Recent content by Polle

Sorry, I was looking for sympathizers. You will often find that immigrants to the US like me are more enamored of the US constitution and what FREEDOM means than many US citizens- that's why we're here! But in every country there are non-elected bureaucrats who want to tell you "they make the...

Well I guess you are not gung ho to trade foreign options. Probably don't have two sticks to rub together.

Yes they can. You just have to have a multicurrency account. NEDBANK for example will do tjat.

Right on!

I traded options on Stockholm for 26 years after coming to the US until Dodd- Frank made the reporting requirements so onerous my Swedish brokerage kicked me out. Now I can still trade stocks on Stockholm from my YS brokersge but not options. I really regret not being able to sell covered calls...

The reasons you give, nazzdack, do not hold water. If there was a concern that equity options trading by US persons would come to dominate a local market, then why would only QIBs of $100m or more be allowed to do it, while small retail investors are prevented? Which of these would be likely to...

I have had a foreign brokerage account for nearly 30 years since I lived overseas. I kept it when I came back to the US and have traded from here in it for 26 years. Just recently, they said I would have to close it as US regulations were becoming too burdensome to comply with. That account is...