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Surdo - you mentioned "The CajunFiddlerCrab @PURETICK" - from the following posts I'm guessing this is an instructional chat room for YM traders. Right? If so could you help a brother out and point me in the direction of finding it? Thanks a million...

Doc Green, thanks for your input. You obviously have more experience than I do and your comments make sense. However indulge me in my thought process on my the reason low vol days are choppy and less predictable.... I am presuming that on low vol days the big players are not necesserily...

Sorry I cant answer that. My experience with them is limited to futures... but yes that would suck big time.

IM TRYING AGAIN WITH THIS THREAD. I STUFFED UP THE TITLE, ETC.... LONG DAY.. I am relatively new to YM day-trading but am starting to see decent results. However I have noticed that I have trouble on low volume days - such as today. Hope this isnt too "Trading 101" but could anyone...

I use Interactive Brokers to day trade futures. Happy with them.

Sorry, I mean EFFECT, not effort, of volume on YM..

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Hi all, I am relatively new to YM day-trading but am starting to see decent results. However I have noticed that I have trouble on low volume days - such as today. Hope this isnt too "Trading 101" but could anyone please confirm or deny my following suspicions on the effects of volume...

4Q - Correct. So my summary is accurate then, to the best of your knowledge, as these rules apply to me as though I was a US citizen?

4Q - I am a resident for Immigration purposes therefore I will take on board your comments. So to summarise, what Im gathering is that there is no tax benefit to me trading as a legal entity (LLC etc), registering as a (futures) trader with the IRS makes no difference at tax time, and the...

Again, thank you all for the advice. Lots to think about....

You guys are great. Thanks for taking the time to help me out...

Thanks KGB..! So you're saying that reporting my futures trading profits via the usual personal tax-return channels (as opposed to via any legal entity I could set up) would leave me no worse off tax-wise? Are there any benefits of setting up a legal entity? ie off the top of my head:-...