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Any information on Citi for Australian customers of IB? It appears as if deposits are with Citibank N.A in Sydney which is not covered by the Australian government's deposit insurance. http://www.citibank.com.au/global_docs/CustomerQ_A_Deposits.pdf

Is there a reason NYSE listed stocks might behave quite differently to NASDAQ stocks? With a similar sample size > 150 for each exchange I'm presently making 2.27 x as much per trade from NYSE stocks as I am from NASDAQ stocks with my system. This ratio has remained persistently high since I...

I'm a bit slow Kiwi.. But if this isn't an April fool joke then I thought we already had the change for the NYSE in March this year :) ** edit.. possible I really don't get this post though, first year trading US stocks for me so anything is possible :)

Anybody? I have found some decent short term deposits with banks but am still looking for other options.

Curious as to how Australian traders manage their IB accounts considering the maximum insured limit. Does anybody have a good suggestion for short term places in Australia to park extra funds other than their IB account?

Excellent replies, thanks :) I have what I was looking for and some more avenues for research now.

Actually it's just a maths question. Was thinking I might get a few trading stats people on these forums. If your profit factor is 2 and you make 1 trade per day how many days would you need to trade to be profitable at a 95% confidence level? I'm looking for the math to work out questions...

Nobody? Perhaps it would be accurate to say I would like to know: How many trades will it take to be profitable at the X % confidence level?

I think this depends on your tail distribution, with intra-day trading when you are exiting at the close that's already a time based stop working to chop down your positive tail so profit targets make more sense in this scenario than in longer term trading I believe. If you are a classic...

Could someone please point me in the right direction with this query? I would like to calculate the percentages of how many profitable months I can expect in a given period. I understand you only need profit factor and trade frequency for this calculation, though can't find the maths...

I have two questions I'm trying to answer about my IB paper account which I'm using to trade the DAX futures. I have been trading this account for some time and am looking to transition to my real account in the near future. 1) How can I measure my latency? Interested in finding out how quick...