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I'm slowly stepping up my trade size, and can't risk having TWS go down on me when I'm in a 20-lot ES trade. Plus, the personalized service at Open E Cry is great! They pick up on the first or second ring and I can get my broker on the line right away if I have any questions. They have a...

Mark, I'd like your thoughts on setting proper stops on the DAX. I've traded the DAX a few times and was using 2-4 pt stops. -Fast

Mark, don't get discouraged by these "Elite" traders. Please continue your journal. Thanks for offering your help. -Fast

I know I'm down around $2.5K overall after commiss. from the point I started trading stocks around May/June til now. So, you a paper millionaire yet, LOL :D -Fast

harry, this isn't meant to be a flame or anything; I'm just really curious, do you trade? -Fast

It's equally easy to lose 1 tick -Fast

I'm in the process of moving my account from IB to Open E Cry. I will also be out of town from the middle of December till the middle of January and will start trading again when I return. Hope everyone has a good holiday, and a profitable 2004! :cool: -Fast

Nice job. Are you back in with real$? Trading 2 contracts should help. -Fast

Trade #1: price went over 3 pts in your favor and then chopped between 1067.50 and 1068.50. I think an exit at 1068 would have been much better. The same thing happened yesterday as well; price went in your favor and then chopped (time to bail) and you exited on trailing stop getting...

TK, I didn't label you a "bug" although you can be a "bug" at times (in other posts; not this one) :D I don't have time to go over 34 pages to give you a performance summary, but if you have some free time, which I'm sure you do, feel free to write up a performance summary for this journal...

Thanks but not yet...need a couple of months adjusting to the 5-lot max. size. To be honest with you, I'm still not very comfortable seeing my P/L flick up and down in increments of $62.50. Even in the next couple of months, I will normally enter with a 1 or 2 lot but build upto 5-lot when...

Home...then go to the office for the "real" job :D

I know I said I won't be trading the afternoon, but I had a few free minutes, so made 1 more trade. 1:28 PM - Short 2 ES 1072.00 1:32 PM - Cover 1 ES 1071.00 1:46 PM - Cover 1 ES 1071.50 Result: +1 , +0.50

I don't know form first-hand experience yet, but I spoke with a couple of people that use them and neither had anything bad to say. -Fast

Whatever helps you sleep better at night, LongShot :D -Fast

Like I said, I was leaving anyways. LongShot, I'm sure my "junk" is better than your "junk" :D -Fast

Open E Cry is hooking me up with a good deal. Some of the reasons for switching: 1. Better customer service. They always pick up on the 1st or 2nd ring. 2. Better platform. This is subjective but I like the platform and the DOM feature. Much easier to enter orders and manage positions...

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I was planning on closing my IB acct next week anyways. -Fast

Perhaps you should cut down size by half later in the day? -Fast