Only for breaking news. I have CNBC in the background all the time, but don't listen to it much. The markets will obviously move before the...
Since almost all the Hood River thread emails were Portland based, I thought this would be a more appropriate forum title. We are meeting for...
We are meeting. Drop me a line if ya wish to join us. jayhalford@hotmail.com jay
Andre, We are hooking up on Sunday. Wanna join us? Jay
Can you place bracket orders on actual fills? No! Each leg can get hit before the trade you really want! Can you change volume on the fly?...
I am not one to say anything negative on this forum, but what you've said makes no sense. A pro trader will regularly have draws more than 5%...
How is that even possible? I burned out on skiing after doing it full time for many years, but no way will I burn out on sailing. Way too much to...
Moving to Hood River for the windsurfing season. I miss trading in a room with other traders, and would be willing to turn my pad into a trading...
People like IB cause they are the cheapest for small accounts, and you can trade a wide variety of stuff from a single account. I have found the...
Less liquidity. When it picks up, like I think it will, I will trade it. Too thin for my liking now. The CBOT is marketing it well though. Jay
For stock traders, I would say this year so far has been tough. For futures traders, its been pretty good (plenty of volatility, direction doesn't...
Finished with a 5% drawdown? That would finish every trader I've ever seen. Maybe you meant 50% Jay
You got this backwards. Slippage in the emini S&P is virtually nil (1 tic spreads and its electronic with massive liquidity). My stops get filled...
You can already get more leverage than you need at IB. One half day trading margins will give you 2 contracts per trade with a 5K account. Add...
Ffast trade at $3.32, but you need decent volume to make up for the platform. Spike quoted me $3.72, but again, platform fees drive up the cost...
Me too!
Where do you work? I have a friend in Saratoga that would like to be in your situation. He needs a mentor, and would definitely commit to it full...
And what town would that be? Jay
The Feb issue of this mag also has an article by Green (who posts here occaisionally) which states that if you "trade" more than 25% of your IRA,...
Brilliant Nitro!
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