Recent Content by dchang0

  1. Democrats are fking stupid

    Hell yes, and I'll tell you why. If you've ever worked in a really, really hyper-political office environment, you've seen the effects of...
    Post by: dchang0, Apr 9, 2007 in forum: Politics

  2. who thought of long?

    Some speculate that the terms long and short come from the times when accounts were measured by chips on an exchequer (the length of the line of...
    Post by: dchang0, Apr 3, 2007 in forum: Trading

  3. holding winners longer, while keeping losses tight

    Okay, I've had some time to digest and try your collective advice, and I'm definitely doing better. Having more faith in the order flow's clues...
    Post by: dchang0, Apr 2, 2007 in forum: Psychology

  4. Raid 1, Raid 0 or No Raid

    DON'T do RAID 0. I've lost entire striped sets when one of the two drives got damaged. This has happened more than once, and the benefit derived...
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 28, 2007 in forum: Hardware

  5. BUSH and the (3)...what a joke!!

    My heavy-ass BMW 530 hit $62 to fill an empty gas tank with 91-octane gas two days ago here in Orange County, CA. It gets a moderate 24.7mpg hwy....
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 26, 2007 in forum: Trading

  6. Lime's Gorton Trades Fast, Seeks Car-Free Utopia

    Just as long as he doesn't try to force the rest of us to do things his way... Seems like a lot of those ultra-successful types get it in their...
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 23, 2007 in forum: Wall St. News

  7. IB server down

    I used to be in IT. A lot of times, after a downtime in the middle of the night, we wouldn't discover additional problems/side-effects until the...
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 20, 2007 in forum: Order Execution

  8. holding winners longer, while keeping losses tight

    Wow--so many responses--thanks for the help, guys! Yeah, that's the first bit of advice I got regarding this issue (a couple of months ago)....
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 20, 2007 in forum: Psychology

  9. holding winners longer, while keeping losses tight

    Hi, all-- In analyzing my weaknesses, I have determined that failing to hold my winners longer is one of my greatest--if not the...
    Thread by: dchang0, Mar 19, 2007, 17 replies, in forum: Psychology

  10. Widows Vista ?

    You can still order Windows XP on new systems, if you order Build To Order or Configure To Order units. Most business-minded customers...
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 16, 2007 in forum: Hardware

  11. Boot falure - Hangs at video card (?)

    You've described exactly the problem I saw happen on another trader's system when he added a fourth PCI video card to his system. Basically,...
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 14, 2007 in forum: Hardware

  12. Why are HP workstations more expensive than Dell

    There are several factors: 1) Dell buys its components in much larger volumes and uses its considerable market muscle to squeeze its suppliers...
    Post by: dchang0, Mar 6, 2007 in forum: Hardware

  13. Quad vs Dual Cards

    Might be wiser to add more heads now so that later, if you needed to, you could attach more monitors without using more slots. Boy, I wish I...
    Post by: dchang0, Feb 12, 2007 in forum: Hardware

  14. So I got fired from my prop

    If you really love trading, you could switch to a retail "prop" firm, trade your own money while picking up your learning/training where you left...
    Post by: dchang0, Feb 12, 2007 in forum: Professional Trading