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Stock futures are basically what the name implies a contract to deliver a certain amount of stocks in the future. Not a basket (index) but a single stock, for example NT. Similar to options they are based on a set amount of stocks (100) and have certain margin requirements like futures set by...

well that's what I was referring to. I mean who is going to route SN rather than SS when one gives you a 30 sec wait and the other a 0 sec wait?

As you can imagine options and futures are worlds unto themselves and I don't think anyone can do justice to the subject by posting an article. If you are totally new to them then get a good intro book such as the "Getting Started in ....." series by Wiley they have one for options and one...

free filter at siliconinvestor.com mkt cap, price, 52 week high/low, vol, etc. all the goodies if you are looking for a simple, FREE filter for end of day data this is it.

def, thanks for the suggestion. I will e-mail when interested the day before an IPO. I hope that will be enough. However, this is not the heady days of 99 with IPOs coming out the wazoo. Its a trickle. One, maybe two a day. Don't believe it is too much to ask that IB keep up.

so does the elimination of the 30 sec window for mms to respond mean that IB's Best_ECN feature will go back to the original algorithm?

I know you are just joking about Canadians so no big whoop but did you know that the first ever ETF was created and traded in Toronto? bet you didnt know that! and you believed the AMEX's assertions that they created ETFs Balderdash!!

this happened again with MDTH today!! def can you please look into this? for some reason IB doesn't stay on top of IPOs to enter them into the system. As a result the TWS doesn't recognize the symbol when it is entered. really annoying!!

you can change the way time / sales is displayed in Real Tick to an amazing degree of detail. Right click on the T/S window and go to Setup and then follow the instructions for customization. Or give RealTick a call and one of their tech support will walk you through it. I've found RT to...

TradeRX, chill out. This is a community and your tone is really abrasive. Throwing a number like $1990 is a bit childish as there are many on this board that make ten times that amount. So what? we are here to learn, and to help and support each other. If your post is not in keeping with...

to apply an analogy, you are criticising a Ferrari for its lack of trunk space capisce?

ok, bear with me here as I revisit this topic after a few days. Traders want/need trailing stops, while IB's viewpoint is that they are the spawn of the devil (just joking!) How about a compromise? Trailing stops that are only active during one trading day. Once the market closes, they...

gh2, that is a really good point, short term trading means that by its very nature there is limited movement, so a scaled exit would make more sense. however in a longer term trading strategy (such as swing trading) then as time and trend may be on your side, taking a partial exit may be...

Hitman, and others, thank you for forgiving my ignorance as I requested! I see now that bullets are rather vital now. So why don't edat brokers like terranova or IB offer them? To my understanding, only firms offer bullets (Hold Bros, etc) why?

avoid anything that has large tails (in candlestick chart) this is a sign of a volatile and whippy stock. A good example is INTC, CSCO, QQQ. Look for simple and clean candle charts, like NVLS, VRSN, etc. Just one trader's opinion!

In another thread we had a side discussion a while back about exits, when to take them, how to take them, etc. Since I believe this is an important topic, I wanted to open up a dialogue about this. The main question it seems, is whether to exit wholly or to scale out of a position as it goes...

I don't understand why you need bullets (forgive my ignorance here) because through decimalization it is very easy to get an uptick. All that is needed is 1c.

I have an installed version of IB (java) and it checks every 30 days for a new version and installs it if it's there automatically. You can set this within the program

1]try http://www.cboe.com 2]IBD last page of first section has a 2 year graph of p/c ratio

Spud, I along with you want to maintain and increase the calibre of dialogue in this forum. However, I think we must think positively rather than negative. If someone posts a 'pitch' we can all simply ignore it and leave it to drift into the bottom of the board never to be seen again (or...