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cheats on his wife... lies to Baron... not in character? can lying to and cheating investors be so hard to believe? :confused:

You can get a lot of solid trading advice here for free. A great many experienced option traders here. Some trade for a living and others are very sharp amateurs. Just post very specific questions about the trades you want to do, your outlook, your risk, profit and loss parameters, etc...

In the dictionary this is called getting "Cramered": http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cramered

50 At least I'm not the oldest here! :p

Usually attributed to P. T. Barnum.

Sure he's an interesting guy, but in this biz, luck, and the resulting survivorship bias, (ultimately) control much of the destiny of these trading "legends". Naive thinking? I don't think so. The trick is to get the hell out before you screw it up. Witnesses for the defense: Cramer...

Heh...carpet... :D

Best broker? You all ready found 'em so you're good to go! ---> http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/main.php No Worries. :cool:

Hmmm...not like you to hold back like that. Tell us how you really feel about negative progression sizing! :p

Ugh. Must be a "grandmother figure" thing. Either that, or she's got a tongue that would make Gene Simmons jealous!

Excuuuse me - IB is the only broker allowed to be bashed on ET! Take this TDA shiite somewhere else. Just messin' with you! :D Good luck with your problem. Now back to our regularly scheduled thread...

'Zactly correct, bighog. For those with experience and a winning system, it was just another trading day, in another trading week. Every-single-day is just another trading day, no matter what the market action. Good trading to all. :cool:

There were restrictions against automatically entering orders for option trades. Not sure what the rule is, but there is a CBOE requirement that says you can't enter option orders (RAES) faster than every 15 seconds. IB was fighting it, but I haven't heard what happened. TWS will pop up a...

Sorry Surfy! :p

There are lots of reasons for the bounce. The most important one, is that Surfer was gloating how he finally got the market to go his way (for once). The Market hates this kind of bragging and will soon turn his near-breakeven trade into a total mess... :D

Yeah, he's had a bad trade or two. Haven't we all? But he's been at it 40 years and does run 2 Billion. Somebody must trust his judgement... Disclaimer: FWIW (not much) I run my own systems and follow no advisory services. Back in the Bull Ring Don Hayes, chief investment...

Thanks DAV. You and the other IB guys that stop by here are a tremendous help. You get a lot of heat sometimes, but I think that's mostly because so many of us here use IB and we all want it to be "the perfect trading platform and broker". Well it may not be perfect, but it's damn good...

I'd say it would cost you $5,000 to $10,000 a month (depending on complexity) for me to test it on a real account. You could save the money, though, and just trade it yourself... :p