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I was at a wedding for my girlfriend's family friend in March and I was seated at a table with a lot of random couples. Turns out the guy next to me, he was 30ish, trades in the Nat Gas pit and is good friends with Bolling. He told me Eric is transitioning out of the pits and into being in front...

Nothing against plumbers at all, but I dont think I've ever seen "Doctor, Lawyer, Plumber" grouped into the same category :D

Write down your market observations, thoughts, paper trade etc. I know its not easy but try and keep yourself productive while waiting for your "edge" to appear.

Perfectly called intraday bottom today. Nice work :D

I am fairly new to etfs but this one seems like it could provide some good opportunities intraday. Lots of volume, some decent volitility and its not as expensive as the SPY or DIA so that makes a difference as far as SEC fees are concerned. I am finding that the key to trading it intraday is...

+$229,000 b/f taxes

anyone?

You are MUCH better off putting up 5K at a prop firm. Iif you choose not to and get hired strictly prop (no money up), expect yourself to spend ~ two years digging yourself out of a hole based on the high commissions and very low payout you'll receive. Although you would be getting a...

I was working at Fannie Mae in DC in 2001-2002 (right after college) and my boss at the time opened up an ameritrade account. She showed me some of her trades and I got interested so I opened one too. I traded everyday for a couple months and then one day, I bought 3000 XMSR when it was like $4...

2006 Yearly result: +$229,000 net Taking the rest of the year off from active trading, didnt have a vacation this year so figured this is a good time to rest.

Does anyone here trade IWM (Russell 2000 etf) intraday exclusively? What do you think of its intraday trading behavior? I've been playing around with it for the past couple of days, the liquidity is nice and it moves a decent amount so I am just wondering if anyone else trades it?

paid approx $104,000 in commissions (Sec fees included) for 2006 so far.

After 12am, you are right. Its a pain in the ass to get back to Hoboken from the city unless you catch the trains perfectly. Otherwise you will have to wait upwards of 45 mins. But...I do find myself taking a cab home from the city sometimes when I just want convenience. Its pricey though, but...

It doesnt help that volitility intraday is non existent lately either.

It shouldnt happen, but I am sure there are still many kinks to work out. Over the last couple weeks the NYSE has had some floor issues where a bunch of stocks were down from NYS trading for like 30 mins while the ecns were still active. Also I have noticed that I have had partial fills (and...

Specialist steps in and matches buyers and sellers which takes a few more seconds than when the electronic orders and zipping all around.

Could you be a little more dramatic? There are far worse places on this earth than the NY/NJ area. Try about 90% of Africa for starters...

I live in Hoboken NJ which, for those who dont know, is literally a 10 minute train ride into Manhattan. But...I dont have to pay the outrageous NYC city tax which is like 4.5% or something. If you make, say 200K, you have to pay, in addition to federal and New York State tax, almost 10K just...