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Yes Gary Smith's "How I Trade" is a good book. And, AFAIK, he is a "real" trader who would post actual trades. Everybody who's anybody posts on ET! Read his posts, as he gives sensible advice IMHO. Here is Gary...

I've only been trading options for 7 years, but right from the first I heard "Watch out for those AMEX guys". And the few times I got fills there, they never seemed very good. ...bastids... :mad:

Hell, bring 'em on! The nature of speculation has always been the few taking from the many. That's the way it MUST be for us...so "Stocks seem to run in a channel. Buy low, sell high. Again and again..." and "It's easy. WizeTrade tells me when to buy and sell. The green and red arrows...

LOL Beat me to it!

From The 2004 Stock Trader's Almanac: For 35 years the combination of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Friday after had a great track record, except for two occasions. Attributing this phenomenon to the warm holiday spirit was a no-brainer. But, publishing it in the 1987 Almanac...

I think a lot of it is that, back in the day, you were allowed to use much more margin for NPs and during one of the market crashes a few years ago a bunch of traders and brokers got wiped out (ole Vic Neiderhofer). Yes, it's the same R/R as covered calls, but brokers don't push NPs because...

I agree with vhehn. I've done lots of NPs for years. It does work. The thing is, IMHO, it is nothing more than a leveraged long play. It can be a little better, and certainly not worse than just going long the stock. BUT you have to do it with an investor's mindset! Like v sez, you get...

Hmmm, not sure if it will do what you want but it looks pretty powerful (user guide - Ordertypes--->Advanced Order Types): http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/webhelp/webhelp.htm Order Ticket Window - Conditional A conditional order is an order that will automatically be submitted or...

This YHOO group used to have free code files to help you get started: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/TWSAPI/messages But if you don't need to, for example, calculate indicators intraday maybe you could use the TWS "conditional" orders based on price levels of other...

Here's how to do a working system, on an EOD basis, absolutely free! 1. Become a member at Wealth-Lab and learn how to write, test, and market scan your system (script). It all can be done at the site for free (for simple scripts and simple is better anyway). Your script needs to trade...

I missed the last couple shows. Have to admit that I usually watch ole Crazy Jim. Sort of like that horrendous crash on the interstate you can't help but stare at! Good trading to all. C

I use VB. My system has been cranking out thousands of trades for a few years now, essentially unchanged. I have had to fix a few logic and code errors. These kinds of problems typically don't result in nice "accidental" gains. Quite the contrary! The market has a way of finding EVERY...

LOL. Here's all I do: Stocks seem to run in a channel. Buy low. Sell high. Again and again. :D http://channelingstocks.com/

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Pretty funny - Shark is, yet again, bagging Cramer for telling people to jump into a trade (re-DKS). He wanted them in the UARM IPO, even if it went up 25%! Opened at $31 and dumped to $25. Booyuh! Without ever actually saying it, I believe Rev Shark brings up all the terrible trading...

The main bitch you hear about IB, and it is valid (I've whined about it too) is that sometimes there are glitches when you try to use the latest TWS. And there are frequent upgrades... What I do, is to just use the old version until they notify me that it is too damn old to support anymore...

Yeah, I know what yer talking about...:(

Dump all that junk and just hookup with IB/TWS. Sure they occasionally have problems, but that can be cut down to about 1 or 2 per year (my avg) if you just use the desktop downloaded TWS. Very good rates. Powerful workstation. Easy and open API for automation. Incredible array of...

Is EVERYBODY in frog-land named "Jean-Claude" ???

Lost my a$$ trying to dip-buy that sucker. Figures, now it moves up! :(