I trade with IB, and although I know (or at least think I know) that IB isn't running any hedge funds with levered exposure to subprime debt and...
If you're years from receiving Social Security benefits like myself, then like me you're probably assuming Social Security won't be around when...
I want to sell my computer, and I'd like to keep all the software on it intact so I can sell it for more. Is there an application out there that...
I tried using the twsdde.xls and their market scanner function ignores all the user-parameters (minimum price, minimum avg volume, etc.) I...
They definitely got the talent for it. Melissa Francis and Trish Regan are the anchors now and they're talking to Margaret Brennan about retail...
Has anyone there filed your trading business under a husband/wife partnership and have set up a retirement plan for each of you? Do you have to...
I'm trying to understand the math of selling ES mini futures options. I'm a novice on options & futures in general, so please bear with me. Say...
I trade US equities and my system requires that I hold positions overnight until the following close. Most of the time I'm internally hedged...
This is something that's been consistent of the last few TWS versions. My P&L column is soooo slow to update when I click from page to page. I...
Not sure if this is due to IB TWS, but my HP laptop tends to slow down to a crawl right at the open for a few minutes, then it goes back to...
According to the Green Trader Tax (www.greencompany.com), an entity (e.g., SMLLC) is necessary in order to establish a 401(k) for myself. Can...
I'm going to get smacked on AMT for 2006. Anyone know ways of decreasing AMT? I'm a sole-proprietor right now in CA, does changing your entity...
I've only found HSAs with a handful of mutual funds as their investment options. It'd be nice if there was one out there that allowed you to...
As many of you traders out there, I have a bunch of apps open (charting, browsers, trading sw, etc.). It would be great if there was a utility...
I'm not talking about Wealth-Lab type software, where you have to specify a portfolio of stocks to backtest a strategy on. I'm referring to...
I know you can't short stock or use margin in a 401k, but does that apply to shorting index mini-futures as well?
I noticed that all 3rd party equity analyst research consolidators are a good 5-30 minutes too late to actually trade realtime analyst updates....
I short a lot, and since last week I've been getting the message "We currently have 0 shares available to short" several times from IB when before...
Has the following happened to any other IB users out there? -- I put in a withdrawl request at night. Because I also daytrade my overnight...
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