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Qcharts cause its cheap, reliable (now), and has all the basic stuff I need. Trendlines are especially easy to use. I have used many of the high end products in the past. They were overkill. (I've used TS, FutureSource, Aspen Graphics, E signal, and MetaStock) BTW, I don't back test...

Hey guys, I'm adding some Ram to my system and was wondering why I should have the same size in each of my two banks. My system (Dell Dimension 4400) only takes two chips. I have 256MB in it now and wish to add 512. Does it really matter if the sizes are different? If so, should I put the...

1. No market makers or specialist. Its first come first serve and takes less than a second for a fill. 2. No short sale rule. 3. Lower transaction costs. 4. Leverage. This could be considered an edge in that you can make good money even in "dead" markets. (range trading). And...

trading just to get even for the day is a classic no no. Done it lots myself. Almost always makes things worse. Definitely get some sort of system or methodology down, and try to follow it. Don't worry about P&L so much (to a point). Just try to follow the system. Jay

Many people here trade only futures.

That's a big enough account to trade mini's. Have you ever tried the technique of always getting stopped out (or limit on goal exits), no market exits? It may help you let those trades run a little. Put in a bracket trade, and walk away if you have to. Its better to stay in front of the...

What are you trading? If stocks, get really small. Jay

Open outcry via pit, or price matched electronically. Jay

I don't think IB will let you trade minis if your account drops below 2K even though intraday margin is less than this. This is a good thing. Great market to trade overall, but you need more money in your account. Jay

No. They clear every night. Jay

You will only have to concentrate on one or two markets as well. Jay

I've never looked at his overall track record, just at a few of his setups that trade about once per month. They are around 90% accurate, but involve way too much risk for me. Jay

Of course it has to be real money! Its completely different when its real. How many people paper trade effectively first, and then lose when actaully trading real money. I would say most. Jay

No, he did it during a trading contest. The whole purpose of these contests for many people is to take major risk to get huge returns for advertising, etc. He was already famous before this though. BTW, this was accomplished by taking huge bond positions for the size of the account. Much of...

Very cool. Thanks for the info again. Jay

Is this a Ffast trade indicator? Never heard of it, but would LOVE to see it in action. Jay

You guys think cash leads spoos? I think if anything, its the other way around. When I worked at Bright, every single trader watched the spoos rollover as a major indicator for initiating trades. If the futures lead individual equity trades, it would make sense that they lead the cash index to...

Thanks for the info! I'm not really looking as I'm fine where I'm at. I was just curious. This is good to know anyway. Jay

Actually the question was why use a prop firm period with futures? It is already assuming you want to trade futures (many advantages over equity trading). You already get massive leverage just going retail, with lower costs to boot. Just out of curiosity I have looked into two prop firms that...