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Hi 10 Bagger! Full-time equities-only intraday & swing trader. Using my life savings as well so can relate to the "real-ness." Trade at least 40-60+ hours a week while working part-time to supplement income. I've been day-trading for about 1 yr now while actively investing long-term for 10+. I...

Thanks for the detailed response JHarmon! I appreciate the knowledge. Sorry for any newbie q's, I really did research all this b/f posting. Couple thoughts whenever you have time. Thank you! How come the same index across different vendors has drastically different total values? - DJ US...

Hi ET! I trade U.S. only stocks mostly in the following sectors: Biopharma, REITs, Tech, and Oil & Gas. I trade Nasdaq listed stocks (70%), NYSE (20%), AMEX (10%). I do not trade indices (only individual stocks) and use the index / sector that stock is in to make decisions regarding the...

Eikon :D , but as far as free broker info forsure TOS, I know IB has a ton of decent free news, but my goodness - acting on that information with their interface/functionality looool :(

I used TOS too! It was actually quite fast, but lacked the alerting/functionality needed to act on the information. I currently pay for all my news information as a result. Thanks again for all feedback; appreciate it.

What 2 or 3 places do you recommend to see the news for free? I know many brokers offer this freely, but in my experience the news is delayed by +30-120 seconds or more. Thanks!

@qlai - Thanks for the clarification. For context, I am not looking to compete with HFTs on the second/micro/nano level. Just looking to close the gap in the middle between HFTs & most other market participants. I know it is being done as many of the trades in my niche area are occuring with...

@Maverick2608 - dang, well thanks anyway! @qlai - Thanks for the thought! I tried using news via IB, but found it did not have true keyword based alerts. The most specific it got was category/sector. Unless the functionality is there and I'm missing something? When you say "API" what exactly...

Hi Maverick, I'm on the retail Metastock version, it's $150/mo base + data feeds. Any thoughts on what I need?

Hi ET! Can someone recommend me an automated trading software/platform that: Live streams press releases & SEC filings, has triggers based on keyword & SEC form type, and then automatically executes trades on the symbol in the release based on parameters (price, volume, time, etc) I set with...