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.5 to .7% on my main list, .9% on the second list I sent today.

Mike's p/l is real, no doubt about it. I traded poorly today and made $26,000 on the open. I had so many fills I thought that I might have made a mistake with my prices. The number of trades to manage was past overwhelming and I cancelled a bunch of open orders. I got 41 fills and...

Insane today. Sent an additional list of stocks to cast the net a little wider just in case it was one of those rare witchings, which it turned out to be. I had so many fills so fast that I thought something might have been wrong with my prices and was overwhelmed so I canceled a bunch of...

Yeah, I hardly ever read Harrison anymore. The education I've gotten from Brian Reynolds has paid for 100 lifetime subscriptions. John Succo is excellent too. I check in each morning for Reynold's article and that's about it.

What's your definition of long term? Since the 90's don't count, I'm guessing a few years?

If your study time is limited or you don't know what to focus on, spend your time on options and muni bonds. The two biggest chunks of the test.

I think you need to educate yourself a bit more on prop firms. I've traded at three different places over the last few years and no one tells me what or how much to trade. I hold overnight as much and whenever I want. I answer to no one. I keep 100% of my profits. I pay lower commissions...

I hit $100k net for the year last friday and this past week was pretty decent, so I'm back on track for my monthly and yearly goal ($20k/mo avg). I trade prop so I couldn't tell you what that is in % terms.

I don't get it, are you complaining?

In the beginning of full time trading it was a daily, or more often, question. Then every few days. After a few years now, she rarely asks, and even then it's just a general "howz it goin'?" from behind a magazine. I will bring it up if it's a really good or bad day, but we've both become...

Anyone using IB to do openings, can you tell me how you import your orders to IB? Can you do it without the api? I calculate everything in excel and then either port it to a basket, or use a copy and paste macro for the other platforms I trade on. I want to be able to put symbol, size...

Yes, just about everyone has the ability to make it. However not everyone has the capital to survive long enough until they "get it". If you've blown through all your cash, tapped your credit cards and all your friends and family, work a night job and you're already living in a box, what would...

A few reasons why successful traders don't necessarily want to jump to the hedge fund world. There have been a few active threads on the subject in the past. I'm not going to rehash the whole argument here, but a few points... Your first guess is a biggie- salability. independent traders...

Trade with a prop firm. Put up enough cash to give you a cusion then withdraw your profits as they build. All the while you have all the buying power you need. Account equity doesn't really matter.

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Reminds me of the week I spent trading in an office where this guy just cussed and yelled at the IBM specialist all day. What was funny though was that he had this litte japanese feng shui waterfall thingy next to him that was supposed to be calming. The irony was hilarious.

Once again I ask you, if things are bad and deteriorating every month, why do you come in every morning and beat your head against the same wall? Did you sign an agreement saying you can only scalp listed stocks forever? You've mentioned how great things are for currency traders, is there...

Wow, I left 15 minutes early today with moc's in to exit 10 different positions. Just got back in to see this mess. Tomorrow's opening could rock!

After the mess at today's close, tomorrow could be crazy for openings. All today's closing volume to be done, plus the regular opening volume. Liquidity providers could be nicely rewarded.

So why haven't you joined them? All you do is complain about the nyse and all the evil games being played there, yet you come back every day for more. Rather than cry about all the money being made in other markets, why not go where the money's being made? Is someone holding a gun to your...