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To anyone who is interested in this macro analysis I would recommend reading "The Hedge Fund Edge" by Mark Boucher. Don't let the title throw you off, this is a gem of a book which is overlooked by many. His discussion of the Austrian school of economics is wonderful. Coupled with the...

I certainly hope that IB can continue to give the 1c/share (actually it is less when you trade large lots +1000) it goes to $0.0075/share. They just recently reduced their commissions! Which other broker has done that? They can do this because of one thing...volume! These charges will...

Steve, thank you for taking the time to explain your position. I was simply trying to see how float analysis adds to a trader's tool box. Your analogy of the moving average is a good one. In fact the question that I had can be answered in the case of mov avg. For example, many times a stock...

Nico, I haven't read Steve's book yet. However by reviewing his article for TA of SC and by reading his website I came to the same conclusion: Unfortunately I have yet to engage Steve in a dialogue regarding how much value his analysis brings to the table. I can understand that as someone...

After seeing the attack on day trading (both from the recently enacted PDT rules and the proposed option restrictions: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=1136 ) a lot of people have floated the idea of creating a trading lobby to represent the traders and their interests. I...

Wiseupdate should check to see if the installed version is the latest before downloading. Many times I have had Wiseupdate download a version that I had already manually installed. I know, I know, this is rather a small change, but it is an improvement. Also I want to repeat for the nth time...

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I will be writing the SEC about this matter as I urge all traders whether you trade in options or not to voice your concerns. This is a matter of principle. In the short term, they may be able to steal from the public (assuming this goes through). However, in the long term they are simply...

ddefina, could you please look into your missed stops and contact IB. They claimed a while back that they fixed the stops problem. I think it is important to provide them with concrete examples of failure from their side, if that is the case. Also had slow IB quotes and CEFT was shown as -$24...

The following is a summary from an excellent article written by Todd Harrison (head trader at hedge fund Cramer Berkowitz) that appeared on realmoney.com on Sunday 23th of September 2001. I have only included the 10 'commandments' and will leave you (if you are interested enough) to look up...

Steve, hope you got my pm first of all. Second, this might be of interest to you: http://www.chartpattern.com/chartperfhist2.html (Effron apparently specializes in these kinds of audits)

Steve, I would appreciate your thoughts on exits and position sizing (as well as stop losses) and how they fit into your analysis/trading. Thanks in advance

Hitman, If 4 hours are enough for someone to trade profitably or not is really up to them. If they want half a mil as a goal is also up to them. The point I believe the others are trying to make is that there has to be a more effective style out there. Commissions (even bullets) are a...

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Todd Harrison (on realmoney.com) the head trader of Cramer Berkowitz wrote an article where he outlined the 10 rules of trading. It was one of those that you just have to print out and keep by your monitor to glance at every now and then. I'll try to see if I can find it on their site again...

I'm slowly becoming rather frustrated with IB. The traders in this community suggested a goup of excellent ideas for ways to improve IB and also some begged IB to not ruin a good thing. Although I'm not a programmer, to me it is intuitively clear that as you add extra features to a program it...

using newest IB build 721a quotes are the slowest I have ever seen (compared to RT) from 3 to 7 seconds behind the tape I hate to say this but with every new version of TWS I have seen a slow and steady erosion of functionality and reliability. The message to IB is this: 1]provide...

"To the extent that short sellers have played a significant role in creating the current market conditions, I request that you consider the appropriateness of certain measures, including inhibiting short selling," LaFalce said in a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission head Harvey Pitt...

rtharp, correct. It is quite steep actually: http://www.naet.net/page493831.htm + monthly fees of $1000 and up (max $3000) + other charges up the wazoo (cancellation, one time setup, etc.)

The most powerful corporations in Canada are the banks (TD, Royal, CIBC, Scotia, and National). They control all the organizations that deal with the securities markets in Canada. Unfortunately Canada's business environment resembles Russia's in this regard. The big 5 throw their weight...