and even smaller movements if the underlying moves against me to exit the position at a loss. So it seems the answer is yes, stay away, especially for the type of trading I...

Well Dipper, I think you just helped me to understand why the spread is so wide; little order flow. It makes sense then that the spread is wide between the bid and ask since there's not much volume. I do understand that if I want a fill it has a better chance if I add a little incentive to...

I know a lot of things can affect an options price and cause the spread between the bid and ask to get quite wide in relation to the last. But what should a smart options trader do when he's interested in taking an option position on an underlying stock and is confronted with a wide spread...

I was not able to get back in until 11:43 but now I'm in

Finally back up for me @ 11:43 That was killing me seeing most of y'all saying you were back up and I was not! Nice to know I'm lowest on the totum pole of priority here in Detroit when it comes to server issues.

Here in Detroit, still down for me.

I still cant get back on :mad:

They should just have a link on their system status website that redirects you to ET

Detroit; down too! Stop orders aint gona work if their servers are down, right? :mad:

I'm currently on a trial of the Trader service from Briefing.com and find it to be quite useful for real time calls on stocks and market moving events. They also have in-house traders who post trades (mostly intra-day trades and some short term swings). I would like to see a track record, but so...