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Yes, that is correct. I am not running a black box. I am making all of these trades myself. Due to my volume, I was able to negotiate a ticket rate of under $2. Therefore, my commissions for those 2700 trades were closer to $5K than $13K.

4/6/09 & 4/07/09 added

I'm not here trying to prove anything. I am inviting haters, bashers, and skeptics. I'm hoping they can help me make money. A blotter would be counterproductive.

I'm not on Youtube. I'm not trying to sell anything. I've been on this site for 7 years and have never attempted to sell a single thing. Please keep the hating and bashing on topic guys. Thanks.

Yes, that is correct. However, since I'm trading equities, I get 4:1 leverage. Therefore, it wasn't a true 163%. I've had far better weeks with even larger percentage gains. The problem is I always gamble it all away. You'd think it would be so easy to stick to your edge and not sabotage...

You've offered the exact same advice as my father. I do try to sweep out any profits I make once my equity reaches $100K. The problem is I'll often blow the account up before it has a chance to reach $100K. The flip side is if I withdraw funds prior to reaching $100K, I know that when I do stick...

I'm not new to trading. I've been trading since 2001. I've always had an edge. My problem is that after a typical week or two of consistent profits (like the one I've posted above), I sabotage myself and gamble it all away in a single day. All I need to do is stick to my edge and game plan...

I've tried doing it in silence. It just doesn't work. I'll make $30K to $50K over the course of a week or two, only to gamble it all away in a single day. This is always the result of not sticking to my edge and not being disciplined at all. I look forward to updating this thread every day...

3/27/09 - 4/3/09

I've elected to start this journal retroactive to 3/27/09. Prior to 3/27/09, I was extremely inconsistent, undisciplined, and unprofitable. I'm hoping this journal will help change that going forward. I will try to update this thread at the close of every trading day. I encourage haters...

They're too big to fail. They'll get a 10B bail out by the end of the week. :D

Anyone else here think it's possible that the UK could invade Iceland? Perhaps the start of WW3? http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849090,00.html

Comparing Facebook to Myspace is like comparing Yahoo to Google.

http://web.archive.org/web/19990219132918/elitetrader.com/forum.shtml :p

Seems like they're a new broker and $3.95 trade without any restrictions sounds enticing. I just want to make sure it's legit before I open an account with them. http://www.marsco.com/ Thanks for any info. Marc

I didn't know courts were even open on Saturdays. Interesting. http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/051008/autos_delphi_bankruptcy.html?.v=4

Quick question guys: I recently changed brokers and after looking at my first few online account statements, I see that I am charged not only an SEC fee for each sale, but an NASD fee as well. Do all brokers charge the NASD fee? Even the deep discount brokers like E-trade, Ameritrade, etc? I...

Hey guys, I'm in quite the predicament... I was trading ICGE today and accidentally oversold 300,000 shares. I was unable to cover the position before the markets closed at 4pm. A few minutes after the close, my broker called me to inform me that I had an "illegal short position" which was...

Seems like all the stocks that were ripe for this style of trading have either went bankrupt, been delisted, performed reverse splits, or even rarely, got too expensive to flip. This would be your ERICY, WCOM, ADSX, SIRI, etc. The only real one that's left is ICGE and tomorrow marks the day that...

Straight from their website: Execution Fees For NYSE and AMEX Exchange Listed Stocks (Excluding AMEX ETFs): Free to remove liquidity from the INET book Free to add liquidity to the INET book http://www.isld.com/prodserv/bd/fee/fee.asp So why would Island want to lose money on...