Futuresource.com has good clean data you can get. You can get intraday/daily/weekly/monthly charts on their web site.. If you want realtime...
You might want to give QT+ a shot.. It's a pretty solid online system for little money. Here is the link, you can get a couple week demo ....
I personally use Commodity Channel Index and Fast Stochatics for my charts.. Gives me a pretty good idea which way the market is going to go.
You can also look at this if you were interested in futures : http://www.tradingeducators.com/
I guess it's a matter of opinion.. How much are you willing to pay for your security? Yes, you can trade for $5 a round turn all you want, but...
That's terrible that you can't place orders with a live person if the IB servers are having problems. Even if it doesn't go down that much, that...
You might consider using Futuresource.com for delayed quotes and charts.. Great content for free quotes and interactive charts....
I couldn't of said it better myself Banjo..
Sorry, had it as a different symbol on my quote system.. BUt, they are probablt right.. Day trading the mini dow is your best bet with 2k.. -I
YM is the mini dow?
In Futures, your best bet is probably buying options.. Your risk is limited and they are not that expensive to get into. Or Day trade the E-Mini...
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