IB enforces the patterned day trader rule $25K for trading U.S. Equities and not Canadian Equities. This rule has nothing to do with day trading Canadian Equities and unfortunately is a disadvantage to many who want to trade U.S. Equities with an account under $25K U.S. IB is just playing by...
Well some wise man once said...... "there's no such thing as a free lunch" Be prepared to pay up one way or another. Remember you could be mentored from the best but still fall flat on your face. Trading is a frame of mind.
Open an account with Interactive Brokers and use the front end Zero Line Trader www.zerolinetrader.com this will give the closest to realtime live trading on a good platform in a simulation mode without risking any cash. Unfortunately simulation is no where near good as the real thing but...
Oakville here west of Toronto. Tradin futures and am always open to hookin up with the same and chewin the fat. Will travel for conversation and shop talk. Wish I could get back to Calgary though. That would be nice to get off at 2:15 instead of 4:15 lol.
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