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Trading applications don't tax graphics cards or computers that much anyway. Compared to 3D gaming that requires 60fps+ of changing displays, the amount of pixels that changes per second in trading apps are minimal. So you wouldn't notice much of a difference between the low-end vs. high-end...

Sounds like you're restoring a virgin install of your system from that backup partition? Gives you the pre-authorized WinXP and all the pre-installed apps? What JM's doing is booting from the WinXP CD, formatting the hard-drive and re-installing WinXP and apps one at a time. So he's starting...

A lot of the program's memory usage is swapped out to VM. Also the OS uses A LOT of memory for stacks & heaps and stuff that doesn't show up in the Taskman as a distinct process.

IB's real. You've done way more than enough papertrading, get your feet wet with $500 and see how it goes. As previously mentioned, the emotions are the real bottom-line cause of success or failure. You an understand every single SEC regulation and recite them verbatim. You can recreate...

Monthly Update: 4-jul-06 --> 4-aug-06 contracts won: 4 contracts lost: 7 contracts open: 5 account value: 3000.00 --> 4,749.44 (+58%)

Don't forget about margin-requirements for a credit-spread. With 360-340=20x100x6, you need $1200 cash at all times. So you're pretty close already. Personally, I would go with a debit-spread. Buy 370-puts and sell 360-puts. Or buy 360/sell 350. There's your $1000/m in one transaction. :)...

yeah, the only clean way to do a restore is to boot from the CD, format the HD and re-install the OS & all apps from scratch. Be sure to back up your data first. The "system restore" feature of Windows takes snapshots of the system settings each time to provide a rollback feature. But it's...

I'm a firm believer in the big-picture context surrounding everything is the most important component. All the specifics of strategies and tactics will then occur within this structure. Highly success people of all fields, be it sports, business, trading, etc. all seem to the same philosophy...

Kinda convenient that this latest terror scare occured on the airlines huh?

I set position sizes based upon percentage of portfolio...

Hmmm... I'm like maxpi and JMowery1987 in that I'm a very bad at being shoehorned into traditional paths and roles. School was darn boring for me and I always felt impatient and held back. Sure, I could get straight-As if I wanted to, but I felt like school was such a waste. I learned best on my...

Well, women come in a wide variety of types, but yeah, as a group, they tend not to be well-off as men overall. No need to debate why, there's a vast range of theories and blame to go around. However, I do believe that the majority of differences between men and women comes down to...

Soundcards are notorious for IRQ conflics. In the DeviceManager, pick ViewByResources and open up the IRQ listing. See what IRQ the soundcard is using and see if there's any others using it. Most likely, you may have a non-plug&pray sound-card that uses hard-wired jumpers to pick IRQs. To...

yeah, it's a complicated issue and it all starts in the family. While education programmes and free-condoms may help somewhat, it's already too late by that point. Blaming the music is too late. It all starts with the parents well before the kid is even born. Yes, unfortunately, there's a lot...

5-Jul-06 - diagonal CORN spread analysis Here's the chart on 3-July that had me start the spread on corn. For all intents and purposes, it looked like a bullish formation: Selling the short OTM call lowers my cost from $1600 to 900 and increases the percentage return. Looking back at...

Uh... I don't get it. Can someone post a picture please...

yeah, in my area, the ones who bought at retail-pricing in the past couple of years are stuck big-time. Properties aren't selling at appreciated prices and if you do a search for "discounted" on CraigsList, you'll find the numbers are increasing daily. Most of these folks had their mortgate...

Ahhh... the Jeet Kune Do method of trading where your form is to have no form... :) "Be like water my friend"

Thanks for the encouraging words Jimmy. :) Yeah, I'll work up some charts on how I set up my positions. 21-jul-06: buy Wheat call and SoybeanMeal puts Well, after those first two wins, I let my guard down and wasn't as cautious. I bought some one-sided positions and guessed wrong on...

Well, what I've noticed from the P/L thread is that there's practically as many different "systems" of trading that's profitable as there are traders. There's no one "right" way to do it. Even with the exact same system, two people can have vastly differing results as well. Other than that...