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I don't think he was referring to the Command Center, although you can enter orders in a similar format in the Command Center (I don't know about the trailing stops, though). I believe Steve was referring to the standard "Trade" screen where there is a link to "Activate Express Trading." -...

Thanks for the good info Steve. That is cool. - Deb Trader

Hmm. In Ameritrade, I don't see "Quote & Trade." Just a "Trade" tab. Nothing I can find says "Direct" or "Trailing Stop." Are you using Ameritrade or Datek? - Deb Trader

I'm not sure what you mean by "the Direct." Could you explain? I'm pretty sure that Ameritrade doesn't have a trailing stop. I just emailed them telling them that I was going to close my account because they lacked trailing stops. They emailed me back confirming that they don't have...

Thanks. This link worked. Certainly explains some stuff for me. - Deb Trader

For some reason this link gave me a blank page. Does it work for anyone else? - Deb Trader

What factors do you use to decide which ECN to use? - Deb Trader

Thanks for the explanation. Something I'm not sure of is that with Ameritrade, I don't have to pick an ECN. How does it make my trade go thru better if I pick ISLD, TMBR, or ARCA? It seems like it just adds another step to the process to have to decide which ECN to use. (Obviously, I'm...

Yes, I'm interested in the answer to this question, too. I understand that there is no middleman with a direct access broker, but aren't some orders direct with Ameritrade? I'm a swing trader and haven't been sure whether to make the leap to a direct access broker. Thank you for this...

Hi Jester, Thanks for your reply. I sent you a PM. - Deb Trader

Thanks for this very concrete, no-nonsense advice. Sounds like a straightforward approach that is easy to follow and gives the best odds.

Nicely said, illiquid.

Good question. For MCTR, my target was 1.05. Which was surpassed. So I met my target pretty much on that one. Form MEDC, my target was $8.00 in 5 days or so. I didn't let it run to that point, but I rarely do. I lose so often on my trades, that I didn't want to lose the $0.40...

I'm right with ya, Kavman.

Thanks nkhoi. Yeah, I guess you're right. But the advisors always tell us to limit our losses and let our winners run. I will never let a winner run if I continue to use those methods, I think. - Deb Trader

Scratch that last post. Just noticed that Babak was asking Omcate, not me. Duh.

The broker was Ameritrade. At the risk of sounding ignorant, besides saying the ticker symbols were MEDC & MCTR, I'm not sure how to define the stock beyond that. - Deb Trader

Those charts came from Ameritrade. Yes I use Ameritrade to buy/sell. I know there is better out there. I just haven't learned to use them yet. Ameritrade charges $11 per trade, $22 round trip. However, I use Ameritrade's "Advanced Analyzer" to get daily charts for screening purposes. This...

At one point I suspectedthat market makers dropped prices to activate a couple of stops that I set. It was just too weird. There was a stock trading at $9 - $9.25 all day. I had my stop set at $8.50 (pretty low, I know, but I was even more of a rookie than I am now.) Anyway, in a matter...

An analysis of how not to set Stop-Limits: In 2 days I could have made 50% on 2 stocks that I actually owned when they started to rocket up. Here's the setup: I created a stock filter using Ameritrade's Advanced Analyzer. Studied daily charts to find ones that were at a low ebb in the...