Recent content by soulsong

Re: Level II Screen Hi Paul, I wasn't using marketfeed.com's own L2 screen, but just the data as a feed to Quotetracker. As it happens I decided to switch to money.net for my L2 feed because I could get L1 and L2 together for almost the same price as L2 alone with marketfeed (which limited...

Thankyou very much! I'd read those threads a while ago but actually prior to seeing what level II can do, and on re-reading they are much more useful. ~Tess

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. ~Tess

Hi Roger, Your advice confirms and encourages me in what I had already decided to do. Thankyou. The first goal of $50 a day trading 100 shares a time is a good one. It will be interesting to see the impact of the execution issue, relative to my paper trading where I buy instantly at the offer...

Yes the exam sections were easy enough - just had to bear in mind that the correct answer was always "if anything goes wrong, it's your fault, unless we accidentally allow you to trade past your margin, in which case it's ours." It reminds me of Microsoft certification exams where the correct...

Re: W8-BEN Well I ticked yes and it immediately said "We cannot open an account if you tick yes." So I said no... Duh. :rolleyes: ~Tess

Hi Paul, I don't suppose you'd know what Question 11 in Part III of form W8-BEN means? "I have provided or will provide a statement that identifies those notional principal contracts from which the income is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United...

This is what comes of having a boyfriend who lives 8 hours behind you! ;) Thanks to everyone for the advice and welcome. ~Tess

Hi all, Quick Intro: my name's Tess. I've been fascinated with daytrading since I was little but I never really had the courage to try it for myself. I currently work as a software developer for a city trading firm, and I spend all day writing code to analyse option portfolios for the traders...