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Continue reading posts to these forums. You will find many valuable links. Follow those you find interesting. Also the journals forums will expose you to how others approach trading. This will give you ideas to pursue. When you find a member that posts information you feel is of value or of...

Great real time futures simulator. http://www.pfgbest.com/simulated_trading/index.asp ER

Thats a screen shot of PFG's platform. I'm using it right now. They have a real time simulator available for trial. Looks like a screen shot of the simulator. The simulator creates order #'s as you see. http://www.pfgbest.com/simulated_trading/index.asp

I know they are both symbols for the S & P however they show subtle differences on a candlestick chart. Thanks Erik

You guys might also want to consider a firewall that blocks outgoing traffic. Zonelabs/zonealarm is free and considered one of, if not the best for this.

No, you definately don't need 256 for trading. A 128 card should have an onboard processor though, which definately will keep things speedy if you happen to be running multiple applications simultaneously. Also some lcd's convert analog signals superbly and have crystal clear text. I have an...

I think there are pci cards that allow you to connect ide devices. You could probably connect cd/dvd drives to ide/pci card and connect third drive to ide connector currently being used by optical drives. Iv'e heard of this being done but havn't actually tried it myself yet.

Thanks for the clarification. It's a non-margin acct.

I tried calling, it's after hours.

I stopped out of a position yesterday morning and the funds still are not available for trade. How long is this supposed to take? Thanks ER

Sorry, I havn't been back to this post in a while. I don't actually trade that size or anything close to it. I was just using that as an example. I am a new trader with limited capital. I actually prefer swing trades out to a few days or more, depending on circumstances. I completely...

If I buy 1000 shares of stock XYZ and it runs up nicely during the trading day, if I sell 990 shares at the end of the day and keep the remaining 10 shares until the next day, wouldn't this prevent a pattern day trade? or, suppose I do this with several stocks, if I keep an small number of...

Learning to read and understand the chart landscape and understand my preferred setups position in the larger trend. Trading with the trend and not against it. When I realized the significance of watching the Dow, S&P and the Nasdaq Composites I really felt I started to understand the bigger...

LOL....well I just wanted to get everything out before I forgot. ;] Thin meaning low volume, low volatility? Thanks ER

Would I be correct if I assume that if there is a considerable spread between bid and ask that the likelyhood of a considerable advance in price would not be as favorable as a shorter spread since a greater spread requires more distance for bid price to cover before price can begin to advance...

Thanks for all the feedback. As you can tell I havn't had the unfortunate pleasure of experiencing one of these yet, however from a new traders perspective it really opened my eyes to the danger of putting to much of my acct on one trade and has made me a little less casual on some of my picks...

Is it possible to get out at a higher price than the open $8 say somewhere between $8 and $10 assuming it's a stop market?

If I have a stop in place at a specific price lets say $10 and the next morning at open it gaps down and opens at $8 would my stop get triggered and if so would it most likely get triggered around $8?

Does the slope of the top or bottom line show any indication of possible price direction or strength or do other factors have a greater influence on the outcome of this pattern?