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"As far as stops are concerned, it makes no sense to adjust them based on what the stop was when you did your last trade. Your stops should be adjusted to give you the best possilbe profit/loss ratio. You should figure out what the best stop would be by looking at the charts, not at how your...

THERE WE GO! Thx, man thats the answer I have been looking for. Crystal clear...:cool: ! I have been looking to check if this is true as you stated in this post of yours but havent had a decent reply from IB, Datek, other brokers but also not from other members on this or other boards...

JS, I agree on IB but one thing sucks-BUYING POWER UPDATES!!! Originally I wanted to start out as a daytrader but than SEC "killed me". OK, I think to myself, I can still daytrade 3 times in 5 days or I can swingtrade but than IB announced T+3 rule (3 business days update. OK, im still...

:confused: Dear Traders! One thing that should be in the first place for everyone considering trading as anything more than a hobby- A Business plan. Well, here is mine (only the money management part) so if anyone would like to share some thoughts about it (like, weather I stand a chance...

Magna, I couldn't agree more!!! The only reason I posted my original Q was because I am really a newbie and wanted to know how markets are/will be reacting to this awfull situation... just wanted some TRADING oppinions. Got a lot of political wiews :( :mad: Alex

Guys, Im reading this and participating from like 5000 miles away and-well, to be honest- WHAT IS HAPPENING TO AMERICA? Land of the free and home of the brave? The symbol of democracy and peace and prosperity? With the land that gives an oppotrunity to everyone smart and brave enough to give...

Guys, guys, Please, peace! I started this thread JUST to see how other traders react to this situation as to learn from them, not to start a conflict of any kind! I love Croatia, I love America, man I love ANY country that has normal and honest people living in it. Peace to you all! :)...

Hello everybody! I am starting this thread as I would really like to know what all of you experienced guys think :confused: of this situation that the US (read : world) economy is in, and I dont only mean this horrendeus thing that has happened to newyorkers. OK, we probably all agree on...

Hello! Does anybody know of a software that has intraday freq (say, 5 min) but interday (multiple days) charting feature? Yes, like Tradestation or Metastock, but the one that wouldnt "hurt" so much.... more like 30-70$/mo. Thanks! Alex

Actually, I have been LEARNING to daytrade for three years now. Only done some papertrades. i am going live next week or so. Cheers! Alex

Hello Stock optionist! I WANT you to sound like my grandpa :) ! As some of you may know, Im from Croatia....a country where 4k=yearly sallary!!! But, ive been learning to daytrade for like three years now but the new SEC rule kinda screwed me up! So I decided to go swing with nyse...

BTW, theese are the stocks Im following (any advice if I shoul narrow or expand my selection?!) AMD AOL C GDT EMC GE GPS HAL HD HDI ICN JNJ JPM MO MRK MU NE PFE SGP SWY T TXN TYC WFC

Dear friends, I cant thank you enough for the effort U put in this board. Especially Hitman, Praetorian and tymjr... not to ditch the rest of you! Hitman- guess U being Chineese (if I remember correctly) helps with an "open mind" approach Bundlemaker and Wareagle-Yeah, the toughest...

"You’d be doin’ some puckerin’ as I’m aware of a number of simple systems that return a profit. They don’t work in all environments but that doesn’t invalidate their usefulness within a given context. " ---------------------------------------------- tymjr, mind sharing some with...

Hello Everyone! I am a new trader just starting out, presumably with IB and have a few Q's if anyone would help. My intended style would be swing trading for now (1-5 days) off of dailys at www.stockcharts.com. I have like 20ish listed stocks I follow. -if I start with 4K will I be able...

Yeeehawww! As my friend Tack would say...:p Guys, we're all traders, professionals (I hope!) ; i started this thread as a help from more experienced guys to us newcomers. I mean, if they trade off of indicators -fine, if its gut feeling-fine too, if its the moon phases... well...:( I...

P.S. If anyones interested in "working on it" with me, I ude stockcharts.com for EOD charting. -go to www.stockcharts.com -pull up a chart of any stock -underneath are a couple of underlined links; click Restore your ChartCode -left upper corner put in 9757779 thats it! just choose your...

Helo everyone! Firstly Id like to thank all the members that have answered my posts in the past, Babak, Praetorian, j_medved, dkamp, rtharp ...sorry if I forgot someone. It is really to have you guys!!! I have been learning to daytrade for three years now, mostly internet articles. Been to...

Jerry, I have a Q for U: Can I pay for lets say Telescan or Quicken.com quotes (realtime streaming) and incorporate it in QT? And would I get better bandwidth which is like 200-400 k/s (shown in that little rectangle in left upper corner)? Or does it have to do with my net connection? Mind...

Dear Fellow traders! dkamp seems to me that for your style (action within seconds instead of minutes) you should be using Raven or esignal or TradeStation! I mean, QT IS my favourite program and thank you guys for making it, but I AM a swingtrader (1-5 days, yeah you guessed it I don't have...