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I thought it'd be interesting to hear how the EliteTraders among us are making money in this market. If you are one of the lucky few, how about sharing with us your: + Vehicle selection criteria + Entry rules + Exit rules + Position management As for me, I have been treading water...

All fire walk acts is more of a physics heat transfer issue than any self-hypnosis. Back at UCLA a physics professor set up a bed of coals in the quad and explained and demonstrated the concept. Something about how if you walk fast enough, the heat does not have enough time to heat up and...

I would do that, but I would require them to hold it for 15 days before allowing them access to the funds. :D

Def, I've just recently started using IB and have enjoyed the IB experience so far. Commissions are great, executions (with the exception of Nasdaq stops) are good as well. The user interface is a little clunky in today's Windows GUI world, but once you get the hang of it, it works...

Ken, How much of the course is already in Dr. Tharp's two books? Thanks. -- Punter

Hi IB Users, How do you decide between using BEST and BEST ECN execution? When do you prefer one over the other? Thanks. -- Punter

Greetings Everyone, Anyone planning to attend the Linda Raschke Trading Workshop in San Francisco? Has anyone attended one of her workshops before? Any comments about it? Worthwhile? I liked her book Street Smarts, and she has the reputation as knowing what she's doing as a trader, so...

Hello, I'm currently looking for a real-time data feed that can provide bid/ask prices and sizes on a tick-by-tick basis. I'm using the internet to connect to the data feed. I've tried Qfeed with Dynastore, but the sizes of the bids/asks aren't available. PCQuote's Hyperfeed...

For the color-inept/blind among us: instead of color coding the status of the order, can there be a simple word in the status box instead? Something like: Pending, Filled, Partial, etc. Also, it'd be great if we can enter stop limit orders on the quote line, as opposed to pulling up the...

Hi All, Do any of you find the Investor's Business Daily Accumulation / Distrubition rating to be of any value? Thanks. -- Punter

Hi All, Jeff Cooper describes a few trading strategies that he calls Stepping in Front of Size. In brief, whenever you see two large bids sizes ( >= 5000 shares) at higher bid prices in succession, you'd buy at the market knowing that the big buyer is there behind you to sell to. At the...

I found the answer to my overbalance question via the web... It's a Gann type of phrase. It's essentially a retracement of a move in price and/or time. Thanks to all who took the time time to read my post. -- Punter

Actually, I alreayd have his books. Call me a sucker. Anyways, yes, his patterns aren't new. What I like about it is the structure he lays out in using these patterns. Blindly and indiscriminately taking the setups wouldn't be a good idea. -- Punter.

I found the answer to the triangle pendulum, namely: "A Triangle Pendulum is a strong move out of a triangle pattern that follows an false breakout in the opposite direction." Still looking to hear what "overbalancing" means though from anyone. Thanks. -- Punter

Hi All, I'm currently going through the Jeff Cooper video trading course (see http://www.tradersgalleria.com for more info) and have a couple questions I'm hoping you can help me with. 1. What does Jeff mean when he says "overbalance" in reference to a certain period on a stock price...

Hi All, Over the past few months I've been discovering numerous TradeStation 2000i quircks. I thought I'd list them here, to perhaps save you some time so that you won't bang your head against them like I did. 1. A chart of each symbols in your symbol list must be displayable, or else...

According to Conner's book, volatility is auto-correlated. Expecting continued volatility is reasonable. As for price autocorrelation, I have not heard anything to that effect. From what I have read, high VIX has occurred usually during market declines, while a low VIX reading uptrends...

Greetings All, Laurence Connors wrote in his book "Connors On Advanced Trading Stragies" the importance of stragies based on conceptually correct market principles/characteristics. For example, buying the market when the San Francisco Giants win on Monday wouldn't be conceptually correct...

Brutal! Personally I didn't find your response be very helpful from a learning perspective. Perhaps others did, but I did not. No offense meant of course. Ever read the book Advanced Trading Strategies by Laurence Connors and Street Smarts by Laurence Connors and Linda Bradford Raschke...

Most live brokers aren't going to want you to change your stop price on a very frequent basis, as the each change puts them at risk of an error being made, and of an error that they would have to eat. This risk just isn't worth the single commission they'd get. You'll probably want to go...