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Someone that has no idea what goes into this business may not ever really grasp what you've given them. There's crowds here that would beg you to teach them as you did here b/c they get hard this is. Similar to a 16 yr old kid that is handed keys to a brand new Lexus. They will never...

1) It's a commercial, who cares? Only those w/ WAY TOO MUCH TIME could possibly notice that. 2) Using real tickers could probably result in some greedy lawyers wanting a cut of the action, so why bother. 3) Who watches commercials anyways? DVR it, fast forward and done.

FINALLY Took way too long IMO...

Exactly NoD. This is not for the faint of heart but once you embrace those moves, you can really enjoy those breakouts that go 20+ ticks before you blink. :D

What a great, informative post! How about - why do you think poker cannot aid an aspiring trader? Is it the patience part (see above), money management, learning your competition, picking your spots... what part(s) are not useful exactly?

If you want to work on patience, poker can be a great training spot. Here's a quick way to work on that patience - only play the top 10 starting hands. That's it. You don't even have to play them, you can just watch to see when they show up on your screen. Count that as a 'win'. Keep a...

Screw Favre, did you see the Browns beat the Saints? :D Trend developing? For some odd reason, Cleveland seems to play its best football against defending Super Bowl champions. The Browns have beaten the reigning champions in three straight seasons, despite being huge underdogs in...

Get everything in writing - commission rates, other fees, etc. You want to know exactly what you will be paying for before you start trading. Demo the platform, make sure you are comfortable with it. I personally use Open ECry which has met most of my needs as a futures trader. Platform...

Not sure how that zen-fire (or zen-freeze) is reacting, but my OEC data and connection has been rock solid in recent memory. If your connections are dropping, at least demo the OEC software out and take a look. And it's free to customers so that is nice to not be paying for a data fee...

OEC has been a reliable platform for me - including using their data. I trade on momentum charts and rarely is it an issue. http://www.openecry.com

I also hated the damn thing. So much emphasis on Gecko's family and crap - I wanted money, Wall Street, more money and more Wall Street. Very disappointed. Thanks Stone for ruining the movie.

Funds, ESP mutual funds, are excellent at doing this - when you have a great record (in the past) but it's suffering currently you can pull all sorts of changes to keep that record so you can market it but basically start over. Past track records that are excellent are hard to come by so the...

I use momentum range bars that OEC has and I love them. Once you find a setting you are comfortable with (I use 10 tick on CL) I know when every bar will close, what the next open will be, size of my stops (always 12). If you want to compare, get a demo from OEC and pull up the momentum...

You have a few options: 1) Enter 'aggressively' through a limit or market order when you believe your level will hold. 2) Enter 'conservatively' after some sort of confirmation (as you illustrated). Neither is right or wrong. #1 looks great when your level does in fact hold - you will...

The beauty of the markets - the price of admission is only your account. You can trade the CL on inventory with no clue. What a great business we operate in. (not a comment at you nod obviously) I watched it suddenly waterfall down for like 50 ticks for no reason ... classic

Very true -- the CL does a great job of letting you know if you are right or wrong quickly. I think that's one thing that has attracted me to it.

http://www.openecry.com/openaccount/ratestable.cfm That's the 'standard' rates; however I would strongly recommend you talk to a broker there about the best rates you can get. OEC is now owned by Options Xpress. https://investor.shareholder.com/oxps/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=318315...

I think it's also a function of costs and server usage. Do you want some guys that will never trade clogging up your sim servers for months at a time? I understand what you are saying and if you ask nicely, OEC may just extend that out for you but if you have a live account with just $5k in...

I've been reading more about using a hulu/netflix combo to replace normal cable TV. I'll have to eventually get around to reading more about how that works.

Yes, by request. Now it will just be standard.