Very amusing posts, as someone said, you can't open an account for less than $3000, I think IB is $25k? I don't know, been ages since I have opened an account as I find something good, no reason to move. And when you develop automation systems and day trade volume, best to lease a seat and get T-1 instead of cable. Actually, your methods are simialr to how I scalp and do longer term trading as I am short all the Indexes from last week and added on to a couple today and hedged. I was like you many years ago, ego on my sleeve big time, but years wear on you and the BIG hits comes when least expect them.
Trading is all about psychology, but few understand that it is, many want to put into math form and run patterns or numbers, and they would do much better by knowing the whys of how patterns are fullfilled, then you can fine tune coding. But it comes down to where is the best place to screw the majority of traders, the sheep, uneducated and under funded.
Yeah, it was a nice triple bottom at end of the day, but this "Old Timer" needed a nap by then. Once price dropped 8 points, time to scalp some longs, and playing both sides as ES dropped.
Good luck to you Youngster.