URGENT - AMERITRADE Access problems may be hacking

If you are having Ameritrade access problems today PM me.

Thanks.

I haven't figured out how to get back on SI - email me PaulaGem@yahoo.com

IP level block on Ameritrade DNS

Have verified this with my ISP, anyone having similar problems please contact me via PM

They carried my acount for several months below $5k

Computerized robbery -

My take on the COMP chart was that it was a lunchtime terroist attack against joe6pack.

I held, I was scared and pissed, but I held. I'm expecting that this was a whipsaw by the hedgies. Last blast before some serious covering.

Something REALLY STINKS here...

My strongest stocks got walked down this AM - like they KNEW they were going to run the stops on the COMP.

On top of that there is some sort of software problem at FREETRADE and if I sell something I can't buy it back. I'm sitting here PRAYING that they're going to run these things back up like they ran them down.

FREETRADE isn't answering my e-mails. The auto responder is indicating that it took them almost an hour to open an e-mail.

Thank God I didn't panic and sell at the low, but something is really wrong here with a system that is SO stacked against the individual investor.

This CAN'T be a coincidence that this is all happening at once and I can't be the only one with this problem.

Please PM me if you are having a similar problem.

There were also problems with my streamer and LII through Ameritrade yesterday. Data was totally out of synch and you couldn't figure out what was happening.

A friend said she had some of the same problems with alphatrade feed.

Why is it that these "technical" problems always seem to happen at pivitol times for the market?

Where's that *&%^# recommend button???

A truly inspiring post.

I have to re-run the program and update them manually (over 600 charts). I won't be able to update this, I just wanted to offer it as a study. I can't emphasize enough the importance of looking at multiple time frames when reading charts.

Scanning the charts -

http://www.spiritsites.com/stocks/Bottoms/picks_01.HTM

These are the charts I like the best and the stocks I might research further.

Anyone interested in a chart study for the group?

Here is one I did for another list of stocks.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=3972768

I get a lot of good ideas from this board but it is so active that I'm also sure I miss a lot of them.

If you are interested send me a private message and let me know. If you have any strong recommendations also give me these (state short,long, core holding, target price, any other info).

The studies take a bit of work so I won't do them unless there is an interest. They are semi-automated so they aren't as bad as they look.

Here is a chart study for your list:

http://www.spiritsites.com/stocks/Bottoms/botto_01.HTM

I like to look at multiple time frames and this is an easy way to compare them.

NO WAY would I short IMM.

Per your own chart there is a bullish divergence on both MACD and RSI.

I have been trading this one to the long side and it is heavily manipulated. When it reverses there is no chance for shorts to cover without a loss.

If you know the fundamentals, the thing could launch on news.

I don't often post charts on IMM so I'm going to be lazy and just post a link to the weekly:


http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/ameritrade2/html-intchart-rt.asp?osymb=fxgp&symb=imm&ti...

You will see it has a history of very rapid rises and is due for LT reversal.

I am planning to buy on the dip Monday, am currently out.

This is a worthwhile LT hold.

Hope I've saved someone some money :)

Zeev, I've been trading BLTI but decided to go for a long term hold on the basis of yesterday's CC.

I like the .01 dividend every two months, think it's a great way to smoke out the shorts.

Has anyone heard of another stock doing this sort of thing?

I think it shows creative management that cares about stockholder value.

LYNX - interesting action that I do not understand.

I believe this is an excellent buying opportunity on this stock but I am trying to decipher the action. Have posted speculation on LYNX yahoo board and would appreciate comment.

http://messages.yahoo.com/?action=q&board=lynx

The last Studebaker was produced in '66.

Thanks Zeev, I have a very real mistrust of the government and I was wondering if there was any merit to the arguments. As I said, I don't dismiss anything out of hand without looking into it further and I knew you'd understand the engineering stuff.

I do, however, believe that we are not getting the whole truth on this and many other matters. I believe the relationship between the Saudis and the Bushes is thicker and more complicated than we know. I also believe the average american seriously underestimates how far some of our elected leaders would go to protect their power.

I'm not so sure the site should be laughed off completely...

Yes, it is extremist, but I don't find it impossible to entertain the idea that covert ops DID implode the WTC. Aren't there accusations now coming to light that Roosevelt knew Pearl Harbor was in danger but let the attack happen so the US would be pulled into the war? Wouldn't this be another verse of the same song?

The one thing that really bothered me is the point about the collapse of the second building happening first and the limitation of the debris field.

I admit, I do not know enough about engineering to make a credible judgement here.

I also think it is important to realize that people from other countries are reading things like this and the recent incidents in Iraq give them more credibility.

Personally, I feel that I have to consider the possibility that some of the things on this site ARE true. Why? Because I know for a fact that the government does lie to us, there are those in power that would exploit the people of this country in any way they could. I also don't trust Bush Sr. - I can't see how anyone could be involved with the CIA that long and keep their basic moral instincts intact.

So at the risk of getting stoned, I am not willing to dismiss this site as a total hoax or pure B.S. The most convincing lies have a basis in truth, you know.....

I found this link on another board and really don't know enough to evaluate it properly. I would appreciate some objective comment, as its conclusion is very scary:

http://serendipity.ptpi.net/wtc2.htm

I am using quote tracker with Ameritrade feed. Data is incorect if a stock has not traded this AM.

Ameritrade feed - quite a few last trades are coming up incorrect.

cme.com also down? Something odd going on.

While chart scanning this week I had noticed that the MRK chart may be bottoming out and getting ready for a rebound. Your post will make me watch it closer, thanks.

