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Ok, let's start with: "today has been a terrible day". Someone say that I am a rocket scientist familiar with several perverted mathematical models that are commonly used in physics and proficient in Java, C/C++. In addition, I consider myself just a beginner as a trader/investor. Like...

I would like to get familiar with the carry trade using the futures and i would like to have your help for understanding if I am doing something wrong. Can you try follow this example with me? Let's try to implement the carry trade between EUR and CHF spot price: EUR.CHF 1.2077...

the "above average" traders make money doing nothing because the "below average" traders pay them for staying out of the market :D

Do you have any ETF to suggest for investing in the swiss market? High Yield Equity Swiss ETF or High Yield Bond Swiss ETF Any suggestion is more then welcome!

And this is for oldtime, EURCHF (RZ) show the same "problem" as i did not payed for ICE US (75 USD/month argh!)

no... you probably must pay the subscription for the data and are not for free... this is a shot for an EU stock using NYSE

no... you probably must pay the subscription to the data this is a shot for an EU stock using BVME

I tend to believe that are commissions in general, but I do not have a fact that back me up

I suspect that European exchanges are not for free but I really hope to be wrong on that :) I noticed that I still have a couple of pending request, probably on monday they should be updated. I will keep you posted!

ah, i thought that you wanted to trade with the physical and not the future. Note that IB do not provide physical delivery...

well as for stocks I would like to "play with" UK, Germany, Italy, French, Spain, Swiss and US. And similar for the ETFs as most of them are located in US, Dublin or Germany. So, if I understood IB correctly I need/should to subscribe to Bolsa de Madrid 4 EUR Euronext Basic 5 EUR...

I would like to trade ETFs (US, EU, CH) and stocks (US, EU, CH, UK) no large volumes, and mainly for long term buying. Do you have any advice for minimizing the costs? What do you do?

Do you have any advice for minimize the cost for the data fee in IB? What do you do? I would like to trade small lots of US, EU, UK, CH stocks.

I would like to trade (actually mainly buy and hold) ETF based in US, Germany, Swiss and Dublin. Do you have any advice for minimizing the data subscription costs? What do you do?

i think that there is an ETF of iShare

I know... is a bit creasy but i would like to understand if I can replicate the S&P by myself and see costs and minimum capital. P.S i can not see your link.

pretty pessimistic isn't it? :)

thanks! Are you saying that if today I buy 100 stocks of each company contained in the index I will be able to replicate the performance of the index?

Hi, I would like to do the exercise of understanding the costs of building a portfolio that follow the index vs buy an ETF. Do you have any link that explain how the S&P is calculated? in general... any suggestion and link where to learn more is more then welcome

well... i would consider the case where you are "still young" and capable of doing something and the case where the doctor is your best friend...