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I almost got my head handed to me to the tune of -$1500. I can stand to lose $500, but I really hate to lose more than that because it usually takes more than a day's work to recover. I got lucky this time around.

Yea but there is a catch that commission only applies to SPY options.

-537.5 fat finger again! I was short 10 lots 6E and wanted to close and tried to cover at a low price. But I accidentally hit sell rather than buy. I noticed something wasn't right and noticed I was short 20 lots instead of flat. The price moved up quickly and lost about a grand. Got some...

Time for a glass of canadian club to celebrate a good week. +1050 edit: sry I think my pic is too many kilobytes it wont upload

Mix it up a bit Rob. Fading big gaps isn't going to butter your bread in a quasi bull market. Also watch out for short squeeze stocks like AIG, might as well go to a casino than trade them long or short.

Its only glorious for the people who did a successful probe and induced a short squeeze near the close yesterday on low volume. They'll be buying vacation homes and new yachts as they made untold millions.

Peak oil is a very inconvenient theory to capitalists. It is a knife in their side. Capital accumulation via means of production and consumption at current rates cannot continue indefinitely. The party is gonna end sometime, and the economy will have to become more aligned with the Earth's...

I wouldn't mind lower commissions. Especially for futures the commissions are absurd. But I could care less if I have to pay commissions on a losing trade.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25970445-2703,00.html Dubai sux

Yes they are tighter than the ES. Check out the liquidity of ATM front month SPY options. I think you'll be impressed. The ES is just a dot on the map compared to the SPY option chain.

Advantages: SPY options have tighter spreads than the ES Very, very good liquidity Commissions much cheaper than index futures if you use a flat rate broker Disadvantages: Not tax advantaged like futures Subject to time decay Much more subject to tracking error than futures due to...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111091624&sc=nl&cc=es-20090823 :D

Solid performance for 4 days trade. Just imagine what a non trader would think of making 45k in four days. 400k is the magic number!

RCG for the real time account balances.

Ouch.

Yeah brokers could easily steal your strategy if they wanted to. There was a broker advertising on ET a while back "we keep your trades top secret". I dunno what thats about. Some advise, go with a large broker. They are more likely to have more automated processes and bigger fish to fry that...

For younger folks out there, expect 10,000 per ounce in your lifetime. :D

Something should be done about that ad. I also have a mac pro and the same thing happens. It causes my computer to lock up, overheat, and beach ball.

What countries/banks are you referring to?

TOS has online trading capability. This is unlike bare bones discount futures IBs. TOS an great futures broker, I use them. The grass is always greener on the other side, and there is always a temptation to move to a discount. But so far TOS has been nothing short of excellent. Yes, there are...