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What about IB? It would be a pretty bad thing if their clearing firm go out of business since lots of people here, including myself, have IB accounts. I take the profits out on a regular basis -anything above 30K- so I am not so worried.

Trading is making money. As easy as that.

They dont understand it. All they believe are fundamentals, ie: CEO's lies.

Get rid of the losers and keep the winners. Sometimes I still make money by having one winning trade and three losing ones by cutting the losses short.

You made your point. The market has been going up steadily over the past few weeks.

You can daytrade with eSignal as well but dont trust it for short selling.

I bet you'll come back. Heard lots of traders leaving and then eventually came back to trading. When you trade again, don't forget all the mistakes you made.

Let the little guys die as usual.

get killed....

Little guys would kill anyway. Dont need the PDT for that.

Stocks looking good on one day can open with a big gap against you the next day.

If you have that much time left, why not. Buffett would tell you so.

It's pretty hard to use indicators for intraday. I look at price only when daytrading.

It depends on your broker. Beware of short squeeze though. It just needs one good news to make it fly, at least temporarily.

Plan your trade and trade your plan. Old and wise adage.

IB is cheap and fast. A few bugs from time to time but nothing really serious.

Try a route-switch combined. You can get one with 4 ports for less than $100.

European markets often follow the US markets although they open ahead of us. The CAC 40 can be green the entire day until the NYSE opens. It then follows what Nasdaq and Dow are doing. I prefer to concentrate on only one market.

Not all of them lag. But you should use a couple of indicators at the same time. Not only one.

Investors don't know what selling short mean. They only do well in bull markets. Smart investors get out during bear markets and reenter when the conditions look better. Traders are in the market regardless of market conditions and go with the trend.