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As stated on other posts I would like to offset 1 mini contract by buying an appropriate number of options in an emergency. Can one of you tell me what would be my best bet. Can I just buy at the money puts and calls and get back out without too much slippage? I can buy 8 QQQ options for about...

I have a theory that the more well adjusted an individual you are the less you post. You have many things going on in your life and dont have time for such nonsense. It goes something like this: 1 post a month = so stable your boring 1 post a week = well adjusted 1 post a day = fairly...

I thought it was "the masses lose their asses".:)

If a trade becomes boring to me I get out. It a pretty good indicator. I have found that 90% of the time a good trade moves almost immediately in my direction and its never boring when it does. So if I start getting bored I take that as a warning signal. I also find that post 11:00 trading is...

Just put their charts on your screen side by side and follow them on one minute charts and see for yourself.

What software are you using? I am using Starband with Qcharts. There are occasional hesitations in the data feed but I've never been disconnected. I use the phone modem for order entry as I have found this to be faster than uploading on the satellite.

def Are you telling me that Globex hours on IB are not 8 to 8?

I really wonder if 24/7 trading is going to be a good thing. The way it is now, there is so much pent up energy when the market opens that you get a couple of hours of real action. If trading is continous what will happen to volatility? Be careful what you wish for.........

I hear yuh brother....:(

Dang it Bronks, I thought I had this thing worked out and you had to come along and bust my bubble. You are right. Nist lags time.gov by about a second or else time.gov is about a second fast. Back to the drawing board. I know I'm nitpicking here but I enjoy tweaking things. There is a...

I went back to this thread to check something and found the post by Archangel that I had missed before. I checked out NIST32 and got this link: http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm This is a great little program that updates your clock and adjusts for any delay. Accuracy...

I split my money into two accounts and this gave me six trades a week but reduced my buying power. It does tend to make you a little more picky about the setups but this is offset by hanging onto losers because you dont want to use up your bullets. An altogether unacceptable situation. The only...

El Caz What is this new feature supposed to do? I don't see how it can get any faster than click on bid/ask click on Transmit.

I dont want, in any way, to claim any success as a trader other than a small victory in a long war. I am still down over 10 grand from when I started. My main reason in posting was to let other people know that the minis are a reasonable alternative to the pdt provided you understand the risk.

El Caz Pure discretion. I short resistence (75%) and buy support (25%). The trick, for me, is getting out fast when I'm wrong. I dont always do it but I'm getting better at it. 5

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Thanks guys El Cazador Yes. Both of them.

I just had my first two winning weeks in a row. I was just starting to get the hang of things after a year and a half when the pdt rule castrated me. I was hesitent to start trading futures but after four very frustrating months of making one trade a day and watching my account start downhill...

I was amazed to see that program trading accounts for about 25% of the daily volume on NYSE.

Airspeed I am using Starband. What are you switching to? When I got my satellite installed the technician told me that there was something new coming out this spring, Blue....something or other. I forgot the name. Its a satellite service that he said would have about 1mb upload and...