I am not yet a Veteran but I have definitely had trouble finding Shares to Short with TDAmt.

TOS typically won't have low float, mini cap stocks available to short. only larger cap, and float stocks.

Nice post

Thank you! Awesome post :)

These are basically all the things I also had to learn the hard way. Good post that all beginners should read.

especially regarding position size, people using 5-10k on a trade can make some money off a 5-10 cents per share trade when people using under 1000 need at least over 25 cents a share of profit to cover commissions and make some money

I will be opening the account with $5k and see how it goes. As long as the pro platform is good at getting a trade in I'm good. I do want level 2 that would put me at $75 a month for the pro platform/ mobile trading/ level 2. Sounds like they have gotten a little bit better from over a year ago. Thanks for the comments.

@norcal09 Cool, give us an update after you make a few trades.

I will def blog about my trades. And update how suretrader is working out

I'm getting my feet wet now with suretrader. I have been profitable but over traded and took crazy advantage to the no PDT rule. I have been using the 6:1 leverage. I have no ego and if i"m wrong on a trade I get out quickly. When i'm up and doing well with a trade I just put in a trailing stop and walk away. I love to short sell. Wow its been really nice. I use the DAS platform been amazing and really easy