Recent content by DaveV

Sadly, with the exception of people who possess special skills (software engineers, nurses, professional athletes, etc), there is virtually no legal immigration to the USA. Less than 3 percent of the people who apply will be granted an immigration visa, and even then it takes years. The waiting...

I use IQFeed. Their quotes data is lousy, but their news API is not bad. And is very reasonably priced. https://www.iqfeed.net/API/index.cfm?displayaction=start

If you think that is theft, then go and try to loan the shares yourself without a broker. Do you think they should do the transaction for free?

Yes, that is how democracy is supposed to work. And by the way, Texas and Florida, two red states, both have higher population than New York.

Do you realize that the per capital GDP of India is less than $2800 USD, and is less than many African countries?

About 10 years ago I went very short on energy stocks on a Friday afternoon. Over the weekend the Saudis announced they were cutting oil production and the price of oil shot up 10%. Monday morning I lost about $260K. The loss was less than 10% of my capital, but was more than 5 times what I had...

The primary reason is that forex is a negative sum game (when you factor in commissions). So right off the bat, the odds are against you. Then factor in lack of experience and hard work, and most forex newbies are going to lose money.

The watches are hard to buy/find, not because the demand is so great, but because the manufacturer severely restricts the supply. If the manufacturers made as many of the items as they could, they know that the the scarcity value of the item would drop, and so would the price.

I think the opposite strategy makes more sense. Any day that your reach a certain loss amount, shutdown for the day. Any day you are up, keep riding that horse.

If you were promised 1 Gig, and benchmarked 810 MB, that is actually pretty good. How is your PC/Laptop connected to the router? If you are using WiFi, or worse WiFi over a mesh router, your speed will be less. If so, plug an Ethernet cable directly into the router to measure.

This sentence exactly describes trading. All the YouTube videos make it seem that all you have to do is invest a few dollars, learn a few charts or technical indicators, and soon you will be earning major profits. Learning to successfully trade is hard work, and more that 96% of all traders lose...

Perhaps this might help https://ta-lib.org/

That is not even close to the definition of Socialism. Or Communism for that matter.

https://www.briefing.com/calendars/economic?Filter=Week1 Note that the Consumer Credit Trading Impact is listed as "Low". You only need to pay attention to the news with Trading Impact "High". Also, if you click on the following chart, you will see that the growth in Consumer Credit has been...

You didn't saw what you will be trading? Stocks, Options, FX, Crypto? The usefulness of the tools depends on what you will be trading.