Recent Content by peg_leg_joe

  1. Where I can get for free ES Emini quotes?

    LOL :)
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, May 28, 2004 in forum: Index Futures

  2. Black Box

    Dustin, so true...so true. The sad fact is most traders would probably be better off quitting trading and doing just this...specializing in...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, May 26, 2004 in forum: Automated Trading

  3. Tradeguider

    A trader in my office is currently using the RT version of TradeGuider and he is very happy with it. He's been trading mainly ES and EC, and like...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, May 13, 2004 in forum: Trading Software

  4. Controlling mood swings (P&L induced)

    I've been in a slump for several weeks now, and I have just recently decided to remove my open P/L column from my trading platform. I did so...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, May 1, 2004 in forum: Psychology

  5. Please help! How to setup friends accounts?

    Good point. I've never had any good experiences mixing family and money. I guess the thing to consider is whether or not the family members...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Apr 25, 2004 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. A Basic Question About Qqq

    If what you are asking is if you can short QQQ just as easily as you can short the NQ futures, then the answer is yes. Is this what you were...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Apr 17, 2004 in forum: Index Futures

  7. Best way to get a financial advisor job at a brokerage firm

    While it is true that once you are hired, your primary purpose is to be a sales person, it is also true that firms look for college grads. What...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Apr 14, 2004 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. Toughest trade in the world: S & P 500?

    I think the biggest mistake most beginning futures traders make is that they try to trade the ES or NQ without sufficient capital. This is...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Apr 7, 2004 in forum: Trading

  9. S&P about out of gas?

    I think you are right. Overblown selling. That being said, it would not surprise me to see a small amount of reflex buying after Monday's...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Mar 15, 2004 in forum: Politics

  10. whatever happened with Green Tree Trading?

    No, Rob Tharp has never worked for GreenTree. If I'm not mistaken, Robert Tharp was based out of a firm in San Diego, not San Francisco.
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Mar 15, 2004 in forum: Prop Firms

  11. whatever happened with Green Tree Trading?

    I first started at GreenTree in January of 2003. Back then, we were trading in a small office in San Jose, CA. It was big enough to accommodate...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Mar 14, 2004 in forum: Prop Firms

  12. "Legging" into an options position

    I just started trading multiple-leg spreads recently, so I'm a newbie in this area. But I have already found that, as the person quoted above...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Mar 2, 2004 in forum: Options

  13. screen resolution

    I have a kinda funky set up right now. Three 15" Viewsonic LCD flat panels set at 1024 x768 and one giant 21" CRT set at 1600x1200, which on a...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Feb 14, 2004 in forum: Hardware

  14. Strategy???

    I suppose as a pure scalp play, it could be quite effective. The trick would be to figure out what is a good target to go after depending on what...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Feb 14, 2004 in forum: Strategy Building

  15. Strategy???

    This is harder to pull off than it seems. The futures often spike one way and then dart in the other direction (i.e., the real move). This...
    Post by: peg_leg_joe, Feb 14, 2004 in forum: Strategy Building