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I see what you mean, it's working now. Thanks!

How do I set the price axis to show logarithmic scale charts in ThinkorSwim? I tried going into chart settings, price axis tab, and checking the "Use log scale" box under Display and nothing happens. The chart remains exactly the same and in arithmetic scale. I tried restarting ThinkorSwim and...

I'm still trying to figure out what the real reason for the regulation is and who is actually supposed to benefit from it. It's obviously not "to protect traders with small accounts" as many people claim. Small traders do not benefit from this at all. There must be someone else who benefits...

Work smarter not harder. Too many people have the mistaken belief that more hard work = more profit. As if throwing hard work at something will solve any problem in the world. There are times when working hard is very efficient and times when it is not. At university I had to do a team...

Thanks all for the great ideas! Gotta consider power outages too. Carrier pigeons! For trading post-apocalypse, maybe? Too young to have ever done it old style! My uncle did it that way, maybe I should learn from him. And yeah maybe I should start getting into the habit of placing my stops upon...

Wow, can't believe I didn't think of that, now I feel really dumb. And to think that I'm a millenial. Much thanks.

Question for daytraders: what's your plan if there's an internet outage? Had a really long and extremely frustrating outage this morning that killed probably around $600 of potential profits based on decisions I would have made (was about to go long on FB when it happened) and I'm still venting...

Thanks for the responses. I agree that the TOS platform is very nice and the great thing is, you can use it even if you're not actively trading with TDAmeritrade. So I think I will be switching to IB.

Demo account started me out with $10k. Anyone who's made a demo there can confirm. Grew to $15k by the time I made the first post, haven't touched the account since because I decided to go back to studying stocks in light of the markets gaining back some strength in January. Might put some real...

Since I started trading stocks last year my account with TDAmeritrade has grown steadily from about 1000 to 5000, both from gains from the stock market and a frugal lifestyle. I don't mind the thinkorswim platform, however one thing that has always been cramping my style is the $7 flat...

I can't speak for Bing but plenty of people use Google in China. They just use VPNs. And btw if you're in HK it wouldn't be censored anyway; there is very little censoring in Hong Kong.

Thanks everyone for the (mostly) helpful and constructive responses. I figured some luck early on =/= sustainable gains, that's why I asked to find out where other people hit roadbumps. It seems like a lot of people talk about their personal experience where they did really well at first only to...

Genuine question, not trying to be condescending. I really want to know what the catch is or where people are getting hung up. Background: I started practicing forex trading as a hobby a couple weeks ago using TDAmeritrade's thinkorswim and then with a practice account on Oanda (TD won't let me...