Recent Content by pgo1970

  1. Successful traders: why don't you move to a 0% capital gains tax country?

    I have a question for successful traders in here making >$150k / year. Why do you stay in the US or other high tax country? Why don't you pack...
    Thread by: pgo1970, May 17, 2014, 223 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. Basic questions about running a properietary trading LLC

    I wasn't aware that I could just make arbitrary capital contributions into my LLC. Thanks, good to know that.
    Post by: pgo1970, May 17, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. Basic questions about running a properietary trading LLC

    I can't just transfer money between person <-> company at whim without legally accounting for it somehow, right? That's why I imagined doing this...
    Post by: pgo1970, May 16, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Basic questions about running a properietary trading LLC

    A few questions about starting a proprietary trading LLC in the US. I'll be trading with my own funds but I want to do it in a separate entity....
    Thread by: pgo1970, May 16, 2014, 8 replies, in forum: Professional Trading

  5. Getting money from investors vs. trading their money in their own brokerage account

    I'm the OP. Here is some more info: Thanks for the suggestions. Trading directly on a brokerage account owned by the client sounds best so far....
    Post by: pgo1970, May 4, 2014 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Getting money from investors vs. trading their money in their own brokerage account

    Say someone asked me to manage some of their money (around $800,000). Can't I just ask them to open a separate brokerage account under their...
    Thread by: pgo1970, May 4, 2014, 11 replies, in forum: Professional Trading

  7. Can you name me some "small" futures contracts? Say < $10,000 per contract

    I'm the OP. You're right, I'm looking for very low margin requirement per contract. That usually also means a lower value per contract so...
    Post by: pgo1970, May 3, 2014 in forum: Trading

  8. Can you name me some "small" futures contracts? Say < $10,000 per contract

    I'm looking for futures contracts that are relatively small yet reasonably liquid. Say less than $10,000 worth per contract. The smaller the...
    Thread by: pgo1970, May 1, 2014, 11 replies, in forum: Trading

  9. Why don't foreigners pay taxes at US exchanges?

    A trader in the US is subject to capital gains taxes when trading anywhere including US exchanges. A trader in Singapore can trade on US...
    Thread by: pgo1970, Feb 6, 2014, 24 replies, in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  10. Can't find this option anywhere. Does your broker have it?

    Thank you, I see it now. I got confused because SI is labeled "NYMEX Silver Index" in TWS. You'll see this label if you double click on the...
    Post by: pgo1970, Feb 4, 2014 in forum: Options