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    IRA Custodians?

    https://tickertape.tdameritrade.com/trading/trade-futures-in-ira-15483
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    “I Sell My Winners Too Early and Hold Losers.”

    Agreed ... and I sometimes wonder if an optimist is at a disadvantage when it comes to honoring stops.
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    Where are the bears?

    Depends ... Arizona and Hawaii do not participate in daylight savings time.
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    Where are the bears?

    I did 65 round trips today. Most were bearish index ETFs. I trade both bullish and bearish every day.
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    So - who's going to be the first to announce negative commissions?

    5000 shares at a time is why the cost was high. Yesterday's total cost was just under and sometimes just over $10 per trade, so today's cost at just under $2 is a pleasant improvement.
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    Schwab cuts commissions to zero on US stocks, options and ETFs

    I'm guessing zero commission does not apply to exchange and clearing fees. Today (first day of zero commission) and Ameritrade charged me just under $2 per trade, which it was just under $10 yesterday (counting commission and fees) so that's an improvement.
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    So - who's going to be the first to announce negative commissions?

    Today being the first day of zero comiss at Ameritrade, they still charged me just under $2 per trade for clearing and exchange fees. So maybe eliminating those would be / could be the next step.
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    TD Ameritrade Follows IBKR, Schwab, Introduces $0 Commissions for Online Stock, ETF and Options

    Today (Oct. 3) at Ameritrade, I'm having exchange and clearing fees of $1.93 per trade on 5000 shares. No comission, but there will be these fees.
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    Schwab cuts commissions to zero on US stocks, options and ETFs

    If Schwab absorbs clearing and exchange fees, it will be huge.
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    Schwab cuts commissions to zero on US stocks, options and ETFs

    My Ameritrade rate is 6.95 but my the time they tack on exchange fees, my cost per trade today was $10.43 I'm guessing Schwab will still tack on exchange fees?
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    Question about first steps to take

    @ Handle ... here we are. I found your comment, where you say ... "First couple hours of day session, 4 ticks just too tight, some entries can work well on it, but same entry might go 6-7 ticks and turn around and become a profitable trade whereas one is on sidelines with more to recover."...
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    Question about first steps to take

    Handle - If i recall correctly, you have said that you most often scalp for 2 or 3 cents. Let me ask ... on those trades, what is your risk / reward ratio? Or said another way, if you have a 3 cent target, where is your stop? Thank you sir!
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    Identifying a reversal (trend change)

    Hey Cornerstone. PSAR is more often called ParabolicSAR, with the SAR meaning "Stop and Reverse" and it looks like this on a 3 minute chart ...
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    Advise me on scalping targets

    Advise me on scalping targets. Most of you will feel i should abandon scalping for more like 20 to 30 cent targets, and you may well be right. On days when I'm digging out of a hole, i can see that i have a lot more patience with 30 cent targets. Most times I'm taking .04 to .11 profits on...
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    The thing about trading breakouts...

    My plan calls for a much tighter than normal stop on breakouts. Even then, I'm lerry of breakouts. I'd rather be late. Perhaps what i need to more clearly quantify is, when does a breakout offically become a new trend range. I need a clearer rule there, and then plan on being late to the...
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    Windows 10 - Awful Performance and UX - spin spin spin...

    I guess that means you will be comfortable sticking with Windows 7 after Microsoft ends support for it. I may do likewise. On the next new computer i will probably test something else.
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    A Prime Day promotion highlights the over-extension of browser extensions

    I wouldn't be surprised if the real number of extension downloads is in the hundreds of millions, worldwide. You can download tons of free resources (print free graph paper for example) and read the fine print you are agreeing to (nobody does). If you aren't installing an extension you...
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    Hotspot for RV? Also how much data will streaming quotes eat?

    For those who may read these thoughts on "hotspots". I've now been using a Verizon hotspot in my detached home office for over 2 years. Most intresting item of note is ... if you should have difficulty ... say, hearing conversations on a cell phone, and go outdoors for better clarity ... as i...
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    Swing Trade Entries

    Not an endorsement of using such an indicator (consider support & resistance) but the ParabolicSAR on the daily chart, is somewhat along the lines of what you are hoping to find. Looks like the attached chart for the aforementioned QQQ.
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    Dest's journal of ultimate greatness and free cookies.

    Dest ... you remind me of my brother. He's quite abrasive and pulls no punches. I'm nothing like him (couldn't be) but I like him alot. Dest ... when I see your post in a thread, i always read your comments. I'm nothing like you (couldn't be) but i like you alot. Iron sharpens iron. Keep on...
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