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Hey Guys, I'm trying out the Direx Platinum and have a question... how do you get the software to positon the various windows where they were when the software was shut down. Do you have to reposition the windows each time you start up the software? Mahalo, Jim

Kicking, For Nextrend, ping comrte.nextrend.com. That is the addy for their quote server. Easyrider, What satellite service are you using? Just curious (I'm using Starband until next month). Best regards to all, Jim

Over the past year or so "Active Trader" magazine has had a couple of articles on this. Sorry, I don't have their URL handy but any search engine can point you to them. Best regards, Jim

Don, Ya, I'm curious about the CBOE thing too (as you can well imagine). I've been eyeing IBM for the past few weeks and scalping for ~20 cents is almost like shooting fish in a barrel. Enlighten me:confused: oh Master of the trade...I must have been sleeping in class that day...

Hans, Are you using a data provider (Realtick, Nextrend, etc) in addition to the Direx Platinum software or does the Platinum give you everything you need? Jim

Personally, I like to trade IBM. Jim

Well, we can do it any way you want. Just let me know how you want to proceed and I'll help you any way I can. Jim

If you want, drop me a private email via this board and perhaps we can compare realtime notes re the satellite feed this coming week. That should help you nail the problem. Best regards, Jim

Starband does have sporadic outages. Just check the newsgroups for more on this. I have SB and usually those outages are infrequent but when they do happen everything is dead. Pings are not possible nor is tracert. What is weird is that the "network status box" shows everything up and...

are similar to Swingtrader's. And I came away from the class with two very distinct options (retail vs. pro)where before there had only been one (retail). ANd yes, I came away from the class with some tools that are useful to me as a retail trader. As far as joining Bright's traders as a...

Would you clarify something for me? I thought I read (probably on your web site or here on this board) that the minimum capital contribution was lowered to 15k. Is this correct or am I thinking of another firm? Thanks! Best regards, Jim

for the good advice regarding routing. I am trading the spys and routing the order is critical. I get price improvement at the NYSE quite often and usually route my trades that way. Using IB's "best" feature is great when you *DON'T* get your order sent to the AMEX. But if you do, the wait...

for me would be to go with a prop firm and spend anywhere from three weeks to three months at one of their offices...one that, hopefully, has a great manager who can take some time to help you learn their methods, etc. Plus, you'll be under their watchful eye and won't be so likely to blow up...

both can interrupt the siganl. But it has to be a fairly heavy rain or snow storm...flurries won't do it. It really doesn't happen all that often but I have to prepare for it anyway. In my case, I have a dialup connection that's always on when I'm trading so my down time is vertually nil...

I'm not a Direct PC customer so I can only tell you about the service I use, Starband. There's the dish and satellite interface (something like a modem, but not exactly) and the software. IMO, before you jump in and buy all this stuff, take another look at multilink. You'll have to pay...

Hi JJ, The Direct PC deal sounds pretty good! Yes, I think your 21.4k line will probably work for order entry...as I wrote earlier, that is pretty much what I do and while not perfect, it isn't bad. I use IB and the orders are acknowledged before my finger is off the "transmit" hot key. It...

says that the minimum is a 56k line, if I recaall correctly. You may want to drop by their web site (realtick.com) and see for yourself. Given what your telco says about the phone line situation, the dish is looking better and better. There are a few upsides to the satellite...you'll have...

Plainly, you're in internet hell. I'm in the same boat...no cable isp's, DSL, or ISDN available to me. The advice you've gotten so far is dead on...the dish will give you the delay but in as much as you're swing trading, that shouldn't be too much of a problem. I use a dish (Starband) for...

"...One of the benefits of LLC's is you can take $150,000 and put it somewhere else maybe some real estate , CD's or such. Trade with just $50,000 with the exact same kind of mindset and more buying power than the $800,000 you would normally have. That's the advantage of how Professional firms...

and replied to my email about the data feed. What's happening, in short, is that they're upgrding and when they (or anyone, really) do that, things happen... I remember the last time I made a hardware upgrade to *my* system and that didn't go all that smoothly either.:D Like the previous...