Posted by 5 January 2011

Tools of the ‘Trade’ — How I Work (2011 Version)

This is an update to the post I made back in 2006. What I do hasn’t changed much but some of the tools have changed over the years. In short, the changes are: I’ve changed brokers/trading platforms — a couple of times. Schwab shut down Cybertrader and sent me scrambling to find a new place [...]

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Posted by 19 August 2006

Trade-Ideas Pro Usage Tips

It’s come to my attention that some newer Trade-Ideas users don’t know about Trade-Ideas Pro, the version that you download and run on your PC (Get a Free Trial): Trade-Ideas Pro is a front end for Trade-Ideas data which is specifically designed for the power user who demands more than the web based font end [...]

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Posted by 27 June 2006

A Little More Q & A

I thought I’d answer these questions on the site since I get asked some of these often… Mike, if there is a better method for me to ask you these questions, please let me know. You may choose not to answer any or all of them or not reply to this email at all. That [...]

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Posted by 17 January 2006

My Trading Journal (Excel Spreadsheet)

I’ve had a few requests for a copy of the spreadsheet I use for my trading journal. I just uploaded it to the server so feel free to snag a copy if you’re interested. It’s not the most elegant spreadsheet but it does what I need. I’ve never been a big Excel guy, so I [...]

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Posted by 16 September 2005

How CyberTrader Displays Shares Available for Shorting

I got two questions yesterday about how I determine how many shares of BIDU were avaiable to borrow. Here’s a shot of the ‘stock box’ in CyberTrader — note the upper left corner where is displays the number of shares available for borrowing. Update: I was hoping this image would appear here with the notes [...]

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