Recent content by jackassery

Hi Lina, So first thing is when you login to Scottrade Elite is there is a checkbox in the corner of the login box. Click that to enable virtual trading. That way you can place some simulated trades. This is how I got comfortable with shorting. Its nice to be able to play with different order...

It seems like a craigslist kinda thing. Kinda cool from the quick look I had. Gotta hand it to google they constantly put out neat little things.

No you are in the right thread. Maybe IB is right and it is an exchange rule but I cant see all of these companies just violating it.

I dont see why not. Nothing in Scottrade's margin requirement says I need to be over 21. Ameritrade, ETrade and Fidelity also dont mention a minimum age for a margin account. So I dont see why Scottrade wouldn't want me to post this. Also I'm at Open E Cry and trading futures with margin. So are...

Im 20 and tried to open an account with IB as well. I just got the same response as you did. They told me to wait until my birthday but I find their margin explanation interesting. I have a margin account with Scottrade right now and they didnt as much as bat an eye when I turned in my...

Well then I stand corrected. But I'm must say that its rare than anyone ever asks for my phone number in class. Even when they do I just tell them to find me on facebook since my cell number is shown anyways. I resisted facebook for a while but I finally joined and it kind of took over. I had...

As a junior at UCI I can say without a doubt how important facebook is. Just about every single person I know has a facebook. I know I leave it open and check it just as frequently as I check my email. One of the first questions people ask in class is 'Are you on facebook?'. With the large...

Does anyone know how to place OCO orders through OECTrader? I read in a post here that they just added this ability but I still have not been able to find it. Jamaal

Starbucks does have drive-thrus. They have been toying around with the concept for the past year or two but many of the new store openings have been drive-thru stores. Starbucks is also on their third round in trying out a lunch concept. This time they got it right and lunch sales are doing...

Because people here just like to post information that is complely drempt up like nearly 100% of sex offenders reoffend I thought I would actually look up the numbers on recidivism in sex crimes. This is straight from the DOJ http://www.csom.org/pubs/mythsfacts.html Persons who commit sex...

Yup my Short Term Gain has been $49,295.81 and my Short Term Loss $37,746.86. With the result being a net gain of $11,548.95 from July to December. I just ran my account through tradelog to get my Schedule D to do my taxes last week. As for how I did it I will honestly say I have no good...

Perhaps I should have clarified that when you made your first comment. Im not ending my trading in stocks because as you pointed out if im profitable that would be absurd. I just want to explore it as an additional area of profit. I didnt mean to imply that I was going to stop trading stocks and...

Oh I wont ask that question but it is the next logical step.

No offense taken. As the thread progressing it started taking a more serious tone than I had originally expected. Although if I do make it to $6000 the next question would inevitably be will I make it to 7 before i go back to 5. Jamaal