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Thanks, but I can only take those expense deductions if I am classified as a professional trader, right?

Hi, I am wondering if those monthly inactivity fees can be used to reduce my capital gains for my short term capital gains? I am talking about US tax laws. BTW, I am not classified as a professional trader for tax purposes. I am just normal investor. Thanks!

Thanks for the replies, I am looking to trade stocks and would like 1 minute data but probaby could settle for 5minute data.

I have been looking for a way to get back into testing some strategies. I used to use Linnsoft and had esignal as my datafeed. The problem was is that they only had like 6-9 months of historical intraday data and I wanted a couple years. I am thinking of purchasing a program like neoticker...

A) You can't count cards on a internet gambling site because they aren't using a real deck of cards. they are using computer generated random cards based off the probabilities of a real deck. B) I am guessing here, but I don't think it is possible to beat blackjack using any advanced system...

Well, when you "push it" you are taking more aggressive and riskier plays. If your risk is increasing your "reward target" has to increase also, if not your risk/reward ratio has worsened. And you will also do worse when that happens. If you are going to getm ore aggresive and take more risk...

Well, when you "push it" you are taking more aggressive and riskier plays. If your risk is increasing your "reward target" has to increase also, if not your risk/reward ratio has worsened. And you will also do worse when that happens. If you are going to getm ore aggresive and take more risk...

Deron, I was wondering if you could explain or link us to an explanation of how you use volume accumulation/distrubution patterns to decipher the action in the major indexes. I've heard good things about your theory. Thanks

I currently use esignal as a data feed for a scanning/backtesting application like neoticker and will probably have to switch to a different data provider like qcharts, because esignal only stores 3 months of intraday data on their servers. Esignal, I like your product, become the #1 resource...

If you were trading 5000-10000 shares, then you had a 80 cent losing day, thats to be expected occasionally and since you already have had plus one point days you should be very profitable in the long run, especially in light of the 18 out of 20 winning days, keep it up sounds like your doing great

IS there any resource about learning how to trade this sector? I was watching on wednesday when a huge surplus came out, normally this is bearish but the market jumped up and it really confused me.

well, i was being selfish, if there was a way, it would have been the greatest thing pretty much i've ever heard of, and i didn't want to just give it away. that said, some of you need to calm down.

After thinking about it for a sec i realized that it would be impossible to create an instrument that traded like the MA, why? because if you could, you could buy a the 200 MA of a stock that was in a 6month uptrend, the MA of the next day is going to be higher than the MA today, unless the...

You're right about stock777, that wouldn't give you anything close to what trades like the MA. Well PM me if you want. Its such a simple idea, but oneif it works would be incredibly profitable, just take a look at any chart with a short time frame ma and think about it.

just look at any chart with a short ma and figure it out

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MA=Moving Average Curious about this, would seem impossible, but maybe with options. Just wondering if anybody has ever heard of such a thing. thanks

I think the market has definately changed, the obvious point being that we are currently in a bull market, and shorting anything is just not going to work, I know, I have been so used to fading up moves because of the last year, that I have been getting chewed up doing it the last month. I too...

Is that right, 5 seconds or less? I recently switched platforms about two months ago and suspect that my direct plus fills are slower now. I used to always get a fill at 3 seconds, I was using Sterling whoch I believe does not order to dot/isi, and now my fills range from 3 seconds to 6...

True, BUt the fact is the specialist used to fill me completly on situations like this( a trade that is assuredly a winner, where the next print islower and the specialist knows it) and my point is that the specialist hs gotten tougher. especially in the last month