Recent Content by jdegg79

  1. For active traders: which tax status have you chosen? Investor, Trader Status, or Mark to Market?

    I see Investor is the number one answer so far. If you do qualify for Trader Status, what reason's are there for keeping Investor status?
    Post by: jdegg79, Apr 10, 2018 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. What metrics do you use to measure trading success?

    Really appreciate your feedback. What number do you consider for a PF significantly above 1.0? Thanks again for you help.
    Post by: jdegg79, Apr 9, 2018 in forum: Trading

  3. For active traders: which tax status have you chosen? Investor, Trader Status, or Mark to Market?

    As my understanding, you can have trader status and not be MTM. However, you can only elect MTM if you've qualified and chosen Trader Status.
    Post by: jdegg79, Apr 9, 2018 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  4. For active traders: which tax status have you chosen? Investor, Trader Status, or Mark to Market?

    For those who would qualify for trader status, which do you choose between the options and why?
    Thread by: jdegg79, Apr 9, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  5. What metrics do you use to measure trading success?

    What about measuring the risk taken to achieve that % return? If I had two trading accounts and each used a different strategy, the higher return...
    Post by: jdegg79, Apr 8, 2018 in forum: Trading

  6. What metrics do you use to measure trading success?

    What are the most useful / best metrics to measure you trading success? Some I can think of include: -equity curve vs. benchmark -drawdowns...
    Thread by: jdegg79, Apr 7, 2018, 25 replies, in forum: Trading

  7. How many accounts do you keep?

    Just wondering how many people out there have multiple accounts and what purpose does each have? For example, you may have one account for day...
    Thread by: jdegg79, Apr 5, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Trading

  8. Best options for data / news

    I know there are a large range options and equally large range of prices associated with these products, which is why I'll ask the best options...
    Thread by: jdegg79, Mar 12, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds