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IB's only broker i've ever used so i can't really compare them to anyone else. i'd assume other brokers also have similar reliability problems but you hear a lot more about IB's just because so many more people use them.. so far i've been lucky that when IB's gone down i either haven't had...

hehe the "Hold" Brothers... i think tharpy's got Prop firms on the brain! :) (Hunt bros tried the silver corner..)

i'd agree for the most part, although there's always the "once-in-a-lifetime" meltdown/meltup that ruins even the best laid risk management plans.. i'll have to go and check , but i recall from reading the market wizards that quite a few of them got their big breaks in trading by having a...

50% per year is absolutely phenomenal - after reaching a certain account size. imo, the VAST majority of people here at ET haven't been trading for more than 5 years...so anyone's claims of doing this "year after year" are probably BS.. and i agree, to AVERAGE 20 points per day would be...

not true. permanent resident, yes. resident alien, no.

ah yeah. spose the Lion's share of no votes came from the props :D

C. No, he never even existed and is a legend. i don't know that i'm certain, in absolute terms, but then how many things are we truly certain of in absolute terms. certainly all the evidence points to jesus being a jewish version of a resurrecting god-man myth (complete with all the...

Propose legislation amending the tax codes to eliminate double taxation of corporate dividends; increasing the amount that may be put in an IRA; increasing the amount that may be deducted for capital losses on sale of stocks; easing payroll taxes. i agree, but why stop there? let's go for the...

as a victim of car (and other) theft, i think i know how you feel, gekko. not much you can do about what happened now, but, for the future, you might want to seriously consider making some noise about tougher penalties for criminals (get involoved, vote, write letters). make no mistake...

hehe, it's not THAT hard work.. that's why they have elections there, so they can get die Sozialdemokraten to handle those things.. :)

"NO"!? Some people voted "no" to IB offering bullets? WHy?

Removing the P/L wouldn't be a solution in and of itself, however it could most certainly be a useful method in helping change the way one views profit/loss swings. (which is ultimately what needs to happen if lasting change is desired.) In my case, i don't look at P/L during the trading...

hi axeman, interesting thread this one. just wanted to contribute my little bit to it. i 'll get to axe's question in just a tic.. i started just under year ago trading equites retail. at my peak this year i was up 42k. made a big change up in strategy (thought i was really onto...

yowza! my mistake! never realised so many nfl head coaches were never pro players. i was basing that assumption on NBA, where 23/29 of current head coaches had nba playing experience. (similar story in euro soccer (unless i'm badly mistaken). i don't know shit about about baseball and hockey)

well, i wouldn't say MOST weren't professional players at some time. i think if you check you'll find that most were. as for why do people teach instead of do? there are many reasons (many perfectly good reasons.) however, when it comes to trading, i dunno, i just feel differently about...

6.371? wake up man! every one knows it's 6.294!!

hahaha! rs7 my friend your beginning to sound like one of them "good old days" guys. next step is you move down to florida... oops you're already there. gulp! :) rather spend time with "like minded" than "narrow minded"? hmm, i hope anyone that isn't "like" minded isn't automatically...

TigerO, you MIGHT (that's one pretty big might) have some half decent points to make, but when you spew forth that complete mothefucking leftist bullshit about poverty, inequality, blah blah how the FUCK can you expect ANYONE to take you seriously you demented nut? HOW??? you are obviously...

oh cool. nice to see so many other budding klac traders out there! :) will she join the other former naz faves like brcm, vrts, nvda, sebl in the sub $10 shit pile? let's hope not! other naz faves these days amgn, idph.. also, i traded multiple positions and watched multiple stocks...

chisel, it's probably a good idea to use standard terminology. that way everyone is talking about the same thing. a "buy limit trigger" at 810? sounds to me that's just a " buy limit for 810". i don't see a "stop order" anywhere. if you put in a buy limit @ 810, of course you could get...