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are you using a lot of trendlines on esignal or something?

I wonder if this would work in intraday trading. You'll have to be real fast on the keys that's for sure ;-) . I think it could work, but it will be a little less efficient because there is less opportunity for replacing etc. especially in tight range or runaway markets. I have to close all...

congrats! seems it's working out well.

so i suppose the biggest risk is a long strong trend without pullbacks, and the biggest opportunity a sideways market with large swings?

You would say in 2006 they could afford to upgrade their hardware, add some processors and memory here and there..

It seems to me you are more interested in the glamour than in the real work. been there done that, the glamour gets tired after you've seen it for a while. as i said, i would be happy now just sitting on the beach with a rod. disclaimer: i can't afford the glamour anymore anyway ;-)

there are two kind of motivations: push and pull motivation. push motivation: i don't want a normal job. i just want to get rich quick. pull motivation: I am ready to do anything to get ahead, but trading is the coolest thing i can imagine. In my first year, my motivation was pull...

What i really want now is to sit on the beach in a tropical setting and fish. so i guess that will happen

My experience is totally inverse. Since i don't really want it anymore results went downhill.

it differs, i don't know where exactly to find the exact opening time. it's mostly around 11 am and if you open a level 2 you'll find people starting bidding offering appr. 20 minutes before opening on nasdaq issues

try genesis

I don't myself, but i know people who do for futures. Through Fortis for instance. It's not as difficult as you sound it to be.

i think it's a good decision. US hours are the most active hours for about everything. This way European and US businesses can come together same place, same time.

headline on bloomberg.com: german business confidence falls more than forecast. that might have something to do with it.

Allow me to disagree. A position trader has no need to be as accurate to the tick as a daytrader. Therefore a position trader has just as high of a chance to make a profitable prediction as a daytrader. edit: actually i am referring to something you didn't say, but still i'd like to make the...

IB would lose my respect to large extent if they offer pit futures. I bet the operation required would suck up so much money, that IB wouldn't be able to offer clients the trading fees for electronic trading as they could without having an operation up for pit trading.

sec fees on GOOG are probably >1 cent per share already.

satellite has the worst latency. i suppose your adsl is not terrific, but if you try to optimize your data flow, it might work just fine.

I hear some alegedly better discretionary traders talk about how cutting losses short ie. setting stoplosses is not the right thing to do. They said they rather work the position until it's profitable before getting out. Could some of these traders enlighten me how?

Come on, the answer is easy. why would any woman want to start a hedgefund? It's stressful work with an uncertain outcome and the only rewards are more money and the building of an empire. Typically men's goals.