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Hi All, Most serious traders know we are near an intermediate bottom. We are in the zone. Problem ? retail and institutions do also want a bottom, badly ! So, we don't get any, 'cause everyone expects it. And since all traders know they expect it, it is much easier to sell in their...

http://www.tradestation2000i.com/products/radarscreen/default.shtm for Radar Screen info

Yes, until you are burnt there is no lesson. We learn from the mistakes not the success. Honda's story is a good example : Honda should have checked why 90% of the times the stop was hit and then reversed. In success he did not try to learn from it [you don't learn when you succeed]. That...

EastBoy, We can place the short order whatever the condition. However, execution is handled according to SEC rules [when using best exec feature]. That's why for NYSE I make it a market order to speed up the process. Of course I would watch closely what happens ready to cancel if needed. If I...

On IB it works fine. However, the delay with short sale is usually the short sale rule, not the broker [although 10 minutes is a lot, I hope the stock was very illiquid and explains it]. It depends also what kind of limit you set to the order. On IB and NYSE, if the stock is liquid, I put in...

you should ask directly the IB staff with their live help. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ live help chat

Well, great improvement ? It's the same version. OK, (a bit) faster to activate. However, and I do not think it was mentioned, the most important advantage is the firewall/proxy support [and server selection!]. For those wondering, you still can run multiple JTWS at the same time on the...

The short sale rule for NASD [from nasdaqtrader.com] NASD Rule 3350 ("Short Sale Rule") requires that no member execute a short sale in a Nasdaq National Market® security for a customer or proprietary account at or below the current best bid when the current best bid is below the preceding...

the trick is to short in strength, not obvious weakness : it is too late. If you still want to try, use a limit order with the minimum price you want to get. Otherwise you are filled when everyone else is buying back (!) and at a much too low price as well ! This is specially true in the case...

It does support multiple video cards. Drivers usually come first on Win98 because of the market's size. Again, if you have win98 you should consider win2000. If you have NT4 and don't need USB there are less reasons [you already have stability and efficient memory management and real 32bits speed].

It is true Win2000 is NT 5. The so called Win2000 pro is the update of NT 4 Workstation. The difference between 2000 and NT4 is mostly in the inside. New technology is built in to take advantage of Win2000 Servers [when you are using a pro network]. Also, Win2000 supports newer devices like...

The number of simultaneous demo users is limited at IB as far as I remember. Def may confirm that. IB JTWS is an execution platform. Not analytics or charting. We all know that. Stop crying about it. I want IB to take some issues seriously though : - information displayed should be...

Hi, Mytrack does not offer great charts for realtime. It is the same price than QCharts. MyTrack is more reliable though, but that's not difficult because QCharts has big problems for months now [I did quit them for MyTrack]. Because I do swing trading, MyTrack and AIQ is right for me...

Robert explained it well. Because the volatility is less and the book is hidden for most, daytrading Nyse/Amex takes more knowledge and good infrastructure [and very low commissions]. That's why I guess, private daytraders prefer Nasdaq. Of course you can be a very succesful private...

I have a matrox dual monitor. Works great under win98. The 2 monitors may have different resolutions and high refresh rates as well as many colors. very high resolution possible too. very stable and energy star compliant. applications usually remember on which screen to appear and where...

you need to open a route socks4 to gw2.ibllc.com port 4000 NAT translators do that, and other routers allow 'transparent' socks. If this is not supported by your office's router, it won't work until IB offers firewall support. Use the old version. Anyone using transparent socks [wingate...

I am testing AIQ now. And I am very much impressed. I could tell you a lot about it already and review it, but this program is mostly for swing traders and position traders. So not necessarly interesting for most members here. RavenQuote may be a more versatile package than AIQ. But based on...

qfeed is part of qcharts. just download qcharts from quote.com web site. If you are interested by qfeed as a programmer, you need to request a programmer partnership with quote.com, that's a different story. In either case, the qfeed is part of qcharts [a separate download called qlink...

jmcgraw, Do not be offended about me saying 'should not be trading'. My trading account is not big and I keep it that way [sweeping profits out]. You are right, it would be nice to trade odd lots for money management reasons, I respect 150%. However, IB is not a broker for that. Not anymore...

sorry to write this in a new thread, but I tried to reply in the original thread without success. Considering the member really wanted the answer I post it here... With IB when you buy there is a minimum 100 shares. That's hardcoded in the software. This is on a specific request from...