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To: Brentsky who wrote (1013)	7/12/1998 11:54:00 PM
From: Darren	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3216

Demo screen I pressed CTRL+PRTSCRN. Then I went into NT Paint and pressed ALT+E, ALT+P. Then I chopped it, made it 256 colors to size it down and saved it. BTW, you stud! What a great day (over 8K) on your sample screen. Does that happen to you everyday or was that a demo mode fluke? Don't believe in demo mode. I make 10% of what I make in demo mode in real life. My best demo day was 412 trades, $51K, using 100K of buying power giving up the spread on each ticket. My average day is 20 trades, $5K using 100K of buying power. The most important thing to me is ticket average. I like $200 per ticket. That is a solid trading day, no matter how many times I traded or how much I made. Why does demo mode suck? Because you always get filled at the price you want. Also, in demo mode you must learn to buy on the Ask and Sell on the Bid and short 1/16th above the Bid or it isn't realistic. It defaults to buy on the Bid, sell on the Ask. I use demo mode to test new strategies constantly, and since I'm stuck in a position, that means I have been demo trading a lot! Getting real sick of it though -- I get very impatient when I'm not making real money. But I need to stay sharp. The smart thing to do is not take a position home like I did. Learn that rule. Life will be much easier; trust me.