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They said there had been more than a ten percent drop in the market but the two days before friday 12 the market went up so what the heck they were baseing this ban on shorting the spy or qqq is beyound me. If this were true it would be acrossed the board and all brokers would of been limited...

Lightspeed wasn't allowing any shorts on spy or qqq last friday they said if I wanted to get shorts it would be at a twenty dollar per trade extra charge. I don't know if this was normal or something they decided to do. Has anyone experienced this last friday with another broker?

HI I tried to short the spy friday 12, and lightspeed wasn't allowing any short or I could of if willing to pay an extra 19 bucks per trade what is up with that. Did other brokers suspend shorting spy and the Q's on friday? Didn't read anyting on the financial news about an acrossed the...

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Could someone reccomend a good basic news feed for an active trader. It seems like I get blasted from time to time by current news that I don't get thru the basic internet sources.

I'm considering opening an acct. with IB but don't like the looks of TWS. Does anyone here use button trader? I tend to scalp and wonder if useing a front end software linked to IB is a good idea or not. I don't trade futures mostly equeties and etfs. Mainly wonder if lantency is an issue and...

I recently started trading spy and found my trans fees to be so expensive that they were about half as much as my comm. fees. Can someone direct me to a thread or help me understand how I should route to reduce the fees that I'm now charged. Arca and Island seem to be very expensive compared to...

I recently started an account with lightspeed. I thought I had met all the requirements that would allow me the 4x1 buying power. The first day I traded I was having trouble getting any orders to excute. After It people couldn't find anything I noticed in my account bp that I was only getting...

Thanks spinder0 I think I will use trader log as it takes the accounting issues and handles what I feel is an impossible task for the active trader. All input here is greatly appreciated

Twice I requested a demo and called again yesterday to see what the problem was. They told me that I'd have it in ten minutes. ONe hour later I called back and was told they would send it soon, that day. I was asking the sales rep a few questions about some of the terms on the site that I...

I have had a concern about trading accounting and had considered tradlog. I haven't traded in about ten years so I remember the nightmare of fileing without having the right tools. It seems after visiting the link you provided it opened up more brokers to me than I thought I would be able to...

I have had a concern about trading accounting and had considered tradlog. I haven't traded in about ten years so I remember the nightmare of fileing without having the right tools. It seems after visiting the link you provided it opened up more brokers to me than I thought I would be able to...

Ten years ago when I first got into trading I found a trading room that was run by a fellow named Chis Curran the place was called tradwinds and he also wrote articles that you can still find online I have tried to find him but can't seem to. Has anyone here have any insight as to what became...

interday Bill I can't for the life of me figure out what collation means? To all others that responded I want to thank you for your advice. I want to find a platform that doesn't try to be all things to everyone. I don't trade currency or futures I might if I learned enough about them to...

I'm getting back into trading after about ten years. I have spent the last year practicing scalping the spy and would like to know if someone feels like there are brokers to recomend or to avoid for this type of trading. It seems like the reviews on brokers are as confuseing as they are...