I work in a hedge fund and we sell premium. We have a proprietary model that allows us to look at mispricings. Thus we really don't care about all...
I would say learn how to write code. I went from coder to trader, and my advantage to many others is that I can take my strategy, code it up, and...
Regarding the profits, the other posters have put up good answers. Charge it however you are comfortable with. Though most charge quarterly....
I would not use the term active trader because it implies day trading. I would say IB is or those that treat the market seriously and not as a...
For example, Fees to ship money out of ToS. With IB the first shipment out is free, and thereafter they are a fraction. For example...
Sure it does if you want to pay more commissions, pay more in margin fees, and get less interest from the money that sits in your account. IB...
I use them for multiple clients on a professional basis, meaning no friends and family account. The only downside is opening a sub-account....
I have heard people talking about how great ToS is, but frankly I don't see it. I personally use Interactive Brokers and have been with them now...
Really not random? Hmmm... Ok, let's just say I am an investor and did buy and hold? Wow, it would have been a rough decade. Let's say that...
LOL... I loved the "it is more like a teaser"... I like your comments on what it should and should not do. This has me thinking. Would a...
You know this is the one thing that annoys me about IB. Great broker, great rates, and great execution. BUT when it comes to being able to...
Interesting... Imagine for the moment that you actually did make money. You know the pinning worked in your favor. Would you have said that you...
Before you make more trades please consider the dynamics of options. Let's say that you enter a position and have stop losses. Because options...
The problem with options is that they are bets, and it is a zero sum game. That means you have winners and you have loosers. Because it is a bet...
I completely agree on point 1. But on point 2 what would bother me is that I am assuming that there will be a pulback before Nov. The...
You have a bit of a problem here. Go to the following page: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=SPY&m=2010-03 This is the 2010 call option for...
Come on Goldman Sachs is not this mystical beast. Can Goldman's be beat? Of course it can be. You just have to be clever. Here is the a...
Just as much as any other leveraged trade. Put on a 50:1 forex trade and see how long your money lasts if the trade goes in the wrong direction....
Well... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt In 1950 the debt level was very much the same as now. Yet the American economy...
It was earlier, and much earlier. You could say when America was created they have oscillated between being too deep in debt, and collapsing....
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