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and your logic behind such a dumb statement is ? -another sign that the stk mkt has topped. ib always has bad timing in getting into new ventures.-

hello sir have you tried trading ETF's like DIA , SPY , QQQQ . IWM ? if you do not have success with those there is no way you will be successful with stock index futures

there is some disagreement out there on what will happen if the ETF for silver is approved or if it is not approved ... I personally do not care as long as I am not long or short in any size as the news hits the wire in general this speculation has helped with the volatility which is good...

what are you wishing to learn how to trade ? stocks , options , futures ( god forbid for a newbie ) mutual funds ? what time frame do you wish to hold your trades? seconds , minutes , hours , days , weeks ? how much time and money have you spent already and with whom in trying to...

thats news to me ... I am making consistant kachingo trading these products however my best results are when I am totally disciplined and keep my emotions in check and take small profits as my commissions are about as low as I can go for retail

I think Shoney allows this as an option for the retail equity traders ... I used to have on occasion this problem and still can get too large for my P+L ( too much size ) but when I see myself doing this nowadays I either hedge as best I can until I can unwind favorably my positions or I...

hello everyone ... 1-2 yrs ago I was doing a little volume in NEM SSF's ... and the market makers were quoting a tight spread ... recently I looked at NEM again and even traded it a little but the spread was 2-4 X worse now if ONE CHICAGO wants business again from me and others the...

- start small - ( 1-2 YG or YI should do the trick while you are learning ) find a time zone that makes sense for you to trade and become profitable before you try any size else people like me or the locals on the floor will pick your pockets if you can figure out where the...

do you use a stop ever ? imagine if you were short EUR going into an economic number that you had no idea was coming ... you would have woken up to a crushing loser :eek:

why does it seem like so many threads on ET turn into shouting matches ? is it that traders watch too much WWF on TV or that they need to vent on something if the world was like ET threads .. not so much would get done ... as every 5 minutes there would be bickering ... hmmm...

In 2000 I lost some money on with IB as my broker however I made 40 X the amount I lost in the course of the yr using them and did not let the incident affect my trading. by the way if I had a backup broker this would not have happened so it could be said it was my fault...

IB is a very good broker ... for screen trading you might want to consider another broker for pit trading as this is a new can of worms for them dealing with outside brokers for pit trades also a good idea to have a backup broker that can give you flash fills in the pit or that has a...

ok ... so you say buy gold before the USA attacks IRAN ? I say ... there is more to the movement of gold than any one grand idea. by the way ... I forgot to mention that gold used to follow and still can on occasion follow euro , suisse ... even yen movements

I heard Dan Z made a fortune in TZOO a yr or so ago but I do not know for sure :p

the market is lower now ... so if you liked gold @ 48 you gotta love it @ 45 seriously ... you better keep your eye on silver , on leasing rates , plus the mining sector and oil interest rates and sentiment plus the geopolitical situation then ... you are ready to play with the...

are the TROUT's still non us citizens ? and is it worth it to you to never step foot in america again ( if you are a usa citizen ) :(

not all scalpers and arb traders need TT why do you think it is the best platform ?

back over $60 ... actually hit $62 AH today in april futures

thats an interesting free site from the SEC ? I did a check on SIRI and came up with this www.secform4.com/insider/showhistory.php?cik=siri&page=1 :p

more ticks , more volume , more executions more fees -> CME ? :p