For trading platforms itself, take a look at Thinkorswim and/or IB; both have plusses and minuses.
Hello All, Recently ran across this site on another et thread apparently backed by some big names (Jack Schwager for one): http://fundseeder.com/...
In a big move; all correlations will approach 1. So what you think of as 6 stock funds will turn out to be 6x of 1 stock fund. How to improve?...
Sure lawrence-lugar. I am running a low 6 figure account and was getting limited by margin requirements due to having a regular margin account...
Exactly the same boat as i was in xandman. I was not going to be their customer (anytime soon anyways :)); but still he did not brush the...
Just wanted to shout out a public thank you for the Robert Morse's (and for the other helpful folks) of ET for the time they spend giving useful...
watchout.. i think its Mauritius that's estimated to get completely immersed in water in a few years (or maybe a couple of decades). ps: did a...
Both the leveraged instruments and the far dated futures will have the rolls build into them. A better way to do this is to get exposure to...
Try and see if options on ES work for you. You can get anywhere from 5 to 100% of the delta exposure and they do trade after close (not very...
It doesnt matter. And the beauty is that you can give up that half cent from mid price and get an instant fill. What is more important is to stick...
Thanks xandman. I actually skimmed that thread before but reading again. i liked the idea of setting the scheme one way or another for a month and...
and usually all on limit prices - either between the market or just around; so adding liquidity mostly if it matters.
Hello all, I tried searching and reading up as well as comparing based on what is currently posted; but would like to see what the good folks...
Thanks for the replies folks. After looking at the split between realized pnl and unrelaized gains, the numbers did all match up quite nicely with...
Hello Canadian traders, Based on your experiences, how accurate is IB's T5008 reporting. Specifically for Cost and Proceeds (boxes 20 and 21)....
I did play with FLEX reports a bit but couldnt make it print what i want. Will play a bit more. If you happen to stumble on the options needed to...
volpunter, I dont see this "FA Setup" button anywhere on my tws or in options. Perhaps this is dependent on account type. Will call IB later to...
Thanks IB-AN. Glad to know there is atleast one way of doing it. But i wish it were simpler than having to open a Prop Trading Group account when...
Thanks volpunter. Agreed; i will chat with them. First posted here as it sometimes opens to related discussions that might be useful.
@newwurldmn: i currently do it in excel as well (for the tos trades - which mirror my ib trading as well; so i use it as proxy). But i am looking...
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