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It takes years, even decades, to trade well on one class of instruments in one market (or country) - learning all the intricacies, who is who, who owns whom, the alphabet soups, regulations, margin rules, so you can finally profit. You want to go and trade in Milan, Frankfurt, London, Leon...

"DOW" is much easier to pronounce than "Ass And Pee". :p It's just more ear-catching. Surprisingly, a read on 30 stocks can be so similar to the read on 500 stocks on a daily percentage basis. (Very roughly: 10 Dow points = 1 S&P point)

I have been using a HP dv9730us laptop. Bought since March 2008. So far sent back to HP twice because of disk drive problems (and motherboard problem - overheating). The machine works well for trading. But the reliability is a bit of a concern to me now. I also had used an IBM T-43...

I have Comcast cable modem service. I share the bandwidth with 3 PC's via a Linksys router. Each PC runs the TradeStation platform, driving between 4 to 6 monitors, and about 4 charts on each monitor (so about 16 charts to 20+ charts for each PC). The bandwidth seems okay. I did experience...

My ideal trade "station". Albeit temporary. Traded in my 16 monitors for a simple setup on a laptop, with a gorgeous view of the water over Key West. Trading the market opening at 9:30 am EST has been interesting. I heard two regular bird sounds: one from the parrot in the hotel that...

Make a DVD on some of those programs on the lives of the rich and famous (or not so famous, rich is enough). e.g. Castles, yachts, private jets, etc.. Play it on your TV. You can dub it with some soothing music too. A motivational factor. You can live like that too one day! :)

What happens if you are heavy in a position and the market starts running and someone decides to pop some popcorns in the microwave? ? ? Scary...

If you are a TradeStation customer (and it sounds like you are since you are programming in it), your question is better off asked in TradeStation's EasyLanguage forum. Just a suggestion.

Come again? 99-100% win ratio? Show me who has this kind of performance. To the OP: Please define "real trader". What qualifies "real".

Sorry... we are in the Educational Resources forum. Here is the thread: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=133304&perpage=6&pagenumber=1

Tradingacademy.com yes. I had attended their 7-day (4 + 3) class. There had been some discussions in the "Educational Resources" forum about them. I had posted my experiences. Look it up.

Thank you very much for your kind responses all, including those in PMs! I will check into these software applications. Thanks again!

Surdo I didn't use Ollie-Oiler as an example of a trader. I did not say he is or is not a trader. I said I have seen his presentations. According to him, most market makers (who are career traders by definition) go out for a 2-hour lunch everyday and thus we have a 2-hour doldrums in the...

The way I look at it: When I work a salary job, I can calculate exactly how much I will be earning til the day I retire to the exact penny. Provided that if I don't get laid off. With trading, it opens up to possibilities. Trading - possibilities Salary job - impossibilities But...

Wow! I am glad I am not the only one who thinks that way! :)

One thing that troubled me slightly: I have seen Oliver Velez given presentations on his methods: 1) In person (I had shaken that guy's hand), 2) In his DVD products, 3) In webinars. Almost every time, he came up with something that perhaps was just for a cheap laugh... He said...

1) What set you on the path to explore trading? I knew about the stock markets long time ago. But after I just graduated from college and started working, I was about to give it a try. Yet... it just so happened... The stock market crashed big time. I saw my two brother losing >80% of...

Hi all: I just watched a short market review video by eminidaytrader.com. They use some software to show the profile of the e-mini S&P. Below is the screenshot. I really would like to use some software like that to look at the ES charts. Does anybody know what trading software it...

Can you tell us how you derive the figure "80%" of all traders have a rich family?

It looks great! You are now making $20000 a day, over $100000 a week, without drawdowns. At this rate, you can make your million dollar in another 2 months. Much faster than you expected. Keep it up!