Daytrading Newsletter
for Active Traders

Vol 2 - Issue No.6
October - November 1999

+ Free E-Book - Tips, Tricks & Techniques for Daytraders
+ Duplex Printing - EZ Way to Print Tips Book
+ Faster Real-Time Signals: DSL Speeds Real-Time Signals to You
+ Trouble Staying Online? Here's How to Stay Connected
+ Trading Books we Recommend
+ Subscriber's Testimonials - $6,000 in First Two Weeks!
+ Software Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
+ Bulletin Signal - Trading Results through November 1999

======== Happy Holidays and a FREE gift from the Daytrader's Bulletin: Tips, Tricks & Techniques for Daytraders in an E-Book!

Ready now for free download, our PDF version (printable) of our popular Tips, Tricks & Techniques section. Here you will find the entire text of our Tips section complete with graphs, charts, worksheets, and more. This fully describes our methods in successfully trading the S&P 500 with a small account size ($30,000 to $75,000).

Download and print your free copy today

========== Duplex Printing - EZ Way to Print Tips Book

When printing any document of substantial size (the Tips book is approximately 70 pages), you'll find that the extra time and effort is well worth it to use duplex printing (that is, printing on both front and back sides of the paper).

Many popular programs, including the 4.05 version of Acrobat Reader (see Software Spotlight below) are beginning to include this functionality as a choice when you print.

How do you print both sides of the paper? Here are the basic steps, and we prepared a visual printing tutorial for you.

1. Choose the printer icon, or File > Print from the menu

2. There will be a button (if the ability to print duplex is available) that says "Duplex" or "Print Duplex". Click there.

3. Choose either odd or even (doesn't matter which)

4. Remove the pages from your printer, turn them over and reposition them how ever your printer requires. In other words, when you place the paper in the tray, the printing will actually be put on the under side of the paper (in most cases), so you'll want the already printed side up. Whether the front of the page should be facing you or not is the question, so print a test page.

5. Once you know the correct orientation for the paper, print the other side (even if you chose odd for the first pass). You will now have a document printed on both sides of the paper.

See our review below on Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 which now includes this feature built right in. If you have an older version of Acrobat Reader and do not plan intend to get 4.0, you can still take advantage of this feature by downloading and installing Arts Duplex. Read our review on our Traders Tools - Software Utilities for Traders page and then go get yourself a free copy.

======== Faster Real-Time Signals with DSL

Ultra fast Internet access has come our way and we are now able to send the Real-Time Signals via a super fast DSL connection.

If you tried a free trial in the past but were not satisfied with the timeliness of the signals to your computer, please check us out again. If you have not had a free trial within the last 90 days, you may again take a free trial

Remember, if a holiday falls during your trial period, the length of your free trial will automatically be extended.

========= Trouble Staying Online? Here's How to Stay Connected

Do you have trouble staying online while trying to receive the Bulletin Real-Time Signals, or during any Internet session?

Do any of these sound familiar?

• It takes you several tries before you can get connected to your ISP
• When trying to connect you get the message, "The computer you are dialing is not answering".
• You are online browsing or handling your e-mail and you suddenly get disconnected for no reason and this happens regularly.

This can be caused by many things, but most often is one of two things:

1. Your modem is out of date OR
2. Your ISP has set it up that way (AOL and NetZero are well known for this)

Read further for ideas of how to combat these problems:

MODEM UPDATE - If you have had your computer for more than six months (even new systems can include modems with outdated drivers) go to the following web sites for additional information and/or instructions on how to download newer drivers or determine if yours are current:

56k = vUnreliable
Firmware Updates

Also, try contacting your ISP directly to ask if they have suggestions. Most ISPs will offer assistance in determining if your settings are correct (and most will recommend updating your modem drivers).

ISP KNOCKING YOU OFF - You can do three things to combat an ISP with this policy:

a. Install software (such as Stay Connected) which will fool your ISP. See below.
b. Set up your E-mail client to check your E-mail every six to 10 minutes.
c. Change to another ISP that doesn't have this policy.

The data being sent to or from your computer is how the ISP determines whether you are online. Trouble is, you can be reading a long E-mail, composing an E-mail, or reading a web page, and BOOM suddenly you're disconnected. Crazy making, that's what it is! As if it doesn't take long enough to get online in the first place.

Use Stay Connected and wave goodbye to this annoying problem. This software is designed to mimic a browser session. It will also deal with AOL's constant dialog box asking politely if you want to stay connected (who would answer "No"?).

If your problem is a limited "unlimited" policy, get Stay Connected. It is your best solution. Read their information and get a copy today. Free trial period then only $19.95 to register.

Remember, don't stay online when you are actually leaving your computer, such as going out to dinner ;-) Out of courtesy to other surfers, do log off when you are finished.

========== Trading Books We Recommend

Trading Systems and Methods by Perry Kaufman
Price - $79.95 - Our Price $55.97

Trading Systems and Methods is a reworked edition of Perry Kaufman's classic New Commodity Trading Systems and Methods. This new edition contains much of the valuable material of the original book as well as new sections on Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic, Fractals and Chaos, Neural Networks, etc.

This book is a valuable reference that should be on every trader's or investor's bookshelf. We use this reference work often and recommend it highly.

Category: Day trading

We've listed our favorites in our Trader's Bookstore under the following categories:

Electronic Trading
Day Trading
Novice & Educational
Technical Analysis & Charting
Psychology of Trading
Experts & Classics
Trading Methods & Systems
Risk & Money Management

Books are the single best and least expensive way to learn more about trading. Visit our bookstore today for our choices for best and favorite books about trading.

======== Subscriber's Testimonials

Many of our subscribers have sent us E-mails describing their experiences using the Real-Time Signals. Recently one of these subscribers was so excited he sent us a detailed message describing his first two weeks. We have posted his comments in their entirety. Read Mr. Dukes' comments from Australia on how he made $6,000 US in his first two weeks. (See Disclaimer Below)

========== Software Spotlight - Free Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

This version sports many enhancements including Duplex printing and full text search capabilities. You'll need the Acrobat Reader to view and print files prepared in the PDF format. PDF is being used more and more, especially for E-books. It allows a publisher to create books which more closely resemble their printed counterparts.

We have written a short series of articles about PDF files and the Acrobat Reader Software:

Instructions to Download and Install
Hints and Helps for Printing PDF Files
Tutorial for Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05

Visit our Trader's Toolbox - Software Utilities for Traders page for details on other software and utilities we find helpful.

If you lose track of the address for the Software page, a link to the software page is also on the Trader's Tools page or run a quick search for the keyword software from our search page.

============ Trading Results through November 1999

Our cumulative net result up to and including November 26, 1999 on our model account is $96,500. This is a 322% annual return and includes the recent drawdown period.

These results are posted after each trading session (late evening) on page 6 of the Overnight Update and also can be viewed on our Cumulative Net Results page.

============ Disclaimer

It is our sincere desire that our web site and Real-Time Signals service is an informative and educational resource for you as a trader. Please be aware that you may trade in front of us, with us, or after us and that it is imperative that you make your own trading decisions based on your specific risk tolerance and discretionary funds. There is a risk of loss in trading futures.

Good trading,
Charles Holt, CTA
Publisher and Trader Daytrader's Bulletin