Recent content by vinigar

Contact a Realtor and ask to have a CMA done for you. They should do it for free. This will tell you what people are willing to pay or have paid for similar properties in the past six months or so. Do not confuse this with an appraisal. They are not the same. An appraisal will tell you what it...

I have always had the suspicion that during the market crash of 2000, that they needed a scape goat to blame for all of the market woes at the time. Whenever, there is trouble, they turn and point the finger at the daytraders. Thinking that their over excessive trading and recklessness was the...

Baron, You have done a great job with this site over the years. I remember when you got the ball rolling. Many people have migrated to your site from other places that don't even exist anymore. Highlights that come to mind are: the search functions that allow people to dig up old...

The screener at YHOO is free and not bad.

def, I haven't traded the foreign markets simply because of many of the questions that have been answered here....question...can the conversion back to US currency be done on a daily basis automatically ...or do you have to request the conversion each time from IB?:confused:

The safe way all around for someone who does not have 25k is to trade the eminis, which are not bound by the 25k min rule. Then you can trade with a trusted broker and earn your way up legally without worry of breaking anybodys rules.

dchang0, I do have another computer to use....but that has an AMD chip in it...I was thinking of your idea...about plugging it into the other computer...just don't know if I can do that or not...are the sockets the same?

I have not replaced the chip. I have used PC doctor to test the following: Ram.........good PCI..........good Video........good Motherboard....good CPU.....good with the exception of failing the numeric math test..which it failed.

MY charts started to look like scribble lines a few days ago...I did a check with PC doctor. The results was that the processor failed the math test and or numeric test. Everything runs fine on my computer with the exception of my charts. I have a pentium 4 3.06ghz...I think that if I buy...

Pabst, What is Ecco? Please and thanks.:)

What I would like to know is...how do these stack up against IB?

Find out who runs the biggest hedge funds in the area...they employ runners etc. And don't take no for an answer.:)

It is possible that you would have the following risk: The IRS could treat you're non trading job as the main source of income...therefore, because you do not have substantial activity in trading...your trading is then deemed to be a hobby...then this MTM election would not be allowed.

Buffet sure knows how to scare the crap out of people so that later on he can go in with a change of heart and scorff them all up. Smart ...real smart!:cool: