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Give it a rest already and grow up, all you people who are gloating about the market still going down, etc etc etc. I surely doubt any great traders have that type of personality.

I know there are many e-mini traders here. I'm an extensive stock and options trader, so dont need a lesson there. But I've never bothered learning about how to trade futures and e-minis. I've already browed the CME website looking for a quick summary of e-minis, but theres a lot of chaef...

You're saying that a bottom was made last week, specifically Fri the 21st. What has to occur this Monday to negate your prediction? If the market closes down? Would that make your prediction flat out wrong since you were so adamant on your time frame (before or after the 20th)? I don't...

Actually, I would humbly disagree that trailing stops are not the same things as technical stops. TA stops as you pointed out are placed at support levels, etc. The whole point of a trailing stop is to let your profit run regardless of the trend, next support level, etc. In addition, only a...

After reading the IB info, I had your same thoughts. Trailing stops are the same as limit stops. After thinking about it, I actually see their point, though I still think they should allow trailing stop orders. There is a built in doomsday scenario, which I guess they believe in enough to not...

Really?...which brokers do? None that I'm currently using have trailing stop orders. In fact, IB is the most versatile of the 3 I have (Datek, Schwab).

One more trading platform question for IB: Does anyone know how to set trailing stops on IB's TWS without using the excel macros? ie. You bought at stock at 20, and its at 25. To protect my gain, I'd like to set a trailing stop in either points or percentages, such that if it drops that...

Intrinsic, Miki - Thanks for the replies. Answers my question exactly and I'm already using OCA orders.

Is anyone here proficient with IB's TWS such that I could set a limit above and below buy in? This is what I want to do. Once I'm in a long position. I want to set a 2% loss stop, but also a 6% gain stop. Such that when either is triggered, the other is cancelled. I faintly recall...

In the Profit & Loss column, is this figure based on the last trading price, or is it based on true exit price (ie. the bid price if you are long a stock, the ask price if you are short a stock). If its the last trading price, I recommend changing it to the true exit price. Also it seems...

It would help but in this case when a huge ISP goes down everyone gets hit. Whether its total loss, or much more latency. Sometimes there is not always a roundabout way to get somewhere even on the internet. If there is any single connection that is not redundant along that path that goes...

Whens this #$%^ gonna be fixed.

Cant access IB thru browser or stand alone app. Whats up with that. Fix this %$^# please.

Reeeeaaaaaaaaaaaallly?

Need a source for colored charts on the web. Delayed is fine so that it will be free. Need volume to be green/red, price to be OHLC bars, even better if the price bars are green and red as well. But mainly the volume bars. All my sources are monocolor for volume, which lacks the info on...

Right, so the 6 months out of 2 years that TriPack is referring to is clearly wrong? Or he is referring to something else?

I heard it was that you had to have owned and lived in the residence for 2 of the last 5 years to qualify for no tax on sale of the house for up to 250k per person. Has this rule been changed or are u referring to something else?

Now that tax season is over, it's time to start planning ahead for a profitable but SMART 2002. What are some of the more common AND uncommon deductions traders here are making? I think it will benefit everyone here.

Thanks def. Very helpful and solves my problem.

Where is the main untitled trading page saved? ie. Everytime I access my account from my laptop vs my desktop computer, the main trading page is different. Same when I access the standalone app vs the java app on the same computer. I'm assuming they save these in certain locations...