I was mostly drawn to it because I could trade after work since it's open all the time. But most of the Forex sites I have seen seemed pretty...
50:1 leverage? How much starting capital does one need to trade with you? If I start with $20k and lose $1 on my first trade so I'm at...
25 pip spreads wtf? More noob questions: What are stock index futures and how do they differ from stocks? Is trading them basically the...
I am a complete noob to Forex but not to trading stocks. I've flipped through a couple books on Forex at the store but they all sucked. They...
lol no one here must actually have a margin account :D
It eliminates the three day settlement rule, right?
I did get the live feed. It matches my Scottrader quotes exactly. I was just wondering why people would register the program... like if it was...
I like QT so far. I want real-time quotes because I want to make an occasional day-trade. Last Friday I did this, making my first day trade,...
Sorry if this is the wrong forum. So I'm gonna sign a margin agreement with Scottrade, but I'm looking it over, and I have a few questions....
It looks like I can't actually place trades with Scottrade through QT (it's not one of the account choices). So I think I will have to log into...
Alright, I'm downloading QT (haha, "cutie"). I feel a bit weird logging into Scottrade from another platform... is that safe and secure? So...
I use stockcharts.com for planning swing and long term trades, too :)
Cool. I just emailed the customer service guy. All I want are some charts with more than SMA and volume, and I don't want to pay for them. Is...
Are you sure? It wasn't listed on their page, their FAQ, or on their message board.
I like Scottrade because of no annual fees, no inactivity fees, and no fees to close my account or request a check. Does IB do that? I also know...
I don't have $25k in my account, so I can't access ScottradeELITE. All I have access to is the Scottrader Streaming Quotes trading package and...
^ Thank you for that post. Let me read some of those links and then I'll probably have more questions for you...
Resistance of the previous day's close? As for only using candlesticks, I thought I'd read here that all the successful people really only...
So my second arrow would normally be interpreted by most people as a sell signal?
If you have a friend who always buys tops and sells bottoms, just start doing the opposite of him (short when he buys, cover when he sells) and...
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