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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I'm trying to work some of the physical kinks out of my 
system before I begin to trade.&nbsp; I'm starting again with swing trading and 
figure the move I'm trying to capture will take 0-5 days.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I'm wrestling with how to place stops.&nbsp; I won the 
psychological battle and am able to take a loss.&nbsp; The problem is my 
Fidelity software doesn't allow me to place a stop loss order on a NASDAQ 
stock.&nbsp; I can do it on their website, but it's slow and cumbersome.&nbsp; 
So fine, I just trade NYSE stocks.&nbsp; Then if I place a stop loss order to 
sell, I can't place a limit sell order because the system only honors one sell 
order.&nbsp; So now I have to watch like a hawk to see if it hits my 
target.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>I can handle a mental stop, but if I'm relying on a 
mental stop I have to watch like a hawk for the downside.&nbsp; And if I rely on 
a mental stop, I might as well trade NASD stocks too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Here's the question... accepting the fact that I'm going to have to watch 
like a hawk at the other end, is it better to have a mental stop or a mental 
target? </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000>Thanks for your time!<BR>Swope's Mountain 
Photography<BR>Climb the mountains &amp; get their glad tidings: Peace will flow 
into you as sunshine into flower; the winds will blow their freshness into you 
&amp; storms their energy, &amp; cares will drop off you like autumn leaves. 
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Is there any data vendor that started to provide Dow Jones futures data free
of exchange fee, real time yet?
Seems like Quote.com still send the data out 10 minutes delayed.
I thought the measure was to be done IMMEDIATELY,,,as of yesterday.