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Hi, I have an MBA and MS in engineering. Made some $ in stock by day trading using models I developed/borrowed... am loking to quit my day job and go into trading. any advice on how one might proceed. I only have about 100K, which is not a whole lot in the silicon valley. any advice...

thx much. Spydertrader, dont you enter shorts? do you use another system? thx

I use optionxpress and ameritrade ameritrade has a good level 2 for nasdaq and nyse. OX does not. and I like ameritrade just for this reason(they also give it free in theior premium) was wondering abt IB. does it support level 2 like ameritrade. for which marktes reason I ask here and not...

what sources do people use for stock picking. dont have to say your strategy, just sources

awesome! thx it works in firefox but I wonder if it has all the good functionalities one would expect how to test drive this? dont need any real data, but checking functionalities would be good

problem seems to be behind a firewall it does not work only the browser based works in that case and it needs IE net/net, firefox, unix and firewall seems to be a bad combo for IB. unless someone can advise me otherwise OX works even TOS does not :(

did you click on the "web trader login "? thx http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/webtraderLogin.php?ib_entity=llc

IB web trader works only with IE and not firefox IE sucks and so, no IB for me Next, IB traedr station works only in windows or mac. no linux or unix or solaris IB is stuck in the propretieary mode and doesn't work for me dont know when they will enable firefox

Here's the minimum requirement for IB workstation http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/requirements.php?ib_entity=llc And here's for web trader http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/requirementsWebtrader.php?ib_entity=llc I tried the link below (click on login) using...

I use unix machines and firefox. I currently use optionsxpress and ameritrade, but need to do strategy based trading. IB doesn't seem to have a firefox based client(they only support IE) any good brokers outthere you'd recommend? thx

you guys are great! and your inputs very valuable when one trader suggested some of these tips to me abt 4 years ago, I thought he didn't want me to get help and loose to better traders like him (very immature of me) will look into this carefully. IB seems to only allow windows based...

START : I started investing about 7 years ago when I graduated with a Ph.D and $10K from summer jobs. A friend told me abt datek (discount brokers) and said to pick any hitech cmpany and but stocks. He promised excellent returns. Being a total newbie, I bought Cisco and sun. It did go up and...

I trade directional calls or puts. I am looking to place trailing stops (25 to 35%) and not monitor the market due to other commitments. I know I will never sell at high, but would limit my losses to ~30% what techniques do people who dont monitor the market all the time use.. thx