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Cutting cost where ever possiple is never a bad business practice as long as quality isn't sacrificed. If I had not switched to IB early on, the extra 1000 per cent my trades were costing me would have taking me out of the game long before I had a chance to learn. Guess it doesn't...

Pickens shorted oil around 100, forced to cover, and now long. Factor in growing demand in India and China. Remember the stories about guys who thought YHOO was too high at 100 back in the tech bubble? And oil is a finite commodity, especially in this country with this congress (e.g. Anwar...

We may even know by the end of the day!

They will blame the fed for not doing more, and the congress for not enough money for bailouts

LOL:D

One account swing only. Intrady account will hold swing if play finishes strong. No longer swing short with a reactive fed, though.

Seems to me that the dems got elected on a promise of lower gas. What happened to that? Maybe one just needs to recall how the dems always hated Americans paying less for gas. Now they have the power, and we have higher gas prices. Coincidence?

I have been using 882.2 since upgrading to that build. I had some real strange issues pop up when I later upgraded my java. Went back to java version: 1.5.0_12. Won't change from that combo unless forced to. Everything working great.

The change in equities was explained to me on the phone as follows: (I recieved an extra trade commission that did not show up in the trade execution window, but did show up in the execution part of my activity statement the next day). I recieved a partial fill, and chased the play to get...

My system is very simple, but not sure yet on this new structure. Once I've entered my equity play with a bracket, I have a stop and a target. My target is always a limit, my stop is moved periodically as my stock moves. I'm not concerned with the stop as that is on IB's server until or...

Not sure if I understand how my brackets will work, either. Assume I am trailing a 200 share to a 300 share target. My 200 share stop gets hit, becomes a market and is filled. I pay the commission on the 200 share fill. My 300 share limit (say on ARCA or ISLAND) now modifies to 100...

Don't waste your time on this guy. He launched into me in another thread simply because he mistakenly thought I learned my strategy from Hershey, a man I never heard of until I saw his name at the afore mentioned thread. I'll be glad to be taking the other side of his losing trades Mon, if...

Hey Original: Is this what you are referring to with this statement? " yet you are here to tell me how Jack made you a trader" You flamed me without cause, unless he made the quote I used about trader's bad habit's. I don't recall where I got the quote from, but the quote is the...

A multitude of books, cd's, and a few seminars did little to educate me. My money on the line through trial and error made me a trader. I've been working at it for several years, adding enough to my account to keep me trading until I no longer needed to, all while recording what has worked...

http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/otherFees.php?ib_entity=llc This links the cancel/modify order page (other fees) from IB (even though it appears as the same link posted above).

I don't think a trader is defined by his motivation. I think he is defined by the way he plays the game. My play size is primarily controlled by the size of my account. When I break those size rules, I always regret it. By keeping my size in perspective with my account, I am able to...

I joined the intraday trends today, wed, tue, mon. I fought the trend thu. Lost money thu, gains the other 4. Lesson for me: Doesn't matter how the market reacts to the news. If I think the market should act a certain way, I will often fight it. Market couldn't give a care that I think...

A double for Hillary. I'll second that.

Now that I think about it, tax breaks for traders don't sound like a bad idea, either. Help us pay for those higher gas prices that will come with the higher oil. How bout no capital gains taxes? Add a congressional pay cut...Sorry, must have dozed off for a second. Dreaming.

Aren't the majority of members of congress trial lawyers?