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I bought 1000sh of spy and sold it on 11/30/2013 with a loss $800. And I did the same thing on 12/15/2013 with a gain $500. Then i did not trade spy until 1/5/2014. should the $800 loss on 11/30/2013 still be considered wash sale disallowed for 2013 tax year? As far as I know, the wash...

can anybody tell me where to check major ownership of stocks? I use http://money.msn.com/stocks/, but it only update every three months and I can not see the historical information. Is more detailed information available? I would be willing to pay for it.

Short-term gain is taxed as regular income. Long-term gain is fixed rate 15%. If you trade index options which can be treated as commodities, it should be 40% short term and 60% long term.

I started with 26K in Oct. 2008. I have 850k now after paying 150k tax for the last two years. I have to pay about 200k tax this year for the profit I made this year so far. haha

Does IB publish NASDAQ imbalance in TWS continuously?

You mean I can ask my broker to fight for me when I was told the trade was under review? Good to know.

Is that anyway we can complain about it? I don't even got any exapanations. A few thousands profit was gone.

Thanks for reply. Are sure about the 20% away for a trade break on nasdaq? I used to have one trade only 8% away but got busted. 20% away from the market, so what is the market price? The price of the next trade?

Does anyone know how the exchange determines the bust price range? Especially for those ECNs, ARCA, Island... thanks

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where did you check the 20 bonds eligible for ZB delivery? Thanks

rosy2, thanks for the reply. I am new to fixed income products. I am curious where people trade ir swaps. What are the liquid products in fixed income market? I know treasury bonds future,and eurodollar futures.