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BS for 4-6 mon stands try the back lanes 1-2 floors of sim-lim sq

echo the thots of consistent & redneck OP, u seem like a smart guy - so i'm surprised ur even thinking of trusting the BS analysts who appear on TV ... my tips 1. stop tryin to understand why the mkt is up/down 2. rel to 1. , ....chuck "funnymentals" & become a purely tech trdr...

Rimping tks for ur updt anyway so ur from the land of Cruyff & Neeskens! - i still recall the opening mins of the '74 cup final vs GER!!

i agree , Barry's post was very inf. tks - don't mind the effort to read, thus since retail didnt answer this Q, i wud like to pose it to Rimping & Barry & others perhaps surely logic says tht if u live n work in TH , the govt will claim ITax on inc. derived while resident in TH , also...

hey u 2 tks for the reccos but did u actually live there for a while & trade? what about key issues like offshore a/c s - taxes - i-net ? THB is not freely convertible? from what i see , ever since they overthrew thaksin, tht country has been goin down the tube - strikes every month -...

Random , r u aware tht u can save all files in MS O formats from OO ? wen i hv 2 send files to MS O users i just save them as xls/doc & it works fine always r u hvng probs even after doin this? have been a happy OO user for 10 years now - re the workaround s etc - well if u hav suff...

trdg from SG us stoks wi IB + FX y wud anyone use a prop firm vs IB IB is a top broker low comm - unless i really need the company of other traders i'm happy to mingle in my free time - but prefer to trade alone so what do the prop shop guys get that they can't get by using an IB...

to Chuck & other who recco Barcelona like it too but never been there Chuck u didnt mention what taxes u paid - say like i make EUR 1 mio - how much do i keep ? i'm talking moving there perm like a local + of course - is the i-net top class ? like what did u pay ? we know the girls...

Aaron re mkt data just wondering y not have the sub a/c 's unsub from mkt data ? after all ur/master's the only one taking the decisions

Pippi [here old system = M1 , refers to what Hurric mentioned & what u describe in para 2 of your p. post] no u wudnt ORDINARILY get intbnk fx swap pxs fr those amounts – the minimums wud be $1 mio eqv. (unless its a correspondent bnk reln.) - but what I suspect may be happening at IB...

So Hurric. - just to sum up re your ....”I don't understand what you're saying about rollover for forex at all. You buy it, you own it. Whether that's for a minute, a day, a week, a month, etc. The purchased currency is in your account until to sell it. “ yes your point is true wrt the...

Hurric+ Graham , tks for clarifying .... now its a little clearer – yes the schema that Hurric. has described, - is one legitimate way to treat these deals & the interest accruals – as i said, “the situation as you seem to be describing it, was what I knew, for many years, to be the IB...

Hurricane, tks for ur reply i'm still not clear about a few specifics – so let me go back to my example. I will just focus on the leg where custy is paying interest for easier writing [the flip side of custy rec int. Shud be assumed] btw there is a typo in my 1st post where I say...

TM if ur not Indian y bother with the INR ? it's not freely convertible personally i think INR is bigger shit than the USD KD is prob still convertible - but not liquid i wud stik to liquid alt like AD / CD / EU / GOLD etc cheers

Re funding of FX positions/ interest charges/ swap points ... I've tried the forums here & at IB – cudn't get a clear idea about this. I also tried to clarify with IB cust serv but the HK rep didn't get what I was saying or didn't know her subject. I will be asking them again via an a/c...