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    My Christmas confessional on youtube of what its like to be a real trader

    anyone know the link from a year and a half ago of the hilarious video of "DAYTRADER BLOWUP" ???
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    Why 0.6% discrepancy on expiration day

    thanks ryleg for explanation........used to seeing it posted in advance on my broker's website.......and missed it
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    Why 0.6% discrepancy on expiration day

    Your link shows a dividend Ex-Dividend date of Sept. 18, 2009 as does other sites. That dividend was payable 10/30/09 . My understanding is that stocks and ETFs will typically adjust down about the amount of the dividend around the ex-dividend date>>>doesn't explain what happened today...
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    Why 0.6% discrepancy on expiration day

    SPY gained back 20 cents after the S+P futures closed at 4:15PM EST
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    Why 0.6% discrepancy on expiration day

    ping ! 48 views and no answer? SPY 0.6% lower from the open to close and was that much lower than the futures in the premarket? how does rebalancing cause this?
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    Why 0.6% discrepancy on expiration day

    Can anyone explain why there is a 0.6% difference between the SPX cash and the SPY exchange traded fund this morning??? Will it eventually be corrected?
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    Does anyone use IB's Charts?

    does the charting package come automatically when a trader subscribes to market data for stocks through IB? I mainly swing trade ETFs of the indexes and have trouble when for instance entering an order and going through the extra popup window telling me I am entering an order without...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Where is everybody? all the bickering finally took its toll and the major posters from two months ago decided it just wasn't beneficial anymore? How about everybody starting over and just begin posting FACTS they notice about the market?
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    Annoying Pop-up Window in IB's TWS 898.2 Can Not be Dactivated

    Does this mean that if your trying to enter an order and don't subscribe to any of IB's data services there won't be a pop-up window warning you that it is dangerous immed. after transmitting the order?????? I'm using 897.9
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    Annoying Pop-up Window in IB's TWS 898.2 Can Not be Dactivated

    How bout that annoying window that pops up every time I hit "TRANSMIT" the order and then there is a delay and then it reminds me that I'm trading without any market data from IB. Cancel that window and by the time the order is sent the bid/ask is way off on the instrument I'm twading !:mad:
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    think cause of the dividend in SPY couple days ago
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    CAUTION: Monetary System Collapse

    Matt: So how should one "get ready" Liquidate all real assets and then open two different forex accounts with half the money short the dollar index in one account and the other half long the dollar index in the other account??????? so ones assets cannot change relative to other currencies...
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    IB trading platform is frozen again this morning

    Thanks folks: sounds like there will be some shortcuts avail. if I hunt through the manuals........try to click through some of the "tips" each time I log in.
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    UNG.. i just puked out!!

    OK I'll be the one to get flamed for supidity: What's the problem with the next rollover going to be at a buck higher???? is it the fact that maybe the contango will go away and those more distant contracts will then go lower to the 2.60 range where we see the October contract trading...
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    IB trading platform is frozen again this morning

    New user of TWS in the last two weeks only trading index ETFS 1) May I ask what is "backfill" in relation to some add on working with TWS? 2) What do I do or add on to this TWS so that I can compete in the battle of trading when using this TWS? >>I go through the misery of bringing up an...
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    don`t waste your time with T & S for directional trades......it`s nothing but a smoke screen.....hedges,spreads,phony prints,etc.....it used to be worth while....not anymore. You talkin just in the ES? or cash too?
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    Dr. Larry Bates (Economic Survival Package)

    Anybody ever obtain this $39.95 package being heavily advertised on TV?? Care to share any of his main points other than "don't be in debt"??
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    SPX vrs SPY opening today 07/30/09

    Why did the SPY have a large opening gap up this morning (Thur) while the S+P 500 index only gapped up .86 points???? Guess my platform's data could be wrong. There is a dividend payable on the SPY on 07/31/09 >>>>don't understand the big discrepancy. Thanks for any correct explanation.
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    How would you fix the health care problem in the US?

    How about another novel idea: STOP THE FOOLISH SPENDING IN THE HOSPITALS ACROSS THIS NATION THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE HOSPITAL CORP. HEADS Example: Get RID of foolish wastes of money like a drug dispensing system found in nearly every hospital in the United States called the PIXIS...
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    How would you fix the health care problem in the US?

    First and foremost: Hospitals/payers/govt. : Every American pays the same and the hospital/physician receives reimbursement for a given service. If an appendix operation is performed on a Medicare patient the anesthesiologist receives seven or eight hundred dollars instead of the $230.00...
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