I'm sure it has been done, but the likelihood is about the same as winning the lottery. If it were that easy, everyone would be doing it -- and...
Futures are much easier to short (no uptick rule, no need to locate shares to borrow). Futures have favorable tax treatment (in the U.S.)....
I think the best book overall, at least for shorter timeframes, is "The Market Maker's Edge" by Lukeman. I think the best book on trader...
I think you may be changing your position size too much and too often. There does seem to be some serial correlation in the markets (leading to...
I'm not sure what the issues were with ARCA, but I think it had something to do with unresponsiveness. Sometimes getting the best price is not...
How do you decide what to buy?
When a trend develops, all good trend-following systems will issue a signal. Some systems will issue a signal sooner than others, which is...
I did a fair amount of testing on channel breakout (CBO) back in the late 1990's. My conclusion then was that the concept has merit, but that it...
I think IB is still not doing upgrades properly. The most recent upgrade, for example, was issued last Friday afternoon. Who in their right mind...
Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, it appears that this won't work the way most of us would like. I use IB, and I think it would be a...
I too have been looking for information on T&S analysis, as well as analysis of depth of market (DOM), for both stocks and index futures. I...
Nothing will happen before 11/2/04, and nobody in Washington cares about (or can see beyond) that date.
I use IB and TK, and both have worked well for me. I imported trades from monthly statements rather than year-end. I also used TK's wash sale...
This just started happening to me. I have been using TWS for a little more than a year, but I was told on another forum that it has been an...
I too have Vmware, and it is an amazing product. But my experience is that Vmware is too resource-intensive to be a viable option for trading....
In the early days I bought and traded with these systems: - PBS by Steve Notis - Swing Catcher by Dave Green - DCS II by Peter Aan - Quad...
Your question sounds simple enough, but it contains a couple gotchas. There are systems that have been around a long time that have made money....
Some market conditions are friendly toward daytraders than others. If you start at the right time, it's a lot easier. I believe that learning...
Everybody badmouths Norton, probably because they are a market leader. But I got it with a new system bought in 11/2001, and it has intercepted...
Only IB can answer for sure, but usually it is dictated by exchange policy. BTW, am I correct that an odd lot is only quantity less than 100?...
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