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Sign me up!! LOL I like the idea of firms opening trading offices in "vacation" locations. Awesome idea. Afterall, trading can be done anywhere there is broadband internet access. Might as well be where the action is. Oh, and an office in Hawaii would be sweet too.

I agree fully. About four years ago, I put together a pretty nice system which I used both for trading and gaming. Spent good money on the motherboard, video card and extra memory, top of the line CPU at the time, etc. Plus, I had a $150 UPS to protect against power surges, blackouts and...

Maverick, Yes, I have had the opportunity to try Risk Compass and I think it's a fantastic piece of software. It really simplifies the process of picking the right options strategy for your market opinion. Then, once you choose your strategy (e.g., bull spread, bear spread, straddle, iron...

I'm going to be starting with Kawabunga thru GreenTree in about a week from now. I'll let you know how it goes for me. So far, after having used the demo of Kawabunga, I can say it is excellent for options trading--gives you all your Greeks, good for equities trading, but still lacking in the...

Trading Eurex is a good choice, IMO. I now trade the Eurex futures almost exclusively. I'm in California, so the trading "day" starts for me at 12 midnight. I find that the ESTX-50 and the DAX present more opportunity intraday than ES and the commissions that my broker charges are almost half...

I doubt there is any real "prescription" going on here.

25 Euros is currently worth around $29 and 10 Euros is currently worth about $12.

Have a nice day too, arnegr. :) PEG LEG

Nice W- shaped double bottom today. Today was sweet in ES (except for the choppy morning).

Try this: http://screener.finance.yahoo.com/newscreener.html It will let you screen stocks by exchange, ave daily volume, beta, and many other parameters. I found it useful when I was picking stocks to daytrade myself.

Yes, Eurex is the root of the problem. I have two independent Eurex feeds and both are not showing any live quotes. Too bad, cause the huge gap down might have yielded some good trade opps. The cash DAX index is currently trading 3,434 as of 9:41.

The DAX is a beast of a futures contract if you are just starting out because it moves so bloody fast. I have a friend that lost 20 points in less than 30 seconds in the DAX a few months ago. The price just disappeared off his DOME screen in J-Trader before he could put a stop in. And I...

Hey Surfer, There are three main reasons a person would want to use X_Trader instead of J-Trader. 1. The trader is a serious scalper (as you already mentioned). X_Trader is reputed to be a fraction of a second faster than J-Trader. 2. The trader is a high-volume futures trader. Even...

Yes! Having come from a corporate background before becoming a trader, I can relate to the corporate, despicable character traits you mentioned. Obviously, not all people in the corporate world are leeches, but the ones who aren't don't usually get ahead. In my experience, in a corporation...

Technically, that is one word. :D

I would say that the best way to establish a track record AND at the same time place yourself in a position to attract potential investors is to trade with a hedge fund incubator firm. These firms will allow you to build an official record and because of their business relationships with other...

I hate market commentary like that. As if somehow traders love to get whipsawed in a five point range. The person who wrote that obviously has never traded a day in his life. Sure, it would have been POSSIBLE to trade the range by selling into every buying effort and buying into every selling...

Traders can find success with discipline and a methodology that gives them an edge. For some this means technical indicators. For others, it means looking for price patterns and volume. I personally do not use any technical indicators outside of pivots/S/R, trendlines, and volume. Some...

I have to agree here. You can only spend your net, not your gross...unfortunately:( Good luck, Joey!! I'm looking forward to your journal.

Traded lighter than normal, but found some decent opportunities. I made a small profit today making fewer trades and trading smaller size than normal. Overall the day was blah....put me to sleep. Also, I traded the European futures last night before I went to bed. There were some decent...