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Thank you for the additional commentary. I assure you that everything you've written in this thread will be taken into utmost consideration.

I hope you don't trade based on the half-baked assumptions you make quite often, judging by your history. The soundest advise I got from this thread was from i960, who answered the question instead of providing me with untopical, unsolicited advise. I recommend you don't trade until you learn...

Hey StockBagger, When I first got started in the markets I also considered swing trading. Although I don't do it any more, here's the site I used to get my feet wet: http://www.swing-trade-stocks.com/learn-swing-trading.html It's rather well written, and I found it useful. If you don't...

Yeah, and? I never said quant firms are able to screen for candidates perfectly. There's no such thing as a perfect method for determining who would make a good trader. What their process shows us is that they place a huge value on understanding probability. Obviously these firms find...

I'm so glad you mentioned this! A great example of how our "logical" thinking often falls short of rationality. For technical analysis, probability really is everything. For technical traders struggling to make profits, I strongly advise looking at the common interview questions at top quant...

As xandman said, Ninjatrader with a data provider of your choice is a great option that can work with discretionary strategies (assuming you are trading without fundamental information). The ability to download old charts and advance them one bar at a time is simple yet effective, just record...

That clears it up perfectly. I appreciate the explanation!

Hello, I know "medium-sized" is relative. For the sake of the question, I'm talking about a 25 ES contract position. Let's say you submit an order to buy 25 contracts @ 2100.00. Once it is time for your order to be filled, are sellers found whose cumulative positions total 25 or is the order...