1) Fidelity's excess of SIPC policy is $1 billion, but there is a per customer limit of $1.9 million on coverage of cash awaiting investment. 2)...
Once the death of a client is legally established, the beneficiary of the account takes control. All positions remain if no margin calls were...
Problem with the TV chart is that the tick by tick updates are much slower than TWS charts. I rather look at ugly TWS chart than slow but pretty...
China is a mostly a cashless society right now. Almost every transaction is paid via mobile app like Wechat or Alipay, no Visa or Mastercard....
I use the 3x3 SMA to gage the swing high and lows: 1) 3x3 SMA is a 3 period simple moving average displaced by 3 2) Look for cross of the 3x3...
I determine trends by looking at the retracement depth. If the retracement is less than 50% of the impulse move, then its a trend. If the...
Stock transaction needs to be reported to the IRA as separate transactions. Futures are section 1256 contract and are marked-to-market. The profit...
Yes, data mining is important tool. Technical analysis is data mining; so is back testing.
IB hold ACH for 5 business days
Just like the old CRT, you get ghost images of things that does not change much on the monitor.
OLED monitors can experience burn-in. Not sure if it would make a good monitor over time; especially for displaying charts.
Options trading gives you better return on capital then out right purchases of stock. In addition, options gives you flexibility. If you are very...
I used to trade both futures and options. Here is my two cents: First, in options trading you are trading direction and volatility (more DTE, more...
Having more capital is better always better. I don't know your trading strategy so I can't give you a recommendation. In general, you should...
I have worked in software development for over 30 years and for small and large companies. Here are some insight into how companies deal with...
The probability of assignment is generally low, but it increase as you approach expiration and the stock approach your short strike price....
You can get around the PDT rule if your broker allows you to trade options in a cash account. Options trade settle the next day.
I had this problem when I first started. The key for me, was to look at how many winning trades will it take for me to make back this loss....
I am not an accountant, but my understanding is that if you've made a valid election under section 475(f), the only way to stop using...
Don't need to worry about the SIPC limit. Most large brokerages have additional protection. For example this is from TD Ameritrade: "Additionally,...
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