I maintian the watch list automatically - load the "best & worst" daily,weekly and six week list of bios & drugs, chemicals, and gas stocks to a database. I generate HTML pages of their collective charts to scan and pick out the ones I think are most interesting over the weekend.

I then generate target charts that are prioritized and load them to QuoteTracker portfolios by dumping the lists to formatted files. It was the QuoteTracker listings that made it easy to pull off the list of "extreme asks". My etrade software lists block buys clearly and that's what gave me last Friday's list.

In the last six months I've picked some nice bounce plays this way so I believe the years of chart studying are finally starting to pay off.

I noticed those extreme asks on a lot of stocks. I also have an interesting list of stocks that printed big block buys at 16:26-27 last Friday. All but two were up nicely Monday.

Here is a list of "extreme asks":

CHTR,SINA,AKAM,TIVO,CREE,CEPH,AMAT,JCOM,BPUR,GERN,TRMS,ADRX,XOMA,
SOHU,NTES,CHINA,BIIB,UNTD,ABGX,MLNM,WEBX,ICOS,NENG,SLAB,PRCS,LOOK,
WAVX,SNIC,DSGX,HELX,OVTI,CELG,HLTH,HGSI,XMSR,AZPN,CPHD,SIPX,SIRI,
INVN,CSCO,ADVP,ASML,TEVA,BBBY,GNSS,CRUS,DELL,NVLS,MXIM,PMTC,SNDK,
ZRAN

Here is a list of stocks where the ask was exactly 2000:

QGLY,SLXP,CATG,GBTS,EMIS,SMMX,EBIO,CENT,DYAX,CRGN,INFY,PATK,CMRG,
MICU,LCRY,TCLP,BLUD,PVTB,PPCO,ORPH,ALVR,,ALCD,TZIX,VMSI,MTXX,
CAFE,GORX,BREL,NRGN,PENX,TORM,FBNW,NZUM,LABS,MCCC,CKEC,ILXO,ONYX,
NADX,RSCR,PVLS,ORBK,COOP,EWST,FPIC,CNVR,SNTO,TRPS,BRID,ARTL,CLEC,
HAVS,RIGL,IMGC,KNDL,UTHR,MODT,GMRK,FORR,IBCA,EXFO,KNBWY,KIND,POLXF,
SBTV,CNAF,CHIC,IPAR,MTIX,ACAM,NVGN,ANPI,CHGO,CMLS,DKHR,CPTS,POOL,
CASA,ARRO,ATRI,CBRL,GCOR,ACDO,EXAC,IFLO,EDAP,ELMS,LNDC,MAXE,PHGN,
MEDS,MAXF,MEOH,MLAB,MAIN,NBSC,NASI,QDEL,POCI,STRZ,STAA

These are just the ones on my watch list, there may be others.

I'm not sure what these "smoke signals" mean either, but would love to hear someone explain these odd figures.

NASDAQ used to publish the short interest files for download in comma delimited format. The file gave short interest for all NASDAQ stocks. I have a system that lets me import those into a database and create HTML pages with the charts for comparison.

I also like to see volume as a ratio to average volume (quote tracker displays it this way) and I haven't found a service that quotes it this way.

There is so much available out there that sometimes it's hard to wade through it all, thanks.

Short interest - I just discovered that you can no longer download comma delimited data from the NASDAQ site. They are making it even harder to know what is going on here.

http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader/tradingdata/compindexsubscribe.stm

Any suggestions for a reasonably priced service that will let me download data in comma delimited format?

Zeev, are you doing your vitamin C and eccanacia? Zinc might also help. Did you come down with this because your wife wasn't there to take care of you :) ?

GERN secondary priced at $12.

Zeev, how do you project the action here with the secondary and earnings coming up soon?

I know I'll get stoned again for saying this - but that article contains a huge fallacy.

"Thus the big picture is a global decline in the purchasing power of paper currencies. Since gold can't be mined as fast as paper currencies are created, the ratio of real money--gold--to paper currencies spins up and off into the wild blue yonder. Ultimately, when holders of paper realize the swindle that they've been caught in, there'll be a panic to transfer their paper "wealth" to real money. That's when the panic for gold will begin."

This article is urging individuals to hold gold for long term. I beleive technology will dramatically change the way gold is mined and increase its availability within 20 years. At that time the value will plummet.

I believe that this is the reason that governments are liquidating reserves and the fear mongers advocating private ownership of gold are part of a pump and dump scheme.

No need to respond - but I believe that individuals need to consider this possibiliy before converting assets to bullion.

There is a Max pain calculator at this website:

http://www.iqauto.com/cgi-bin/pain.pl

REGN - so it seems the drug is safe and promising, they just have to bump up the dosage to get a reliable trial.

Did you notice the spin Reuters put on this? Amazing!

Please post a link for checking tick & trin. It's not printing on Quote Tracker for me and I couldn't find it on Lycos.

Thanks -
Paula

Time of blackouts NOT co-ordinated with market. Lots of fear mongering going on on the web.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3189755.stm

Didn't I hear on TV that they told everyone in Detroit to take a 3 day weekend?

Might that not have something to do with it?

Please define RTTH and add to the thread header - thanks.

So did you cover the MLNM yet????

Ameritrade - Freedate or Xdatek? I use Freetrade and aside from some erroneous DTBP calls and software problems have no complaints. You can't beat the $1-$3 per trade price.

DATEK - software is prettier, but service is about the same.

Give me a '69 Charger anyday...

"Actually I was thinking more along the lines that it is just when a society achieves the maximum affluence for the maximum number of its citizens that the deterioration of the society from within begins. "

We have not achieved this, it is only an illusion. Maximum affluence is still in the control of a distinct minority. If that control is broken, the cycle of deterioration will not be realized.

Peace,
Paula