Recent content by Axler

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but...... I'm trying to get Trader Workstation to show my P&L net of Commissions but can't seem to find the option anywhere, anyone know how to set it?

I'm trying to find a accountant in London that specialises (or at least is knowledgable) in trading taxation. There must be one! Thanks in advance.

I'm up for this, the lack of human contact is starting to send me squirelly. My name @hotmail.co.uk I'm trading NYSE/NASDAQ Stocks

For those who get cold called by brokers offering easy profits you may want to watch this and then decide if listening to them is still a good idea. http://www.amazon.com/Boiler-Room-Giovanni-Ribisi/dp/0780631536/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9083257-5655115?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1191105086&sr=1-1

I've been trading the gappers/open recently, I'll post my list monday morning to see if we agree.

Me for the (imaginary) day only one bad trade which would have ultimately made money with a wider stop (CAT bought at 80.94 stopped out at 81.09 now at 80.40 :evil: ) but I've learnt the hard way to obey my stops so ho hum. Hope you guys caught BSC's fall from grace, AAPL's burnt me too many...

You can get a free 2 week trial on it I believe, considering giving it a go myself.

Admitedly I'm still learning but I've found the following seems to work for me. Resistance identified at $60.00 Entry at $60.02 Sell 50% at $60.10 Trail remainder at a .08 (the initial 50% sell off and the trailing amount change depending on the volatility of the stock) To be honest though...

Price not updating The Bid/Ask prices on my IB sceen keep getting stuck (see example below AAPL ask stuck at 123.43 for thew last 5 minutes) it's almost impossible to scalp with this as I'm never sure the shown price is correct. This seems to happen on traded stocks every few minutes and unless...

Thanks for the reply thats what I was trying to do but it wasn't showing up as a option, figured it out now I had to go into the feature selector popup from the configuration drop down and enable Real Time Activity Monitoring then you can add it via the layout menu.

Grey I've been meaning to ask for ages is the P&L column on your IB screen a plug in? if so which one?

Thanks both of you for explaining, I still have a lot to learn but every day I get a little better. I'm aiming to use a similar trading method to the both of you LII, candlestick and MA's to pick up .50 to $1 of a momentum move so all help is welcome. At the moment my main problems seem to be...

and a another thing :) PB Thanks yes it does Although I do have a further question why didn't you re-enter at 58.00 when the volume started to pickup? was it simply you were trading other positions? Jim.

Finally got through this immense thread, and I have a question (well more than one but I'll start with one ;) ) What exactly made you decide on your entry point for CERN as I'm just not seeing it? I should say in advance that I'm very new to trading so I may be missing the obvious. Thanks Jim