How does that affect margin? In CC the long stock is the collateral, what's the margin req when you short puts? I use IB by the way.
I have a decent chunk of change that I am looking trade and generate 1-3% monthly gains with minimum risk and consistent monthly returns. I...
Here's the deal: I trade stocks and use IB, they provide a prepared Sc D, which is great. I also use TradeLog to calculate wash sales and keep...
They were trades only, cool, I celebrate my oblivious ignorance of the tax code...
I had 24k short term capital loss in 2005. In 2006 I made about 20k. I was under the impression that I can only deduct 3000 dollars worth of...
You can program that fine, the problem comes with implementing it in the actual trading account. TS brokerage does not allow you to enter more...
I run a day trading strategy using stocks. After a position is entered a stop and a limit order is generated for the exit. The problem is since...
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It varies, around fed funds +2% for the longs, some also charge extra haircuts and such.
Is there any other reason to go prop than leverage (don't need training and have my own software)? My strategy holds positions overnight and...
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