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Let's see if I have all the facts: You increased your limits, IB let you do it (their fault) they called you up twice (rather than autoliquidating and locking your account) and told you to liquidate (you say threatened). How did they threaten you? Did they poke you with cushions and make you sit...

Yes I agree that Taylor's writing is difficult to understand and that LBR's writing clarifies it quite a bit. The main value that I have seen from this method is to be alert to recognize the pattern (however it unfolds). The essence of the pattern is that the market is moved up and down and the...

I was thinking more along the lines of 50 posts as a minimum. But then I thought a time limit might work better because there are some very light volume posters who have lots of good insights. Only those who have been members 1-2 months or more can post reviews, for example.

It must be the pre-FOMC Greenspan trance.

From looking at these vendor's reward to risk ratio (1 mil to 50K) it becomes obvious why they have no incentive to change their business practices.

So what you are saying (concept wise) is that you take several data providers, analyze the data based on a key field like volume and see which is highest then assume that feed is giving the fastest quotes, and thus use those quotes to presumably feed your custom trading app? I am basically using...

I'd venture to say all liquid markets.

Once again IB responds when we bang the drum. Thanks for the update def!

I think they replaced their switches already. That was the hardware problem. IB alerts you right away when it loses connection by changing color and automatically attempts to reconnect. It behaves the same way on both standalone and browser but standalone is more stable because it isn't in a...

Not only does buying the bid often lead to no fill, but even buying the ask on a limit can backfire sometimes when it is moving quickly. I tend to save a tick here and there by buying the ask on a limit, but tend to miss a few moves that really take off. In these cases I either miss the trade...

Are you saying you try to figure out the current market fixation and that helps in your index trading? Care to elaborate?

On second thought maybe you should do some research first.

Yeah his quick witted one liners and curmudgeon style were what made Law and Order. The show is definitely not the same since the wise old wolf left.

Yeah, that is the Bronze Plus (basic DSL) plan. A T1 for $30/mo - now wouldn't that be nice?

DSL won't be as fast as cable. If your cable is reliable I'd stick with that. If your Cable is anything like mine, DSL should be more reliable for you. I have DSL from Verizon also. I had to add a 2nd phone line to get my # to qualify but so far I'm very pleased with the service. What is the...

I think you're mixing apples and oranges. Fohat posted interday margin requirements whereas you posted intraday (daytrading) margin requirements. Interday requirements are set by the exchange.

Volume on new markets is a Catch22. If there is volume people trade it. There is no volume until people trade it. That being said, my view is that a substantial portion of the daytrade volume on the stocks listed as SSFs, will ultimately migrate to the SSFs due to increased leverage and...

I doubt that most guru disciples learned anything other than it is time to pick a new guru.

Amen to that brother. It is all about adjusting the method to the current market to still find those high reward to risk opportunities every day.

Poor thuggy. At this rate your post count will never get up over 300. :)