Unless you're a spread trader. Then you just cringe and try to resist deviating from the plan. Maybe get 'one-sided' a couple times.
Opening orders have been getting better for me every week, and i think a lot of that has to do with gradually weeding out the stocks that always...
They offer a free two week trial that you can use to look for ideas. Then just download daily price data into excel and use it to calculate...
I guess when a group of your best traders, including the manager, leave to go to the competition, it's going to make for a tough economic climate.
If you are pro, mark to market doesn't mean anything to you. Your net profit/loss is summed up in one form at the end of the year and is treated...
you can do it in first alert and qcharts. If you are really resourceful, it can probably be done in excel too. I've made some cool sread charts...
I have trouble reaching the guys sometimes too, but in their defense, it's because they are run ragged managing the growth of the company. I was...
It was postponed. Supposed to air wednesday, may 1. Two parts, I think
Echotrade. I believe $2/contract. No electronic order entry though, they call your order to the floor.
Not true. I am carrying about 6 times my account equity in positions over the weekend. And because they are fully hedged and I have over $25k in...
I never route to other exchanges and don't use a 'best price' execution route, so how could the actions on other exchanges matter? I've seen it...
Depends on the stock. I think he mostly trades thinner stocks and will try to get some bids or offers to chase him so he can turn around and...
Ace, You make a good argument for your point. I didn't trade listed stocks before nx, but I've heard that specialists definitely don't like it....
Considering that most commodities are breaking out of a multi-year bear market and are likely to benefit from money rotation out of the sick world...
I spent a couple weeks trading in the Echo office and you won't find nicer digs anywhere. Newly renovated office building, all flat panel...
Don, LEH did the exact same thing to me last month on a triple witch friday- exactly. What I've done since is put in only half the usual size...
MBG, You're calculating things the same way I am. What source do you use for your beta #'s? Different sites seem to have different numbers....
Echotrade uses xsquawk in phoenix and san diego. I use it at home now too and feel lost without it. I think they are pretty good, plus it's free.
Someone published a report on this recently. They were on CNBC about two months ago. I don't remember who it was or what organization they were...
I've done this over the past couple months and have now have 51 stocks on my list. I've tossed about 10 that were treating me bad and added more...
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