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I'm not into bashing anyone here and I hardly ever reply unless I want to help. However, like I said we need some background. Something to go by. In your reply, you still don't provide that. You can trade a vast number of products and combinations in a vast number of styles. You can trade...

You have to differentiate between commissions and fees. The fees can only be changed through membership or leasing. Once you pay your exchange and clearing fees, the rest is commission that goes to IB or TransAct or any other broker. Once you figure out what your base fees are, then you will...

This almost looks like spam for QT to me. Your question is like saying: I'm going to be broke in 6 months and I need a job. What job do you recommend? What books software and hardware do I need for this job? You do not provide any info really. The answer can only be a reflection of the...

Because I'm clearing through a direct futures clearing firm with a full staff of tech support, the problems are handled initially by that staff. They can see into the routers on both ends and can determine where the problem lies. If they can't see the router on my end, then the issue is referred...

No. Your cost should be from the T-1 provider. You will have to buy a router (eg Cisco 1721) for each end. The broker would put that in their server room and plug you into a port on their switch as if you were sitting right there. There is no cost to them and you will not use any of their...

Call your broker and find out what the address is where their server is located. The reason I ask this is so you can explore a PTP T-1 connection direct into your broker's servers. This will provide the most secure data delivery and will bypass the internet completely. I seriously doubt that...

You are saying "we" in your message. How many people are sharing the connection? If you have enough people, go with business class T-1 service. Your connection is your lifeline to the markets. This is not an area where I would get cheap. Business class DSL is the next best alternative. This...

Dang! ET'ers have amazing talent at taking a thread off on a tangent. :D On Sunday, we will read an article about how NFP volatility was crushed by a government plan to prop up at the market without a ppt. Newsflash!!! I can see it now...... what's that about aliens? I'm gullable right now so...

Dude... it is NFP and I have only traded 687 roundturns so far. That's less than what I do on a normal day. I watched the Euro all morning make low after low. I need to figure out something else to do, I guess.

Jeez... what happened here? Is everyone on vacation? These are normally record days for me, but it felt more like I was trading pre-FOMC hours. May NFP last year was a record day for me and my group. Today... blaaaahhh. Anyone have similar sentiments? I'm bored.

That's just ridiculous. :)

That's a harsh way to put it. The fact is, unless you have been in the business for a long time and your emotions are not clouding your judgement (it takes a lot of hard years to get there), they you are not able to process feedback from the markets while sitting in a losing trade. Your...

Unless you take the time now to evaluate what made you add to a position that was clearly not working out, then you have a very good chance of blowing out. Adding to a losing position is by far the absolute worst thing you can possibly do. The cost/benefit is very poor because you risk losing...

Guy, I just want to say again that your work is nothing short of amazing. You are very detailed and very open with your knowledge. You are certainly an asset to ET and we appreciate your every post here. I'm beginning to incorporate more technical aspects to my trading style and feel that I...

It is a real term. This setup is also known as retail trading, customer trading or bucket-shop.

Again, you are not at a prop firm. You are at an arcade that is selling itself as a prop firm. Why? Because a prop firm puts up the money and takes ALL the risk. In your situation, you are basically there to trade using their licenses and network. Hence, they won't mentor you and you won't...

I'm curious. I hope you don't mind me asking who you would follow around. The reason I ask is because I find I have the same issue in that there is a lot of useless stuff in here and there are a few people who just get down to business. It would be great if you find certain people's posts useful...

It sounds like you simply installed a new version of XP to a new directory. All you have to do is redo the install and in the process delete all the partitions and redo them. If you don't format the drive as a part of the process, then you don't have a clean install. Make sure you backup all...

LOL

Actually, I run my trading monitor using the DVI port of the FX5200. I haven't needed more than one monitor for trading. My CQG machine has the multiple dual-head video cards and they run on VGA. When I put my DVI 1905FP and VGA 1905FP next to each other and display the same info, they look very...