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Hey Blue ... I think in July it was, i was down YM -670$ for the mo. Mercy!! I only started trading ym in early June. It wasnt until mid aug that i began to be consistant and grab a few ticks here and there. Much to learn here. Dont forget Trader28 thread i mentioned earlier. Very good...

This sounds reasonable...but. If OPEC guys get serious about cutting output - i mean real serious, then they are gonna move that price up no matter what. ME also ... 12000 has been floating around the empty space between my ears. Mostly, i'll just play on s/r, price action, turns, real...

here are some recent scalping examples from last week.

Hey, ck this out ...

Blue ... if i heard you right you said you were looking to scalp YM....??? You're gonna have to move really fast at times using market and limit orders, bailing out before a stop is hit, jumping in quick, scaling,etc. There is at least one free order management tool.Im just not sure of the...

Blue .... I just think of the spread as "manuver" room. Last summer the spread stayed at about 80 pts for some time while the Dow made some big moves. There are probably better explanations that someone might offer here. The spread will probably decrease as we move foward in the qtr. unless...

Blue ... Hmmm ... are you wanting to trade ym options?? Think so. Ym fut contract is dec06. rj

Blue ... ib feed for YM is ok. Its free after 30$ comish for the month. But ... imo... you're gonna need an order management front end if you are planning to scalp at least part of the time. There is at least one free one that works with IB. But, if you are serious, do it right and pay...

Blue ... here are a couple of threads that might interest you. Both are active right now. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76297 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=78069 ... rj

I get an error msg sayingsomething about my unfinshed acct application. ... rj

Gordon ... My IB feed(NYMEX) seems ok. No problems this week at all. that i have seen. ... rj

Next time check with Rennick before .... ..:p ... rj

The FAQ at QT indicates linkage to other brokers like IB will continue to function. Doesnt say(?) whether or not this applies to only registered users. ... rj

Try NUE. Some of the homebuilders. Sometimes NYX can get your attention. Of course, none of these has the vol of XOM. Nas ... SNDK....Often often vol > 7mil. Lots of action. ........ rj

Well...i was addressing this persons situation only. For ex. with income of only 700$ per mo and say he traded for a profit of 15-20K its likely IRS is gonna say he is trader status. ... rj

Hansome ... Here is the latest IRS letter explaining how one may deal with the Schd D situation. You would want to have a look at Question/Ans #4. I trade thru IB as a retail trader and the yearly statement has been acceptable to IRS as an attachment to sched D. So, i only use one line on schd...

I agree. ButtonTrader support is very good whether it takes the form of documentation(excellent) or email comm with Hoi. Personally ive never encountered docs this good. I have used BT to trade index futs. and stks for a couple of months. Not one problem. Very fast. Very solid. And yes...

Try these ... http://images.google.com/images?q=nyse+trade+floor&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

Take a close look at ButtonTrader.

You can have ONLY one ticker associated with one tab and visa versa. And there is no need to switch tabs if you are using two containers or three or ... ... rj