Recent Content by stokhack

  1. Knowing when not to trade.

    From 'Where are the Customers' Yachts' by Fred Schwed, Jr. "Your average Wall Streeter, faced with nothing profitable to do, does nothing for...
    Post by: stokhack, Mar 10, 2003 in forum: Trading

  2. Having slashed content, RealMoney raises prices...

    Ditto, cannot see where realmoney is worth $25/mo, especially since you can get a lot of the stuff delayed on the street.com. Should be good for...
    Post by: stokhack, Mar 1, 2003 in forum: Educational Resources

  3. Adding to Losing Position or Averaging Down Cost ?

    I average in both shorts and longs as needed. Seems like the key is to start with a postion small enough so averaging can work. For and account...
    Post by: stokhack, Mar 1, 2003 in forum: Trading

  4. Gabelli on CNBC........WHY ?

    Don"t know about Mario, but Peter Lynch has made way more $ than you and I will ever see.
    Post by: stokhack, Feb 25, 2003 in forum: Trading

  5. Moving Averages-simple or exponential

    Magna is right, most depends on what is used to generate your signal. I find that the EMA works better for the short term MA and the SMA for the...
    Post by: stokhack, Feb 23, 2003 in forum: Strategy Building

  6. Anyone Care to Explain Today's Rally? :)

    I was wondering the same thing, since economic news has not been all that good. Jim Cramer "We saw the same thing today. While the market was up...
    Post by: stokhack, Feb 21, 2003 in forum: Trading

  7. ARCA order logic

    Arca is good for shorting, can place order on a downtick and the software will automatically place it .01 higher than best bid. Supoose only...
    Post by: stokhack, Feb 12, 2003 in forum: Order Execution

  8. The guys that move the market

    Normally large block sales always cross the tape a few cents lower than the bid. Nothing unusual there.
    Post by: stokhack, Feb 7, 2003 in forum: Trading

  9. Using Margin for More Positions

    Seems if all positions are net long or net short, margin is not a good idea because of event risk. A mix of long and short will help you sleep at...
    Post by: stokhack, Feb 3, 2003 in forum: Trading

  10. am I missing something?

    Also look at trajans option journal, also good stuff.
    Post by: stokhack, Jan 30, 2003 in forum: Options

  11. am I missing something?

    White, exactly time value. You need to go one strike ITM to get corresponding movement with price. This only applys to short term options....
    Post by: stokhack, Jan 30, 2003 in forum: Options

  12. am I missing something?

    I have realtime option quotes and also used the delayed quotes from CBOE( larger file size, more mos.) CBOE quotes are accurate. A lot of time...
    Post by: stokhack, Jan 30, 2003 in forum: Options

  13. The restart game like in real market :)

    I think Warren Buffetts business' are real, i.e. they make money. Although that analogy may apply to other companies and there is always a lot of...
    Post by: stokhack, Jan 30, 2003 in forum: Trading

  14. P4 and dual monitors

    Still considering adding the extra RAM, 1GB,DDR266 SDRAM Memory,ECC (2 DIMMS) [add $291.00] 1GB,DDR266 SDRAM Memory,ECC (4 DIMMS) [add...
    Post by: stokhack, Jan 27, 2003 in forum: Hardware

  15. P4 and dual monitors

    Hey all, thanx for all the input. So in summary better to go with Xeon 2.0 processor with 512MB RAM, other is Xeon 2.4 processor with 256MB RAm...
    Post by: stokhack, Jan 27, 2003 in forum: Hardware