Fund the Boat

Hello all. A bit about me; I’ve been in the market for some time but am new to self-directed trading. (I avoid the term ‘Day-Trade’ because I do long term, Swing, and Day trading). My first trades were in 1974 placed with my father, a money manager. In ’78 I was considering leaving the US Navy (SS), so my fathers firm offered sponsorship for a Series 7 course and test. I took the classes, passed the test but decided to stay in the Navy, probably the better decision. Time has proved I’m not a great salesman. Dad, having gone independent, kept my account until he passed away in 2012. My account got moved to a big-box house – that didn’t work out. I moved it to another big-box house. No real attention paid there either. In October of 2018, I moved to Interactive Brokers with the idea of a self-directed account. Looking at retirement and the fact my wife is younger and can’t retire for several years I decided to learn the day and swing trading methods. I own a small company. Having a great staff allows me to trade and learn from 8 – 11 daily. At noon I go back to work - keeping the chat room open and listening. The plan is to fund and supplement my retirement- I like to spend money and have hobby’s that suck funds. Grasping the day/swing methods should allow me to continue without backing off spending money! I’ve taken a small portion of my account, and I mean small, to set aside for learning. I started with Trade-Ideas and Interactive Brokers. I was using Trade-Ideas Brokerage Plus for my trading platform. I went looking for more abilities. I found Bear Bull Traders and DAS. My first week with DAS and a full (not trial) BB membership I now know the following: It’s not a good idea to be so nervous about mixing up your live and sim accounts that you rename UXXXXX to LIVE. The Out-of-the-Box default will trade the first account in ALPA order. L before T! Yeah, not a good thing – my bad. Just leave the names alone, you with acclimate. I’m not a hot-key guy but like buttons and writing scripts. Montage will be great. I miss the ‘snap-to’ boxes Trade-Ideas has when arranging my DAS layout. I’m somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to layouts. I miss the ‘right-click’ – trade from the chart ability too! The Forum can be a great source of information; better than the DAS manuals. The available training materials at BB are worth the investment. DAS matched with Trade-Ideas makes for a tremendous arsenal of tools. The trading room is helpful. My brain in the room: ME: I’m glad I got in this stock at the pullback. Andrew: If you got in at the pullback you did good. Andrew: I think this is now a short. Me: No-way- it’s got another 30 points. Me; Oh crap, I’ve got to bail! I have enjoyed hanging around. I don’t know that you will hear much from me other than this very verbose introduction, but I’ll be around listening and learning. Trade well,

Thank you. Got it.

I don't show the little triangles on my charts at entry and exit points. What might I have disabled to turn them off? I would like to have them back. I do have "don't show tip window when left click" unchecked.

Late reply but I'm new here! I use the Gold Plan. If you are starting and have the budget, it is worth the price. If you are using Sim and Live, you can keep the accounts separate to track your progress in each. The reporting and tracking with the paid plans are good.