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^^^^ very wise advice!!

User stupidity? or user "non expertise"? be honest now. You mention two third party apps which you use to keep your computer secure, which the average guy in the street has never heard of. That's two more than the mac needs, and two more programs to run in the back ground and slow down system...

Then you are indeed a rare exception to the rule... and presumably not running Vista, right?

why not just use your PC mouse? it'll work just fine. right click menus, scrolling, the lot. or didn't you know that?

you make the mistake of thinking you have a handle on my PC experience. Hey it's ok. I'm not trying to push macs on you. You obviously happy with your system and that's great, but you know, it's like choosing a car. I enjoy my kit car. it's fun, fast, cheap, and good for tinkering with...

Good for you. If you know your stuff it's certainly possible to make a PC secure, and reasonably reliable. That question is what do you have to do to achieve that? It most likely involves weekly, or even daily virus checking, occasional defragging, ad/spyware cleaning, email scanning...

Well prior to OSX, Mac's weren't all that great for business. The OS was odd, you couldn't get "under the hood" that easily, it was hard to network them with other computers... so really it's only had 5 years. Corporate inertia is a big factor, but more and more are switching. There's not much...

wow.. a crowd of er... one! How dare I post on a "windows only" message board! So even though being the first hacker ever to crack OSX and write a working, self replicating virus for a Mac would be such a huge accolade... nobody's bothering right?.. er OK.. LOL you don't make a...

lol.. actually for $699 more they do a dual quad core 3.0 GHz one too.. by the same math that works out at 8 processors and 24 GHz! I can confirm though that even the most basic, single dual-core processor, coupled with 2gig of ram, is more than capable of running two full instances of...

I'm pondering the same question right now. One factor is the new pension rules in the UK. I'm no expert in these matters, but have chatted to a few accountants. Since April last year, one hasn't needed to have a specific pension account. The money just needs to be ring fenced and properly...

For reliability and simplicity, I'd go for a Mac if I were you. Most of the major trading platforms are Java based so they work just as well on an Mac. These days they all can run windows too, either as a dual boot system or within a window on the desktop, so compatibility isn't an issue...

I usually sell strangles across all the available months for the upcoming year, at stikes where the option is in the 2-4 dollar range. If the options are too cheap, I look to sell a month further out. I usually close them out couple of weeks before expiry, or when they've eroded at least 50-70%...

neke, just one word of advice from someone who had similar goals to you last year... when you get near to that 500k, DON'T hold out for the final figure. I've been there, and gave back around 200k in january.. (also on AAPL!).. the temptation to hold on to the positon for that extra few...

probably the best tip is not to use a windows based system! A Mac is going to be far more reliable and secure, and if the worst happens, you can reformat and re-install the whole OS from scratch and be back up and running in under 50 minutes. No need for virus killers either...

Making 25% a year didn't make buffet rich. It was the leverage he gained using all the money other's invested in him and his fund. As others have said, you can't really compare. A lot professional traders shoot for around 1% a day, which compounds to over 900% a year. I'm sure few achieve...

A quick'n'easy way for stocks, if you use IB, is to look at the portfolio analysis page, and look at the overall portfolio delta.. (the total figure at the bottom of the table showing your holdings.. bottom right. let's say the combined delta is 254.45 selling $25445 dollars worth of QQQQs...

This is an interesting thread for me. I think it would be possible to do some sort of day based pattern matching.. (i.e. looking at the shape of a whole days trading, and finding similar shapes hitorically) to do that you'd just need ot export the intraday chart each day in a standard size...

Van Tharp's Peak performance Course is based very much on NLP, so if you're looking for something specific to trading its probably worth a look. It's expensive, but I must say it's been valuable to me.

Interactive Brokers TWS works on a Mac.. safer and more stable as a trading platform..(though you'll most likely need a PC on hand as well for charting and analysis.)

traded around 100 lots, 70 intruments, lots stopped out..hedged with qqqq overall.. around 80k in open positions.... and the daily p&l? up 5 dollars and 16 cents... lol gotta chuckle really. :) :D