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To: Lost to Voodoo who wrote (945)	5/30/2000 5:11:00 PM
From: Mark Z	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10876

Ike is found on something called "Idea of the Day": Subject 14747 I don't read the whole thread (who has time) but I read him. He's Pakistani (I believe) and his grammar is a bit difficult to follow at times but he's really quite good at pinpointing support & resistance areas on the indices. Don moves around depending on his mood & whether or not he's welcome to post on a given thread. Currently he's on "Stock Analysis: A Complete Attack" run by Chris. Link is: Subject 14043 He also posts at: marketswing.com when he's in a snit about some perceived affront he's encountered on SI and decides not to post here. CyberCorp was great until recently. There servers aren't perfect but they're much better than they're competition. They used to never go down. I'm not sure where they're headed as they seem to have developed a bit of an attitude since the Schwab buyout. 6 months ago I would have recommended them enthusiastically. Now, less so. Hold times are longer, interruptions in quotes or just server outages are more frequent, etc. etc. I use CyberX (not CyberTrader) and its unfortunate but they designed their software such that you can't trade if their quote servers aren't functioning properly which is happening more and more. Used to never happen or maybe for 5 minutes in a month. They're clearing firm (Penson) is good - and that's significant because much of the competition clears through Southwest Securities and they're attrocious. This is something you take for granted but I learned when I was with MB Trading you can't. They're SI thread is at: Subject 32382 I'd encourage you to monitor it for awhile so you can get a sense of what the gripes are and how frequently they're coming. One final note: there's a huge learning curve for direct order entry brokers as you route your own trades. I've found that as often as not, Schwab can get me a fill I can't get when I route my own order via CyberX. This has to do with the rules governing what the MMs have to fill, what they can back off of, etc. Point is, if you're thinking of going this way, be prepared for the learning curve as its steep.