Thanks. IB sounds like a good option; I'll look into it when opening an account for real trading. First I just want to check out my strategies on paper trading.
Thanks for that suggestion. So far I've sent my documents to Ameritrade by ordinary mail (as the W8-BEN form can't be faxed or emailed), and I do believe they open accounts for us, but I'll have to wait, since the package seems to be stalled at the airport. Do you know about any other chart...
I'm thinking of opening an account at Ameritrade to make full use of the Think or Swim platform and open an account with a better (cheaper) broker to do the actual trading. Is it a good idea? Is there any other good chart software with programmable scans that can be used for free?
He wrote a couple of books that sound good and has a membership site that apparently alerts you about what to buy and sell, and purports to have extraordinary results: http://generatethousands.net/
Check out the "Archive" section, where all their past trades are listed. Does it look like a sham...