Recent content by zigzag

Has anything come out of this letter? With the extended deadline less than a month away, what options do I have if I still don't have an accurate 1099-B?

Only their highest volume customers will get the .0029 rebate, most people will get .0025 for adding. http://batstrading.com/FeeSchedule/

I was hoping for some advice from someone who's filed a lawsuit against a Canadian prop firm, but yes, I will go see a lawyer.

I left Everest Capital at the end of June and my deposit still hasn't returned. I've been pretty patient but it seems like they don't intend on paying me back. Can anyone give me advice on what legal action I can take against them to get my money back?

How long did you have to wait before getting your money back?

I'm still waiting for my deposit as well. Please PM me if anything like that happens.

Why not? If you don't trade the last 31 days of the year, doesn't that mean you would have no wash sales to worry about when doing your taxes?

Markets are not efficient

When did you get it back? Can you tell us if you got it via check or wire? I'm also still waiting for a deposit.

Hopefully it'll get some nice volatility like AIG did when it reverse split.

Can you elaborate on what these traps are? Liquidity and psychology (staying disciplined while dealing with bigger losses) are the most obvious, what else should we look out for when trying to scale up?

I was actually considering both of these firms, can you give me some more details about them?

Don't you need a big account to work directly with a clearing firm? I would think most prop traders are working with ~5k deposits.

If I wanted to record four 24" monitors, would I need a better CPU, graphics card, or both? About how much hard drive space would a recording of one full trading session take up?