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My guess (and it's only a guess, I am no expert) would be that since you would not be trading anything listed on Canadian exchanges and you would not soliciting any Canadian clients, your only obligations to any Canadian authorities would be to the Canadian Tax authorities for income earned as a...

I would think so. Dighton Capital is/was a CTA operating from the Cayman Islands, so I don't see why Canada would not be possible. But I assume you have checked with the NFA or CFTC by now?

From http://cfe.cboe.com/Products/Spec_VIX.aspx : "Settlement of VIX futures contracts will result in the delivery of a cash settlement amount on the business day immediately following the Final Settlement Date."

I'm interested to know what positions would be better for reg T. I like to trade mostly option ratio spreads and (reverse) calendars, which would require less margin using portfolio margin. FWIW, I rarely come even close to using my available margin under reg T (never had a margin call), I am...

My broker offers portfolio margin. Any downsides to using this, besides the obvious potential for overleveraging? I am thinking possible change in tax status that I remember seeing somewhere (can't find anymore). Any input is appreciated.

Not quite. FBR has lowered its dividend to .20 a share with yield at approx 7.3% now. Interesting pick though; with its investment banking business it is certainly not a "pure" REIT. DO check put option premiums on some of these REIT's, very tasty with these high dividends on the underlying!

So, what are the locals using now? :confused:

WOW, that's a great subject. I have always figured that when life throws another curveball (as it always does !) and I would somehow end up with physical disabilities, I would at least be able to continue to trade. Being blind would be a huge challenge though. I am looking forward to...

There is a built-in strategy that will do this for you called: ' _Stops & Targets'. This will only give you a trailing stop if a certain profit target is reached. You can set percentage or point targets. If you also add the built-in strategy 'Stop Loss' to your strategy you will have the...

There are many ways to do this, but this is a decent start: (you would apply this one to a 5min chart) if time = 1000 then begin value1 = highD(0); {high of first 30 minutes today} value2 = lowD(0); {low of first 30 minutes today} end; if time > 0955 and time < 1600 then begin buy...

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