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In order to do technical analysis for day trading I want to have web site that provides real time charts and host of technical indicators to work on. BSE & NSE are not of much use and Yahoo Finance is late by 20 minutes and therfore not of any value for day traders. I dont mind paying if there is no free site but even after payment if I am linked to yahoo finance it is of no use. I am operating from India. I am sure some knowledgable Indian brother trader or investor or professional can understand my problem and help me out.If possible give me the indicators you are working with for intraday trading only. I intend working only in stocks for the time being and not in futures or derivatives or forex or commodities.
Many thanks in anticipation.
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Go to : www.investopedia.com
Some of them sound so great (and all with MONEY BACK GUARANTEES :)) Has anyone found a program (preferably online) that they would recommend for either commodities or day trading?
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Please ignore the above REPORTED spam artist. I am an investment advisor of thirty years, hold all the 'tickets' NYSE #7, CBOT #3, Options Principal #4 and others … I have yet to see a program that works consistently. I have seen and used several programs that work exceptional well if the user fully understands what the program is designed to do. Sadly, too many outfits go on TV and the Internet touting Commodity, FOREX, Options, Stocks, Day trading, and other programs and systems that may be a usable product for an educated investor and make all kind of glowing promises to novices that really don't have much chance at success unless they get really educated real fast before their risk money runs out.

send an email if you like and I will give you names of a couple of these that are worth investigation. I don't sell any of them and have no affiliation with the companies. Good Luck, Good Fortune, and Keep those very wary eyes WIDE OPEN!!

I want to invest in raw materials, like corn, beef, oil, oranges, etc. I keep hearing news reports that the value of corn is going up because of alternative fuel refinement. The news quotes the price of one barrel of oil each day. As an humorous example, in the movie Trading Places with Eddie Murphy, the main characters were investing in pork bellies and oranges. How do I, a regular 9 to 5 worker, do the same? Is it similar to buying stocks? Are there stock funds dedicated to just raw materials?
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Actually you do NOT need a commidite broker. Deutsch Bank recently came out with several ETF's dedicated to the commodities market. This link is one of them

http://www.deutsche-bank.de/presse/en/content/press_releases_2006_3098.htm?month=6&dbiquery=4%3Aetf

I have many hours to spend in teaching myself how to do day trading for Stocks, Options or Commodities.

Does anyone have any suggestions on which market would be have the least complex learning curve?

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They are all complex but Options are the most complicated and aren't for beginners. As a matter of fact most big firms don't allow brokers to trade options until they have several years of experience. Commodities are not considered quite as complicated, but are definately not for beginners. Start with stocks. I don't recommend day trading, most day traders lose way more than they win.
I am looking for a broker that will give me good rates for
trading electronically in real time as a day trader
Stocks mainly
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TerraNova is the only one that you can trade everything — stocks, commodities, futures, forex, options — real time, online, direct access. A lot of online brokerages claim to give you direct access, but if they take more than a second to execute your trade, it aint direct.

Find the articles online that have evaluated and compared online brokerages. I found a good one online in Barron's, but you'll find others in the trading magazines.

This is worth putting a little time and effort into, because it's a pain to switch, so once you choose, you're kinda stuck with it.

Townsend Electronics, the Parent company of TerraNova, is the one that digitized and electronified the Nasdaq. They are technological industry leaders and have a powerful and well built trading system.

I use RealTick at TerraNovaOnline, but it costs $275/mo. I think the Investor package is free to use, and just uses one screen.

What you should try is a free trial of their Investor demo. Their rates are good also, but of course, it depends on how often you trade. It will take you months to learn all the bells and whistles of what this program can do.

The other top-of-the line program is TradeStation, but it costs big bucks to join and operate. Some people consider it the Cadillac of trading and technical analysis.

TerraNova is the home of the Day Trader, so they think nothing of you making several hundred trades a day. You don't have to do that, but it's okay here if you do.