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80 % ytd until I got caught in the volatility of the last month and traded too large at times now I am only up 50 % and nervous about being able to continue to trade for a living ...

if you are a prop trader with unlimited funds? and what % on ytd basis that profit is of capital started out with at beginning of yr? if this is too private and personal a matter to post publically thats ok I turned 10 K into 120 K in 2000 but last 2 yrs have been much more a...

On Friday, Nov. 22, OneChicago will offer futures on 22 more single stocks, plus futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA) Exchange Traded Fund. The new contracts are in addition to the 21 futures on single stocks that have been trading at OneChicago since Nov. 8. The new contracts include futures on...

how does this work ? is there some hedge fund or prop firm that tries to keep the bids / offers matched in equal numbers in between trades overnight ? many times I will see 10 X 10 8 X 8 3 X 3 etc in the e mini sp500 contract its almost as if a program is out there to...

if you have a position in the stocks you mention so the elite traders will know if you are a pump and dump trader :D

or until I stop trading ... IB is the BEST ... period ... for small size active traders. Here are Weiss Rating's top 10 highest rated brokerages in terms of financial stability: Interactive Brokers LLC, H&R Block Financial Advisors, A.G. Edwards, Janney Montgomery Scott, Banc One...

for official margin info as far as spread goes ... cbot website should give you some ideas on what the YM contract offers

Dear IB Trader: Recently the US Options Exchanges imposed fees for the cancellation or modification of option orders. As such, IB needs to pass these fees on to our customers. Effective Wednesday, November 13th, IB will charge $1.20 for each US directed option order cancel or...

after the news came out ... usually had to lift offers or hit bids but still made a few $ One Chicago was the exchange considering the volume MO did afer the news I think the volume in MO's SSF was puny. maybe down the road ... things will pick up

thank the posters who took the time to reply to those who could not keep their ego in check and wanted to trash my post .... I think it sort of shows what kind of person and or successful trader you are for those who tried to be polite and gave me some ideas thanks and have a...

stated as part of the question does it pay to switch to muliple monitors and the assoc hardware to support such ... if ones buying power is only 100 - 150 K on margin ? and if one is not making consistantly 1-5 K a week trading? I know I can deduct the expenses for trading up to...

def Interactive Brokers "GM goes ex-div nov. 12. Thus the discount"

Can anyone on elite trader tell me if they are finding it much easier to spot opportunites to make ( and sometimes lose) more money trading using 2 or more monitors as opposed to just 1 ?

was also at a nice discount all day to the underlying stock it did move more or less tick for tick with the name but there was no volume in the SSF

I did almost 10 % of the GM Volume in NQLX today maybe 20 % if they double counted :p

I think they will provide volume tomm or monday ( NQLX) for today ... I am curious if I did a good portion of the volume in the SSF for "GM" today ( 2 RT / one was an error , scratched with myself ) "qdz Junior Member Volume of QQQ front month (DEC.) SSF is merely 390 so far" :p

99 shares LOL after hours @ 14.50 area :)

the locals at the CME who try to arb the e mini and the big one won't they object to this ? maybe the big order flow that uses the e mini has more pull with the CME and insisted on the ability to hide size?

hmmm ...

magazine about some arbs who make a living trading the diff between the big one and the little one