Thanks for replies. I called Proshares and I was told that no K-1's would be issued if I only shorted a fund. If I was long for only daytrades, I...
Two questions regarding K-1's on ETF's--- 1)If a daytrader buys an ETF such as the SCO that issues a K-1, would the daytrader receive a K-1 since...
cdcaveman, are you saying a trade such as go short (in the SPY) the 190 call one or two weeks out and go long the 190 call perhaps four weeks out?
Greetings, I am somewhat of an option newbie. The SPY has sold off about 5% in the last two days. That is a rare occurrence and seems to happen...
You could open a "family and friends" account at Interactivebrokers. Keep the other person's account segregated from yours, but you can trade...
I also have a Verizon USB aircard. I previously had an aircard with T-Mobile. The Verizon service is much better since they seem to have a...
i believe it means that your broker will be charging you an annualized interest rate of 119% for that day on accounts that are short GM. That...
I looked into this a couple years ago. The answer is that SSF's do NOT get the favorable 60/40 tax treatment that 1256 contracts get.
If you go to onechicago.com, there is a list of EFP's that would seemingly give huge yields. But when I checked the cost to short these stocks...
At this time, MGM stock is at 4.90/4.91 and the SSF is at 4.17/4.50 so the spread between the stock bid and the SSF offer is .40. So selling the...
893.5 was the one I had trouble with. I have since downgraded to 892.9b. I had the trouble when I kept the TWS on overnight and a limit order...
IB told me, through the live chat, that there is a problem with the recent version of TWS and I should downgrade to an earlier version.
When you say you did not receive any execDetails, does that mean that fills on open orders were not received and positiions were not updated? I...
Paysense, Looks to me as though you had a few good trades in the early part of October (probably shorts). Other than that, the rest of the...
Video of DeFazio pushing for the transaction tax, which he calls a transfer tax in this video-------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJO7hSbzc-4
Don't forget about HR 676 (Health Care Bill) which seeks to get funding through a transactions tax on stocks and bonds....
According to govtrack.us, this bill has been sent to the House Ways and Means Committee....
So what about Nancy Pelosi? She is not a sponsor and from other postings is not in favor of the bill. Well, check this out----...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/congress/fin_dis/2007/s000810.pdf Rep Stark is loaded. Mostly invested in rental property and...
Wow, another Rep from Oregon. Maybe they should just make it a state tax!...
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