As a former ex-heavy user -- hey, it was the 60's/70's --, my recommendation is to do everything straight, sans pot or alcohol. I like a clear...
Some good ideas gmst, thanks. No political comment intended but Obama getting killed in a terrorist attack is relatively trivial compared to...
Thanks JohnHar - my main concern is with the amount of standing bid orders from the range of 20-50 points down from the current market price in a...
Have to agree. Or, it could be yet another way for those at the top to vacuum money up from the bottom. You'd think that 'retail traders'...
TF advantages: - nice for swing trades on the long side after bigger selling subsides. Minimal commission if really holding for 'a while.' -...
Good point. Have done only the basics with options but that is pretty basic - will look into it.
Thanks - my main concern, and something that I probably shouldn't be worried about, is the worst case scenario -- fill in your own disaster here...
That's interesting - thanks. Maybe I'll research the flash crash to see if I can get any detail on whatever buying happened on the various...
Dogs are it.
At age 18: Start dollar cost averaging into indexes. Quit smoking cigarettes and dope (came later) Work hard at getting good at guitar....
Thinking I won't get a response to this but that says something. Bumping it once to put it back on the front page.
Will be interested to see the reviews on the book. Used to follow him a bit but he never really revealed his methodology via his 'free' stuff....
Lower position sizes, only buy at apparent support areas, scale-in slowly, scale out slowly, only use indexes, take a multi-day timeframe approach...
Hello - Have asked this question of the CME but they just refer me to their datamine product which is overkill and I don't want to pay for...
Thanks for checking. My bad - must be something with my 'security' setup
Hello - Can't get IB to respond though I haven't called them yet. Interactive Broker's "Account Management" facility has been unavailable...
Yes but it is a matter of degree - I have more 'faith' in the gubment (FDIC) than the SIPC who does not cover funds that are/were being used for...
IB has always seemed like a mysterious entity to my eyes and though I do have some money over there now (I love my $1 commission for 200 shares in...
One thing about the insurance coverage on the futures accounts - TDAmer/TOS offers FDIC insured bank accounts for the cash sweeps from futures...
I recently pulled money from IB as their business is too murky behind the scenes for me to understand and I didn't like the fact that there is no...
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