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I don't really know the answer to your question, but I think there are a lot of daytraders on ET in similar positions. If shorting was banned altogether, I think many of us would be getting out our resumes. But I think that is pretty unlikely, at least on a permanent basis. A whole lot of...

A lot of traders are paying high fees like this every month, but if you are only taking home $24k net on gross $264k there is definitely something wrong with the deal you are getting or you need a new strategy.

I pay 0.00015 commision to my firm which is usually around $2k a month. I generally have another $18k+ in fees as well. My fees are extremely high because I make a lot of small trades every day, and punching in and out a lot = high fees. Overall, I pay in fees about as much or more than I make...

Totally agree with everything Bespoke said...there are prop firms that will let you trade remotely but most want to know that you have some experience or someone is willing to mentor you. I work for world trade and trade remotely, but my office generally prefers traders to come in. In my case...

Thanks risktaker!

Thanks for the quick reply Kinar ...that makes sense about the upload, but wouldn't the download then suffer? Could I be noticing such a major diffence in speed here simply because I am out East?

My office is replacing the business cable line with a dedicated service line due to speed issues. I typically get about 6000-8000 kb/s down and 400-600 kb/s up there, but that doesnt seem to be enough and orders seem to go in very slow/slow quotes etc. I know it is the internet and not just the...

newly listed stocks (similar to the NYSE euronext IPO showcase page) ?

I think women are generally better suited to trading in a lot of ways or at least just as capable as men. I've been trading for three years and I've only met two or three other women traders during that time. I would say that that the ones I have met, and myself for that matter, tend to be a lot...

Im with WTS but I work out of a branch not on a mini card. They haven't changed our fees at all and I have been quite satisfied with the company, as was the OP in previous posts. The mini account fee wasn't nearly that high a few months ago, so if it is true, hopefully the OP and his fellow...

I know the new rule came into play today, but I thought only about 19 big firms would be affected. Today I couldn't short half of the stocks I normally do like URI for etc. Anyone know why? http://www.nypost.com/seven/07192008/business/sec_eases_short_rule_120574.htm

"Hey, this is just an open ended question to everyone who's been kind enough to respond to my thread. When you guys first started or if you are just starting, did you have sweaty twitchy fingers when you switched to the live deal? I look at my hand and it's sweaty and twitching, and I came close...

I've been reading your journal and found it pretty amusing (even as a woman) ...I trade stocks, so I can't help you with your strategy, but wanted to wish you luck . I think most of us lost a lot of money in the beginning, so don't let that discourage you. Experience is worth more than anything...

I bartended while I was training and continued until I was consistently making decent money. A few people told me I should just quit and focus on the trading, but it took a lot of pressure off knowing I still had money coming in. I saw a lot of people leave because they couldn't afford to not...

That is really interesting...I will call and ask. I always thought commercial was faster? I am at a residential address and had a hard time getting a business line, so I should be able to if it is available. Thanks for the info!

The tech just left and apparently there is a problem in this area with high noise levels and packet loss. He said the offices right next to me on the same node are experiencing intermittent internet connection and slow speeds also, and it won't be fixed until they put new fibre lines over the...

I understand that they don't guarantee 16 Mbps but shouldn't I be getting at least half of that pretty consistently throughout the day? I would be happy with 8 or 9 even, but a lot of the time I have gotten results of less than 5 Mbps. And thanks for the link. I downloaded the ping plotter...

I have no idea how to ping my broker, but ill ask my bm to show me how to do that tomorrow. One of my co-workers suggested doing a comparison between my computer and one at the office back in BC so I will get on that first thing in the morning. As for software I am using Comodo Antivirus...

thanks for the reply Mgookin :) Here is my cable package: Features ENTERPRISE Speed Download* Up to 16 Mbps Speed Upload Up to 1.5 Mbps Data transfer/month (bitcap) Unlimited Email Space per address 100 MB Web space Visit cogecohosting.com IP Addresses 10 reserved Static...

Here are the results of two difference speed tests I did today from Ontario to NY at almost the same time. Speak Easy : 1776 kbps down 1322 kbps up speedtest.net 8307 kb/s 1423 kb/s up I am paying for 16 Mbps / month. Do my results seem odd? I lost connection from my trading...