Recent Content by birdman

  1. Which indicators measure how parabolic something is pretty well?

    Most likely you will have experimented, but i find the default settings of ParabolicSAR indicator more useful on 2 minute and 3 minute charts...
    Post by: birdman, Oct 27, 2018 in forum: Technical Analysis

  2. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    Dell Desktop Windows 7 Intel i5-4460 CPU @3.20GHz RAM 8.00 64 bit Operating System Adjusted TOS setting from default to 256 / 1024
    Post by: birdman, Oct 22, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  3. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    Ram increase did seem to help this morning. It's 12:52 eastern and at the moment Ameritrade (not TOS) quotes are frozen as is their SP500, DJIA...
    Post by: birdman, Oct 22, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  4. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    The adjustment is still there. I've increased allotment and hope to notice an improvement tomorrow. Thank you Cypherdude!
    Post by: birdman, Oct 21, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. If you knew then what you know now, what would you have done differently to learn to trade?

    Oldie but a goodie (thread that is). I'm not accompished enough to offer my thoughts, but I'm enjoying reading others.
    Post by: birdman, Oct 19, 2018 in forum: Trading

  6. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    Nat Gas ETFs mostly. DGAZ sometime between now and the next 3 months.
    Post by: birdman, Oct 15, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  7. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    I trade 10,000 share blocks of stocks and ETFs. Thinking very seriously about going back to swing trading.
    Post by: birdman, Oct 15, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    I target 3 cents and use market orders. I will check out the Level II recomendation. Thanks!
    Post by: birdman, Oct 15, 2018 in forum: Retail Brokers

  9. Question for ThinkOrSwim Users ... is it me or does TOS bid lag Ameritrade Quote bid?

    I do like TOS and i have my chart set to display bid price instead of last price. When comparing TOS bid to Ameritrade Quote bid, it seems to lag...
    Thread by: birdman, Oct 13, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: Retail Brokers

  10. Scalping Vs. Runners

    I switched from swing trading to intraday 9 months ago. I have been tempted to go back but I'm not too big on giving up and i have the time and...
    Post by: birdman, Oct 13, 2018 in forum: Trading

  11. what is your result so far for 2018?

    Post by: birdman, Oct 2, 2018 in forum: Trading

  12. New 2018: Pictures Of Your Trading Stations

    Nothing fancy. I bought that pc about 12 years or more ago, in an effort to improve a super slow dial-up connection in the country, where that was...
    Post by: birdman, Sep 22, 2018 in forum: Hardware

  13. New 2018: Pictures Of Your Trading Stations

    I have used https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ and was happy with results.
    Post by: birdman, Sep 22, 2018 in forum: Hardware

  14. Which chart providers offer time frames less than 1 minute?

    Thank you all! Good suggestions.
    Post by: birdman, Sep 18, 2018 in forum: Technical Analysis