Recent Content by jpatet

  1. Can I be an "ordained minister" and trade tax-free?

    I see what you are saying. That opens possibilities. Let me think about this. Thanks, nkhoi.
    Post by: jpatet, Jan 24, 2014 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. Can I be an "ordained minister" and trade tax-free?

    If it's not one thing, it's another. But thanks, badnews, for that good idea.
    Post by: jpatet, Jan 23, 2014 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  3. Can I be an "ordained minister" and trade tax-free?

    Well, I have a 300k traditional IRA that I worked hard for years to accumulate. Converting it to a Roth will immediately put me into the 33% tax...
    Post by: jpatet, Jan 22, 2014 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  4. How do you extract the CME Site's daily T&S Data for ES?

    Chrome was the answer; it is surprisingly efficient compared with Internet Explorer 8 on this task when examining downloading, time to display,...
    Post by: jpatet, Nov 21, 2009 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  5. IB TWS - Creating limit orders with pre-defined offset from last price

    I too would like to use these user-defined offsets. But I also need to use the Good After Time and One Cancels All functions that are available...
    Post by: jpatet, May 29, 2008 in forum: Trading Software

  6. SPAM from ET!---Kasper Sky Alert

    What you are saying is possible, of course. But I have 23 currently active e-mail addresses through this provider and this is the only one that...
    Post by: jpatet, May 9, 2008 in forum: Feedback

  7. SPAM from ET!---Kasper Sky Alert

    I signed on to Elite Trader in 2005 using an e-mail address that is unique to this registration. I never received any e-mail that used this...
    Thread by: jpatet, May 9, 2008, 16 replies, in forum: Feedback

  8. IB's EFPs & Taxes

    SSFs are simply entered and taxed along with securities, as I indicated above, on D. Nothing else needs to be done with EFPs and there are no...
    Post by: jpatet, Apr 11, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. IB's EFPs & Taxes

    I’ve done more research now and we may be making more out of this than is necessary. This is the logic behind the way I’ll likely complete my...
    Post by: jpatet, Mar 23, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. IB's EFPs & Taxes

    I have searched this site and the IRS site without success. How do you report an EFP transaction on your tax forms? (I sold an EFP and held it...
    Thread by: jpatet, Mar 17, 2008, 4 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Gateway FX 540 with the new XHD3000 Display. Is it Quiet?

    I found this site and decided not to by Gateway’s XHD3000 monitor or anything else from Gateway. Take a look if you are considering buying that...
    Post by: jpatet, Feb 6, 2008 in forum: Hardware

  12. Gateway FX 540 with the new XHD3000 Display. Is it Quiet?

    I want a new system. I prefer a name brand such as Dell, Gateway, HP, etc. I’ll be using it for an occasional Blu-Ray HD movie, along with...
    Thread by: jpatet, Feb 3, 2008, 1 replies, in forum: Hardware