Recent Content by maxwellreid

  1. Can you make too much money from trading?

    I think if you make a lotta money, you increase your trading. I think top 5% traders have problems spending money
    Post by: maxwellreid, Jul 5, 2011 in forum: Professional Trading

  2. Currency conversions and IB

    I have a base currency of US$, 200k. Using IDEALPRO I sell us$100,00 and buy Yen. According to how I read this I have now made a currency...
    Thread by: maxwellreid, May 21, 2008, 0 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. IB are foreign stock holders covered by SIPC

    thanks cutten. In Australia there are margin lenders going bust and it turns out they were using traders/investors stock and cash as collateral....
    Post by: maxwellreid, May 16, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. IB are foreign stock holders covered by SIPC

    i have some doubts that SIPC was designed for covering external (to the US) traders, perhaps trading thru a subsidary of IB. This is something...
    Post by: maxwellreid, May 16, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. IB are foreign stock holders covered by SIPC

    no answer, so i guess i am not covered. Is there a way of using IB so that I am covered? And how simple is it to have a withdrawal system to a...
    Post by: maxwellreid, May 16, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. IB are foreign stock holders covered by SIPC

    I buy Australian stocks thru IB, my account is in AUD, I reside in Australia. The question is am I SIPC covered for my holdings and cash, in the...
    Thread by: maxwellreid, May 14, 2008, 7 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. Help this fella out

    go fishing. Trading is about money, but not necessarily about the motivation. Same as sport etc. The desire to be the best. Or, sometimes a...
    Post by: maxwellreid, Jan 19, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  8. Cocoa

    thanks bunkinc.
    Post by: maxwellreid, Jan 15, 2008 in forum: Commodity Futures

  9. Cocoa

    I only have a small knowledge of the cocoa market, but it would appear to be made up the big buyers, Nestle etc and hundreds of thousands of cocoa...
    Post by: maxwellreid, Jan 15, 2008 in forum: Commodity Futures

  10. Cocoa

    yes, i have made a leap in assuming there will be demand for chocolate. I was interested that the Japanese are not great chocolate eaters....
    Post by: maxwellreid, Jan 15, 2008 in forum: Commodity Futures

  11. Cocoa

    i have been long cocoa over 12 months. It hasn't been that profitable as i have tried to build up positions, only to have to reduce them. This is...
    Post by: maxwellreid, Jan 15, 2008 in forum: Commodity Futures

  12. Sugar in the mornin

    sugar is making a substantial move. I don't know why. There is a global surplus. Could this be a long term trend?
    Thread by: maxwellreid, Sep 19, 2007, 2 replies, in forum: Commodity Futures