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Good point - if buying a new computer soon and you plan to upgrade to Vista, check MSFT's website to see what the requirements will be. Whatever the minimums are, get much more.

It worked for me Craze, esp when you first start trading. It got frustrating when a position would move in my favor but since I was gun shy or nervous in the beginning I would only buy a small amount of shares b/c I was worried about being stopped out. The other thing to look at is options...

zoo - again, you don't have a clue there smarty. I was a broker for approx 4.5 years, built a large multi-million dollar business and then left to do my own thing. And not that it's any of your business, but since you are attempting to call someone out that you do not know, I cleared over $150k...

Crazed - I don't trade stocks anymore, but when I did, here is how I was able to get larger position sizes - 1) Define your acceptable risk amount in dollars. On $10k, let's say $500 is acceptable to lose on a trade. 2) Define your entry price and stop loss price. Let's say you are looking...

Excellent point Articulate. If all daytrading products required $25k, it would eliminate a good portion of these wannabe's here.

Baron - while I am not the most active here, I do try to participate when I can. One constant I have seen is a lot of 'Newbie here looking for help', etc. So, how about a newbie area? Instead of these posts cluttering areas where meaningful discussion sometimes takes place, you could have an...

Mind - I don't know where some of these people come from and how they actually survive in life. Here, we have a post where some of us were trying to help the initial poster and then this 'zoo' comes on here acting like a real jerk with no substance to any of his posts. Like I said, it seems...

Zoo - you don't have a fuckin clue. I am selling Stock Broker stuff on Ebay b/c I WAS a broker (see the post, I put it right in there smarty) and now I am a full-time trader. I really don't understand why people come on a forum asking for help and then when they get it, they act like a...

Zoo - I am not a broker jackass. Here's an idea - don't come on this forum asking for help and then when you get it, bitch and moan. Take your tiny piece of shit account somewhere and blow thru it so the rest of us can take your money. You are a piece of work.

Only if the volume picked up dramatically.

tommy - you need to settle down brother. The reason people are asking how many round turns you do per day and size of the account is that IT MATTERS. You cannot expect a broker to give you sub $4 rates trading 1 lot a couple times a week. If you expect advice here, I'd recommend not...

gun - http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74366 on that thread I gave some reco's - the 3rd post down or so. Good luck!

Just put a hard stop on each and every trade and this situation will not occur.

http://www.fts.cme.com/ Got this in my email, looks interesting. What do you guys think?

Eqt - I've only had Sirius, but love it. I said in another post they also offer the ability to listen online through your computer. Not sure if XM offers that. It's a nice feature b/c I cannot get reception in my house at all. It may depend on where you live but the only way I could get...

Sirius is very nice. During the trading day, I logon thru their website to listen. You don't get as many stations on the online version, but it is nice that they offer that as well. Personally Octane 20 is my favorite. Very good to keep the adrenaline flowing during the day.

Cash - isn't that true for going long and then the position drops like a rock??? I only trade futures, so maybe there is something with stocks that I don't understand, but if I am long the ES at 1300 and it is at 1200, I got a problem. I think the 'book definition' may be that shorting has...

I still don't get why people think shorting is 'more risky'. There was a great thread on here about this that I can't find right now. Here's how I view it: On the ES, my typical stop is 1-1.5 pts, regardless of going long or shorting. How is that more risky if I am shorting? I am willing to...

Tampa - welcome and good luck. You've already seen the flaming, so get used to it here. A few things I would recommend: 1) Find a vehicle to trade and study it inside/out. I would recommend futures - in particular, the e-mini indexes and in particular the ES, NQ and EC. In my opinion...

That kind of margins is not necessarily a good thing in my opinion. Very quick and easy way to blow out a small account and they know it - high commissions + low margins = see ya later small accounts! Thanks for the business!