I've shorted stocks under $5 with IB several times. The margin requirements are different though. I think it's 100% for stocks $2.50-5.00 and...
TC2000 has eod data that can be imported into excel pretty easily. You can also overlay symbol and index charts. I think it's $30/mo for the end...
Who here went to this seminar and what did you think of it? What were the magor strategies covered? Can anyone compare and contrast it to a...
some of the regulars from this board are online together during the day through yahoo chat. You need to download yahoo messenger, then look for...
What caused the guys who quit to do so? I'm assuming they all lost a lot of money, but why? My guess is they either put too much money on their...
Hitman, Regarding your comment about developing a secondary game. Do many traders you know do this? Have their bread and butter trades, but...
I remember an article in Stocks & Commodities magazine a few months ago that had an article on pairs trading. I've got to dig it out and review...
hitman, when you've got a winner going up, do you scale out on the offer, or wait for the end of the move and hit the bid?
I've found that the price action right after the announcement is so fast and whippy that it's a crap shoot to trade then. But lately the market...
I hear it so often that many very good traders only trade listed stocks. It seems that if you can figure out the true intentions of the...
Now that is the definition of a chop shop and sure isn't going to win any public support for our business. I loved the dig the Post got on the...
That's why I said "depending on your trading style". If you swing trade and use a free web-based chart service and IB just for order entry, then...
OK, so if you trade from home your broker, data vendor, chart vendor, who you pay for your computer lease, your isp and the guy who sold you your...
I look for those set-ups as well and have found that a high volume move up, followed by narrowing price range and diminishing volume is usually...
I thought Bright's website had a 'coming soon to Toronto' message on it. Don't know how current that is or if it's changed.
We're in a bear market, so gap ups aren't as likely. I'd like to know how that backtest would work with stocks down 10%, going short, then...
Yeah, that's quit a decline. But keep in mind that with accounting irregularities it's often sell first, ask questions later. It's nearing month...
Only because he's been mentioned a few times on this thread, but my understanding is that he hasn't left realmoney.com. He's now president of...
That article pretty much sums up the agreement with ECHOtrade that I just signed. But what's the point of the article? Who would go into this...
why not join the elite trading chat that already exists on yahoo? You need yahoo messenger installed, then choose 'chat' and find the room on the...
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