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The dude who looks like Garth from "Wayne's World" is rocking...

For someone holding the position longer term (i.e: not intraday), compounding is the main issue: http://seekingalpha.com/article/35789-the-case-against-leveraged-etfs

I believe Dr. Science put it best: "I have a lawnmover....do you like grapes?"

Not sure where you get 2 billion since $768 compounded at 30% annually is about 2 million dollars. It's not an "apples-to-apples" comparison, anyway.

I think the easiest way would be to do a screen on finviz or yahoo for stocks $10 - $50 with high volume (like >10 million shares) and a high beta (say >2). Once you've got that list, a quick run through of the intraday charts should give you a list.

If you are doing a day trade, you are flat at the end of the day and won't be carrying a margin balance, hence 0% charged to you. Margin is buying power in excess of your account value. For example, if you have 2:1 margin and a $26k account, your effective buying power is $52k. If you purchase...

Amp Futures gives a free test drive to CQG or Zenfire data with Ninjatrader (I think it's 30 days), so you might want to take a look at them. There's probably others as well. You probably want to look around just to sample a few platforms depending on you trading style. TOS has free charts/data...

I'm assuming you have the source code available? If so, it's pretty easy to add parameters. The easiest way to see what you need to add is by creating a brand new strategy/indicator with a single parameter of the type you need (int, string, etc) using the Ninjatrader wizard. Once you've got...

I am looking for some software to track cost basis of a group of stocks for a variety of transaction types. For example, say I buy 100 shares of MSFT @ 20, sell a covered call for $1.00 that expires worthless, get a dividend of $0.50. I'd like the software to give me a running total of PnL...

That "Free" book is probably generating some cash flow for them. - Cost to print book and burn DVD = Ultra Cheap - Cost to ship media mail. Cheap. - only $6.95 to you for shipping and "Handling" Obviously the information content didn't cost them shit since it's worthless.

I have a 9hr a day desk job, so I set my watch to alarm every 45 minutes or an hour and then I go do a brisk walk around the parking lot, do a set of pushups to failure, and 5 or 10 deep squats. Amazing what this little bit of movement does to revitalize your mind.

I'm aware that inverse ETFs typically have poor long term performance vs. their underlying, so I'm looking for a substitute to achieve the same results. Because this account is a 401k (Fidelity), I cannot: 1) Purchase puts. 2) Trade spreads. 3) Short the underlying. 4) Purchase long calls...

You might be able to get an approximation of what you are looking for simply by using the IB orders: "Good After Date" and "Good Until Date" It won't do the automatic sizing for you, but maybe you have a set size and review your orders once a month or something to modify the working orders...

Are you taking the individual stock weightings in to account? You might be able to simplify your list a bit by chopping off the lower half or third of the companies based on index weight. For example, Microsoft, Google, or Apple carry more weight than First Solar. Either that, or find all the...

On which list does stock777 place his/her/itself? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeism

A 120+ point move in the ES can (and already has) happened. If you are worried about such an event, there are a couple of possibilities: 1) Set a catastrophic stop-limit order with a healthy margin on the limit so you know it'll get filled, but not so much to get picked off by a...

Is there any reason you only trade to the long side? It sounds like your system is basically a trend follower. The period you covered has two of the largest bull markets in US history, but also some of the wickedest bear markets. Unless you are trading in a 401k with only a limited...

I'm using c# and not the socket interface but in theory my method should work for you. Call the reqConnectionTime() method and then when the event is received, determine the difference between the time returned (which is time on the server side) and your local time. Then, every time a tick...

Non Farm Payroll is typically one that is followed closely (1st Friday of every month). Fed meetings are another one to keep on your radar. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/economic-calendar/

I found this poll interesting...and I have no position in gold. http://www.gallup.com/poll/149195/Americans-Choose-Gold-Best-Long-Term-Investment.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=plaintextlink&utm_term=Business