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Hi, just wanted to verify a volume spike on 11/13/07 at 16:24. Probably just a data problem. Looks like massive volume, but no price change. I don't trade futures, so please excuse my naive question, but can institutions do block trades with each other for massive size but still report it...

Makes me wonder if I'm even using the same method as everyone else here as my results seem to be negatively correlated.. :) Nice day for me testing this method, most trades in the AM. Was busy with equities and missed some great r/r setups throughout the day as I was too conservative where I...

Feel better Anek! Good of you to help a friend in a tough spot.. You are fortunate you can offer him so much. I personally find these entries exits more helpful than charts, as any of us can pull up the charts and see whats going on, but real entries and exits is interesting! Feel...

ended the day at 2 full stops, 1 BE, and 1 small win. net negative on the day. took one full stop on trade I shouldnt have taken because the stop was too large.

bad day so far. would be interested in what downtrend line you guys covered too quickly on. not sure if you're talking about the one that started at 10:41, ending at 11:12, or something premkt. two losses and a BE so far on the day.

Kid, thanks for the input. I originally did not use 50% fib retracement from _previous swing_, or stochs. I started using them because i found without them I enter on noise with overly aggressive entries. Getting a true/complete pullback seems to require some kind of confirmation I am...

Sorry, one last thing. I would be very grateful if someone would be willing to post their "order entry" information for a trading day. Nothing about car size or anything, but just order type, time entered, price, execution or cancel. I believe it should be relatively easy to copy and paste...

Ok, here is the postmortem analysis of the day. As mentioned previously, I am embarrassed to lose money on a day like today which was obviously optimal for this style. I traded the QQQQ today, but took my entry signals from a 1000CV NQ chart. This chart I posted is of the QQQQ just so it was...

I've followed this thread from the start. Haven't made any money in the last few weeks except yesterday (the day where Anek loses money). I am embarrassed to say I lost money today. I obvious am doing something *seriously wrong* (and all my positions were short today except very early in the...

Yeah, I have seen similar things to Xkeys. I have seen the one where there is a pad, and you can place the keys on it in any order you want. Forgot the name of it... I would like to know the setup of those cool pro trader keyboards you see guys on trading desks have, with all the colors...

The working at home thing wasn't pitched to him, that was him speculating on the future of the career and wondering about that being a possibility. Obviously, neither one of us is familiar with this kind of sales, hence the questions. Other sales people I know such as mortgage brokers are able...

I don't really know to tell you the truth. If I had to guess, I would guess maybe something like BoA, or maybe something smaller, I'm not sure. Not Goldman or anything prestigious really. But this is all speculation on my part, sorry I can't elaborate further. His school is not a top 10...

Hi, I currently use the mouse primarily, and a few hotkeys mostly for closing out positions at "last" price. I would like to add some for buying/shorting thru the market, and other functional hotkeys. I'd like to hear about how other traders have their keyboards setup, the layout of their...

Thanks for the replies. It was also mentioned to him that (like many sales jobs) it is a lot of phone work, and may be done completely remote. At first, he would of course work in an office, but as seniority is gained, the ability to work from home/abroad/whatever is a possibility. I'm...

I could call the funds, and get historical pricing, but I don't know *WHEN* they were purchased. I suppose I could estimate to within the year, or two, but nothing exact. Isn't it normal for brokerages to hold securities in "street name" or whatever its called, so the fund themselves won't...

I did call the broker and unfortunately they do not not have records of the purchasing transactions anymore. They only have records until 1997, and I'm not sure, but I think the securities may have been purchased before then. Assuming there is no record at all, I suppose I could guesstimate on...

Mostly money market stuff and some mutual funds, tickers are below. Problem is, I'm not exactly sure when the purchase date for these were either, otherwise I could just look them up. I'm very surprised there is no record of the purchase of these securities (at least none I can easily...

A friend of mine in an MBA program was offered the possibility of working in Fixed Income Sales for large ibanks by his finance professor who apparently has connections that can pull this job. The professor claims that after a few years, an established fixed income sales person can bring in...

Hi, this is more investing related, but I thought I would give it a shot here. I sold some stock and mutual funds in 2006 that I have owned for over 10 years. The original purchase price and basis were not on the account, and the reps for the brokerage only have data going back 10 years. On...

red ink, I guess sarcasm didn't come through in my post. I initially pointed out that it was not a flat day at all. And I do not believe all trade probabilities are 50/50. That was my meaning. Sarcasm and typing are tough to do. ;)