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To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (41882)12/7/2000 11:56:28 AM
From: OX  Respond to of 44573
 
well, that SP/NQ/ND flub sounds worse than any of my war stories... but just let me say, w/o revealing ;-), that having directaccess can be a boon and a bust.

these kinds of things are what is different with papertrading vs real... power goes out, phone lines get cut, ISP goes down, internet routes drop, your brokers direct link to exchange goes out. pets stomp on keyboards, kids plays w/ mouse, etc.