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    IB TWS taking a lot of memory

    Mine started using ~700MB & made PC fans run loud. Save settings to server in login box, close TWS, uninstall (unwise.exe), then re-install stable version. Now using 370MB. Easiest / quickest fix
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    There is no "system"

    OP - Agreed!
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    Any long term strugglers out there?

    Try focusing on finding few and far between golden opportunities, that you perceive as having outrageous odds of success. In the meantime sit on your hands.
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    Kirk Report 2008 Trading Performance?

    Just a general thought: Whoever is behind the magic elixir marketing program had the need to find an income source other than trading, so what are the odds that they are able to trade profitably?
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    Trading & the Zero Sum Game Debate

    All nuances aside, the act of buying requires a seller, the act of selling requires a buyer. By definition a trade is a zero sum exercise when considering both parties. Keep it simple!
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    The Best Trading Proverbs

    The money is in the waiting It is never your thinking that makes big money. It's the sitting https://www.google.com/search?q=The+money+is+in+the+waiting&oq=The+money+is+in+the+waiting&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.1008j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=2&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=The+money+is+in+the+waiting+livermoore
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    Seeking Assistance Investigating Possible Stock Fraud

    I may have found a company w/ stock trading multi billion$ market cap that is a complete fraud; possibly even a ponzy scheme. Am not positioned (yet) and frankly not certain enough to position, nor do I have experience with this sort of thing. The stock is in fact one of the momentum monsters...
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    Day Trading Eyestrain Help

    You might want to try a low resolution color combo, worked for me. The black backgrounds w/ red/green foreground are super high-res. I use a pale green background w/ dark blue foreground & light gray for minor lines. My .02
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    Future 16 year old billionaire question

    If your 16 maybe you should consider chasing after girls instead of growing gray hairs :D Get his pswd and access his acct as him to place the trades... You were never there.
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    Easy edges in the markets for retail participants?

    From the OP: "trading mechanically or fully automatically, an "edge" based on some repeating pattern. " Ahem, market prices react to external events. Statistically they are erratic and random. The observance of a coincidence (repeating pattern) is inevitable among a large universe of events...
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    Hot Forex

    Agreed but same goes for any body trading forex... Rigged unregulated markets with "broker" more often then not acting as counter-party. All sorts of scams going on in those "brokers". CME futures on forex are a viable instrument and better alternative.
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    What are the reasons for trader's NOT taking the Series 56

    The better question is why would you? So you can be a client of, I mean, "trade" at a prop firm? If you can't make a living off your own capital, there is no reason you would be able to do it with somebody else's, and employing huge leverage while daytrading is absolutely idiotic unless on...
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    Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    What happened to the OP makes no sense to me. I just had something similar happen, was long 10 GMCR 115 calls into expiration today. GMCR closed below 115, so options expire worthless. After the official close at 4pm, some news drove the stock up to 116. I called IB just to make sure there was...
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    But what about copper ?

    Any basis for the 2.50 to 2.60 level?
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    RM's occasional market calls...

    Wow, I had a look at that @LH chart & reviewing your stated record of 25 wins 1 loss, 2 pushes... Not hard to figure out what your edge is... Shorting a contracting because it's high or buying 'cause it's low ain't no edge :confused: ...Many small wins, few catastrophic losses.
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    Free MultiCharts in TWS !!

    Update, to solve issue (1) above (assuming you run windows): control panel > remove programs > multicharts > choose "repair" option when running the uninstaller. This solved problem in my case. Problem (2) still unresolved (and also data takes forever to load into a chart); probably an issue...
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    Best chart color scheme?

    Try a light/pale green background with dark blue bars, and set all colors including gridelines and scale to same dark blue. Green is the most relaxing color on the eyes. I had same problem with high contrast setups, typically white or black backgrounds. Hope that helps
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    Free MultiCharts in TWS !!

    Argh, it simply is not functional. 1. Pacing violation issue 2. No studies available When Multicharts is contacted they say this: There has been an issue with the studies in the first beta. Please upgrade to the latest build to get it resolved. But there is no way for a user to...
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    Strange Broker Wash Sale Reporting (Fictitious)

    Argh, I'm no accountant but it seems to me the wash sale stuff is fairly straight forward - Meant to close a loophole whereby one could close a position to realize tax loss and immediately thereafter reopen the position. So if I am an active trader in security XYZ in 2013, and have no open...
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    Trading the Ukrain Situation in Macro Markets

    I am now short S&P futures, not feeling entirely confident but I am biasing the downside as having good odds. Time horizon is this week, will be closed before Friday jobs number for sure. No particular profit target, will manage according to market action and news flow next few days. Will put in...
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