I traded fx on IB throughout the day and never had any problems.
I have an account with TDAmeritrade and have some cash within the account invested in a money market account at TDBank earning 0.5%. As I recall...
A contrary view on your assertion is the the expectation of higher interest rates following a U.S. debt downgrade or default. This will adversely...
Dajin Resources is sold in the U.S. on the OTC Pink Sheets. The ticker is DJIFF. Most brokers can handle an order. One advantage is there's no...
U.S. citizens pay taxes on their global income. With IB (and I expect other brokers as well), your year end 1099 form will include foreign stock...
AUD, CAD and NZD are examples of other risk on currency trades.
I read in the WSJ recently of something similar. When you donate to a charity you get a letter from the charity outlining how much of your...
Some say it will be armageddon. Some say no big deal. Whenever there are such divergent opinions the truth always lies in between.
Correct. If you receive a dividend on stock that has been lent out then you will pay tax effectively as if it is ordinary income (i.e. at a 28,...
Traders, Did you run IB's estimate of what you might earn before signing up? I'm wondering if what they're borrowing from you is in line with...
Also, don't be confused by the fact that most brokers/dealers don't charge a commission for forex. In effect they build it into the bid/ask...
Your trading does need to be substantial enough so it isn't considered just a hobby or normal investment activity but I've never heard it needs to...
Did you eventually exit all of your trading positions during the year? Wear all gains/losses short term? If so, then doing the Schedule D on a...
I'm still using QT with IB feed. No problems.
I don't think that will work but best to check how Iowa documents residency for in state tuition purposes. I live in Florida and when my daughter...
Good question. You have to sign up for this program so they can load out your fully paid shares. But perhaps other shares are in street name and...
Some months I'm over $1B in forex trading and get a reduced commission. Last month hit $2B and got a further commission break. But individual...
I'm a heavy forex trader with IB (but not having traded forex with other brokers, can't compare IB to others). With IB, there are no lots. You...
Another problem with this program is there's no guarantee that they will return your shares prior to an ex-dividend date (although IB indicates...
There are a number of former CEOs that have been on CNBC that now reside in one of the big houses.
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