If you're a strong developer, you might want to see if any existing traders need programming support. It might be worth somebody's time to help...
Just curious, what did you invest in to get a 757% return?
How much funds are we talking about?
Yeah agree with this sentiment. One of the TOUGHEST things about trading is the difficulty of measuring performance. You can be trading for a long...
FYI, GPRO has been shortable at IB since yesterday afternoon. (Luckily I shorted this pig. Might've covered too early today, but borrowing cost is...
I don't think this helps retail at all. I think retail orders are more susceptible to being "gamed" and incur higher adverse selection risk. I...
So DirectEdge submitted a proposal to start marking Retail orders as as Retail orders, which the SEC just approved:...
I noticed that IEX has a new order-type geared towards retail orders: http://www.iextrading.com/insight/retailfaq/ RouteToRestAway - When...
Yeah some of the answers here are just wacky. Produce porn? Jeez. I think the OP was making a good point though. Daytrader has a pretty bad...
My impression is that most retail daytraders are technical traders - there's a lower barrier to entry, don't need to actually understand the...
Do you know ANY successful traders? If not, don't you think there's a reason why that is? :)
How about automating your exits?
Why do you think you ONLY have charts? Personally, I'm in the camp that thinks charts-only won't cut it. With the time you spend staring at...
When I meet new people and get asked, I do say I trade stocks for a living, but I make it a point to mention the number of years I've been doing...
Really open-ended question. It depends on so much. I guess in general I would think the least amount possible where you'll still "care" would...
I tend to take liquidity, and don't do enough volume to get into the cheaper tiers, so I think the flat-rate works out better for me.
Yes, that would've been the first place I looked. On my TWS, all I see are: ISLAND SMART ARCA BATS BEY BYX CHX DRCTEDGE EDGEA IBDARK...
I use bundled pricing so I don't think I have SMART primary as an option. If that's not the case, I'm not sure how to enable it?
I've been using IEX in lieu of IB Smart as well. I haven't taken any specific measurements, but I believe I do get better fills in some cases. I'm...
I think retail trades are impacted more than people think. If anything, it seems like there's even less oversight/regulation of retail orders than...
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