Recent content by ross1985

The only thing I actively trade is the E-Mini S&P with my Interactive Brokers Account. I’m not a big fan of the free TWS workstation that Interactive Brokers provides to analyze the E-mini chart. I recently signed up for a free 1-month trial on TradingView and I absolutely love their chart...

I’m new to trading and I have a question regarding capital gains and commissions. Say I buy a stock at $1000 and sell it for $2000 and I pay $1.00 in brokerage commissions to buy and to sell. Does the IRS, or in my case the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) calculate the profit based on the buy and...

As a fellow IB customer who trades the E-mini with IB, this is unsettling. I've been trading futures with an IB account since only May of 2016, but I haven't noticed this charge yet.

I actually closed out the investment this week. It sucks that I have to walk away with a $4000 loss, but it's been a good learning experience. At the time when I started the leverage fund, I knew absolutely nothing about investing. I think the strategy definitely could have worked if the...

I'm a Canadian in my early 30s and I have 100% of my portfolio invested in equities. I've been doing some reading and most sources say that a percentage of your portfolio should be in bonds. I was thinking about redistributing about 20% of my portfolio into a bond index ETF, but I've never been...

So it says the distribution frequency is monthly. So I'm assuming that means interest is paid monthly? And the trailing 12-month yield is 2.58%. I just want to be sure I'm understanding correctly. That means the average interest for the last 12 months was 2.58%. So if you invested $1000 twelve...

I have a question about bond index ETFs. I understand that a bond index ETF will rise in price if interest rates go down. What I don’t understand with bond ETFs is how interest is paid to the bond holder. Is it paid out quarterly like a stock dividend? I’m also having trouble finding out how...

I'm just not sure what a "short-term cash alternative" is

Two years ago, I consulted a financial advisor at London Life (Canadian provider of life and health insurance) as my investing knowledge at the time was very limited. I was advised that since I carried no debt, the best way to make money would be using leverage to invest. The plan was to borrow...

Thanks xandman. I know this is not related to this thread, but which alternative interesting developments do you have in mind?