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As for a heckler shutting down a thread, I rest my case. That's one I could see coming from a mile away... So TZ has saved everyone from using their own judgment and common sense when reading what is posted. hip hip hoorah...

At this point I don't think TZ has much left to say except to repeat himself. The last ad hominem attack was pretty pointless. Maybe this thread can continue now.

I didn't see the request to call a trade as revealing any methods - just to call something before-the-fact. Or did I misread it?

The OP is being drawn into a pissing contest, and that is how a thread eventually gets shut down. While heavy-handed critics may (or may not) have had good intentions, they are after all acting as self-appointed/ anointed "mind-guardians". The real question is whether you want to be...

Yes, I did not read your comment as trying to cut off the thread at all. There are lots of threads, and one man's madness might be another man's method (hence the phrase "a method to the madness"). I believe (hope?) that anyone that reads through any thread starts with "Caveat Emptor" in...

Personally, my point was at times threads get shut down from heckling. This means that one individual makes the decision for everyone else reading. Everyone can have their own "Ignore" list. Likewise, a thread with bad info will wither by itself on the vine. So why try and cut the thread...

The OP said he would post his own calls. Why not see what he posts - unless you want to shut him down before then.

It was just a matter of time http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/ "Bailout Ben iphone app" As for Volcker raising rates to "combat inflation" - didn't that lift a ceiling on rates at the time, which later allowed companies to charge usurious interest rates?

That is a good one :) The OP has interesting posts and is not posting with any vitriol. It is possible to have different opinions without rancor. It's up to the individual to accept/reject what is said anyway, and inflammatory defamation isn't a good persuader.

I agree with your last sentence - I have no great faith in politicians. Your phrase "somewhat independent" is a bit uncertain tho - kind of like "somewhat pregnant". If there is influence already, how can we know where the influence is coming from and how strong it is?

I would agree with this. The program is a bit like a Frankenstein monster, with appendages stitched together. A clean, organized interface is what most prefer. The toolbar should be simple, with only user-selected icons showing to minimize clutter. The myriad selections make it look like...

I believe IB bundles ticks, so real tick/volume charts would require a change in their network. The charts may have somewhat limited utility because of that, but it depends on what you are charting for of course.

In case it missed anyone's attention, Bernie Madoff ripped-off mostly Jewish people (even Elie Wiesel and The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, for crying out loud!!) And who was in charge at GS when all those toxic assets were spread around the world? None other than Hank "Bail-me, don't...

Maybe that "God's Work" thing is just a set up before making them a religious organization and therefore tax-exempt. Clever...dang clever...

Seems like somebody's been listening in... And who knows for how long? Might be just the 1st wave. Of course, this stuff probably happens all the time - but for some reason, it's still not legal....

Maybe confiscating all those fraudulent "profits" is one of their ways to lower the deficit...

GS is the house, and the house always wins. Though Vegas casinos have gone out of business without being backstopped by the gov't, so there is that difference.

That pic is nasty... Might be educational to run side-by-side identical chart setups: 1) IB Chart 2) TWS feeding another charting program 3) Another charting program w/ another data feed and see how they update. #3 should probably be run on a separate but similar PC.

I think it is like being a 300 lb fat guy tethered to a group of mountain climbers. If you fall, your (leveraged) weight is yanking everybody else into the abyss. Of course, you shouldn't let a 300 lb guy tie a rope around you 30,000 ft up a cliff, but that would be like a regulation...

You might want to forgo IB's charts and use a charting package that hooks into IB's TWS API to get data. (Ensign, NinjaTrader, Sierra come to mind). IB's charts are pretty basic. Right-click gives you a few indicators, but not much. And there is no way to custom-code your own (not that I've...