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I used to listen to him all the time on my way home from work. I don't go to work anymore - trying trading full time so I haven't caught his show. I learned a lot about ta listening to his show. GaretJax

Be careful - I am traded e-mini's (NQ) I had bought at 1332 and it had gone up to 1349 - I entered a stop at 1345 which took but it did not get filled untl 1337 - ouch. Normally it would have gotten filled at 1345 or maybe a tick lower. I may sit out for awhile until quotes come back. Garet

IB is taking my stops now but quotes are still screwed up. Garet

My ib quotes are still screwed up. I tried to up a stop and it said something like "can't place your order because can't verify price". I would be very careful trading until things get cleared up. Garet

IB quotes are still frozen 10:56 am

I'm back in now 10:55 am. Garet

IB has been flakey for me the last few days - during heavy market action like yesterday's big drops ib quotes stopped while my nextrend quotes were fine. Even today quotes were dead once in awhile on ib while my nextrend quotes were fine. GaretJax

I can't get back in either - I hope the stop I was trying to place went in. I called several times and got the same thing you did. I then tried the web version and it couldnt log in either. Then the ib website went down - must be getting hammered. GaretJax

I shorted NQ for the first time today by accident. I didn't notice I had sold out of my positon and somehow entered a sell again. Also I started trading 3 contracts at a time all day. I was down early in the day quick but I eventually got the hang of things and dug myself out of a hole - only...

michal, I am using nextrend for $79.95 a month. I wanted to use e-signal but it was too expensive since I am just starting out. So far I have had no problems with nextrend - I am using lots of charts (BB, STOCH, RSI, time and sales) and it is very flexible. I am also trading emini-s and...

Gerry, I agree - it is very different - but defintely nice to not worry about execution or routing as you said. I almost always got my stop price when I was stopped out. The moves are very fast - I had to set up hotkeys with IB so I could have my sell ready as quick as possible - it can...

DT-waw, Actually that is really not that good. I watched NQ for awhile before trading as I had never traded it before. It basically went from trading a little above 1150 at 10:00 am to 1260 around 1:25 pm. From 12:00-12:30 it pulled back from around 1232 to 1211 and then it continued on...

Guys, Here's a link to the monitor I bought. Also the deal ends tomorrow 10/4...

Hi, I jumped on this deal the last time they had it and bought a planar 17.4" lcd flat panel with dvi. Dell is offering 20% off and free shipping so you can get a planar 17" monitor for $493.20 for a 17" analog version and about $100 more for the digital. I definitely recommend the digital...

Dozu, Thanks for the advice!- I just went onto IB and requested to raise my contract limit. This site is the best! GaretJax

Michael, I started the day with a little over $19,000. I first tried buying 3 and I got rejected - I could only buy 1. GaretJax

Hi, Today was my first day trading e-mini's - I traded the NQ. I had been trading stocks for two weeks and my account was locked out after 3 trades last friday. I opened a futures account at IB and transferred some funds. Today was easy because of the market - +$950 trading only 1...

Harry, I only traded 2 stocks today - basically I use a very simple setup of selecting stocks that are bouncing off the bottom of a bollinger band and selling when it hits the top. I have only been trading full time for about two weeks so I am still learning. Look at BRCD and SEBL today at...

I was up $1000+ after 3 trades and they I was locked out by the 25K rule. I thought it started on monday. Hopefully my IB futures account will be approved soon so I can trade e-minis. GaretJax

Damn, I already made three roundtrip trades today with IB and I tried a fourth and it rejected it with a pattern daytrader message using a different stock. Apparently it doesn't matter if it is the same or different stocks. I am waiting for my futures account to be approved at ib and I will...