Recent Content by TapeFighter

  1. 1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    What I said is that whoever thinks that 0.05% is "small" doesn't know what the hell they are talking about. Even 1 pip is too much. The FTT is...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Sep 25, 2010 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. 1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    Sarkozy is just pushing the globalists' agenda, or he just doesn't have a idea on how financial markets work? What the FTT does is taxing...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Sep 24, 2010 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  3. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    It's fast, but uncomfortable. Not to mention, that the popup shouldn't appear when you're trading non-US products because the patents can't apply.
    Post by: TapeFighter, Aug 28, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    That'd be a killer play, don't you think? You'd put TT in a situation where they can't win. Game over. :D
    Post by: TapeFighter, Aug 14, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    I don't see how it could fail. And, even if it did, at least you could use BookTrader to trade non-US markets. Not to mention TT has no right...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Aug 4, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    Hey, wait a moment. TT's patents are U.S. patents right? If so, couldn't IB register its TWS software in name of one of their European branches?...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Aug 4, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    The problem I see is that should you use third party software as a frontend for your brokerage account, you must be completely sure that such...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Jul 26, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    But using third party software on something which points to a brokerage account...eehheee.. he. :eek:
    Post by: TapeFighter, Jul 24, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. IB - Booktrader 906 no more single click!

    I'm not yet a IB customer so I can't vote on the poll, but here is my 2 cents. If the patent is about single click trading, then make it...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Jul 22, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. Why Is The Obvious Not So Obvious?

    nysestocks, I still can't figure the password. I've tried about 100 combinations including "Abercrombie_and_Fitch" and every twisted version that...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Risk Management

  11. I'm so LOST and feeling stupid. This is very long!!

    What about averaging down the stock while holding collars to avoid catastrophic losses from sending you to the poor house? I haven't tested it,...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Risk Management

  12. MARKET vs. LIMIT Order - Any Difference?

    Market orders are "please screw me!!!" orders. If you've got no control over the price you've paying, how do you want to be profitable at all?
    Post by: TapeFighter, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Order Execution

  13. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    I wonder why people focuses on debating about how many people win and how many people lose rather than focusing on making money.
    Post by: TapeFighter, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  14. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    Well, it depends...if you're trading for a living, then you're likely to use a consistent, "safer" (that doesn't mean easier!) method such as...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Psychology

  15. Where did the "90% are losers myth come from?

    I've suffered a substantial drawdown in my first trade yet, by holding confidently the stock when almost everyone else thought it was going belly...
    Post by: TapeFighter, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Psychology