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Disagree. You may not be able to find relevance, but I can. Watching the SP and having access to some of the info that is happening on the floor definitely makes me trade better. I don't think it is necessary, but it sure does help. I will be very sad when they close the S&P pit...

Willpower is like most everything else that we humans have. It becomes stronger through exercising it. Start with small things, but still things that you know will challenge you. They don't even have to be trading related. Exercise on a variety of things. Things you won't do (eat those...

I purposely make any number I use in my charts a non-fibonacci number, just on principle. :) I think it is a bunch of hooey personally, but I know there are people that are successful with it so maybe it is just a bunch of hooey to me. I'm actually pretty much indicator free right now in my...

A-friggin-men.

Don't trade it, but Enthios hangs out in #enthios on Othernet, and you can go watch him trade and ask him questions about his system if you like.

I find this funny. I live in the Seattle area. We bought a house a year and a half ago for about 450k and similar houses are now going for 630-650k, and they are still going FAST as there aren't many of them for sale in that price range where I am. My wife's best friend is a real estate agent...

I think most traders have been where you are. You need to just keep studying until you find something IMO. I read tons of postings here and other places and always take note of anything interesting and research it myself to see what I think of it. The only problem is, most things that are...

Is that like being the tallest midget in the circus?

I spent about an hour reading through it at the bookstore and found it to be pretty worthless. There were 16(?) traders profiled and the systems they used were nothing remotely interesting to me. Mostly indicator traders. ALSO note that the traders profiled are not famous traders in any...

Don't know what feed you are using, but I found ESignal to drop 5-10% of the prints on ES during fast market times. Most people won't care about this, but I have a system that is very sensitive to this so ESignal got shown the door. I use IQFeed currently and don't have any trouble with...

I think I pay a bit less than 100 a month with all the exchange fees. You can get that down to 70/month if you sign up for a year. I'd recommend trying it for a month or two first to make sure it is what you want, of course. I will be signing up for a year soon as long as they implement a...

I use IQFeed for data. IB is my broker, but I have not tried to hook it up to IB. One of my strategies is very dependent on calculations based on whether trades fire at bid or ask, and my understanding was that by using IB you have to make an educated guess at this sometimes. I just never...

I spent the 400 bucks one time fee to purchase multicharts. I have never used Tradestation, but all of the Tradestation code I download seems to work ok. I think you can still try MC free for 30 days. Can you beat free? :) Worth a go IMO. I have 3 or 4 custom indicators that are fairly...

Loooove the Satriani. My favorite song of his is Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing. I read an interview with him a few years back where he said that was the song of his that he had the most trouble playing. He was always annoyed at Steve Vai (in a friendly kind of way) because he never had...

As you properly note, everything is relative. Vancouver is much nicer than metro Detroit. I wasn't trying to trash Vancouver as it isn't really a terrible place, it is just that if you are going to live in the Northwest I think it is one of the last places I would pick. I would still pick it...

I am a pretty conservative person when it comes to safety. I don't go out partying etc. By "alive" I mean interesting things to do. Where I currently live in Seattle, I couldn't even begin to count the number of ethnic restaurants within 5-10 miles of me for example. Or the number of...

I kinda like the overcast weather myself. Makes me not feel guilty for sitting in front of the computer 12 hours a day trading/studying. And the wife and I usually end up going to California and/or Hawaii sometime in the dead of winter, so that breaks up the monotony.

I actually grew up in NW Florida, so I'll comment on that too. :) If I could handle the humidity (which I can't) I would put Destin Florida on my list of places I might live. I haven't been back in a few years but it was a pretty nice place a few years ago and I understand it is improvlng...

I've lived in both and they are pretty similar I think. It isn't really the amount of rain that's a problem. The problem is, you can go months without seeing the sun in the wintertime (in both Seattle and Portland). Even though it might only rain a few inches per month. The only big...

I lived in Portland for 8 years and agree with most of what you say. People read about Vancouver where you pay no state income tax then get to go buy everything without sales tax in Oregon and think it is a great deal. Well, it is a great deal, but you pay for it by having to live in...