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Last year market moved as a whole wave down, up Not this year. This year is the year of "active management", remember? Traders are waiting for cheaper growth and dividend stocks. I think pull backs will be bought and shallower but up surges will be met with profit taking. That sounds like...

Recent NYSE changes are not trader friendly 1. They are not publishing market maker trade statistics. Goldman Sachs is dominating the stats. (Goldman also runs private '"dark pools of liquidity" systems for big money customers. French President actually warned Obama about these "dark...

The Nasdaq Mar 09 contract should be -5.50 and they went down the futures chain and used the June 09 contract +45.50. For the other two DOW and SP500, they used the Mar 09, it looks like.

I scan CNBC ticker tape index futures quotes occasionally. Tonight they are: Dow -33.00 SP500 -2.90 Nasdaq +45.50 I checked Futures websites at CME, Bloomberg and others for March 09 contracts. CNBC doesn't match with any site I see. Where to they get those quotes from, thin...

How much capital is required to use Rediplus platform? If Don Bright says it is the best or perhaps one of the best, then it is likely so. How many other platforms do you know of that have identified "Dark Pools" of capital not traded on public exchanges. And offers the capability to trade...

Next week has little news of importance at least until Friday Week after starts earnings with Alcoa This rally will continue as the path of least resistance! Maybe not as strong as today - but same direction!

I am considering this short: http://www.alphatrends.blogspot.com/

I am trying to find trading software that offers the VWAP indicator Realtick offers it for quite a few stocks at 1 min, 2 min, daily but expensive for non-professionals. Anyone know of other trading software? Thanks for your help.:)

I had Verizon DSL 3.0 mbs service. Fairpoint took over Verizon's land line service, In NH. Now I am getting data spurts during busy times, mornings, around 9:30 but not so much afternoon. I am wondering if Fair Usage per day limitations are being imposed. Although I pay more for a 3...

IB reports earnings on Thursday 4pm. Their symbol is IBKR on the Nasdaq. Technically, they are superior. The many trading markets they offer are outstanding. But they must not be spending money on their service organization. They probably are overworked. Someday when earnings are not...

People outside of the market, who invest through their company 401k usually re-enter the market after it has made substantial up moves. After several good weeks in a row along with news like we have reached the bottom, the Monday or Tuesday after will see an extension of the rally due to...

The NFA and other organizations should regulate to an even higher degree dealing desks and position hedging and other current practices of Bucketshops. Computerized logging of all transactions is a simple thing, not just the consumers transaction but also the FCM. And those logs could be...

I think this Friday afternoon was quite slow everywhere. I can't speak for IB, but Oanda was slow too.

Atticus: thanks for the puzzle and Riskfreetrading: thanks for the partial explanation. Some people are afraid of puzzles and new concepts. It is helpful for those of us that want to learn more. Options are useful to some for hedging, others - trading. I'm not sure how I want to...

What then would be your recommendation be on where and who to trade with?

I'm sorry that I took so long to reply to you, but here are links that present some truth. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61360&perpage=6&pagenumber=2 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61418 I think the Forex retail industry's day is...

I would like a Schwab IRA-LLC link as well. The only mention of "IRA LLC" in a Schwab Web site search is the following link for a SEP-IRA http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/home/account_types/small_business_retirement/sep/forms.html I don't think this is the account type you want...

I'm looking for a Forex trading group in New England. I have read there is a CMT (certified market technicans) group at MIT in Cambridge, Mass.

CASHMONSTER: Thanks for your insights, and I didn't mind your CAPS. What broker do you like to trade Forex with? I want to find a broker that is not a "bucket shop", which means that they trade against their customers, even if it is only in subtle ways. My broker knows my stops so...

Will IB Papertrader provide trade simulation functionality for your FOREX IDEAL PRO? You have a real advantage in FOREX because you are not like the bucket shops that trade against their own customers. But I still need some simulated trading on your software platform before I will be...