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Nice find. I would but went to donate page and " I am a United States citizen or an individually lawfully admitted with permanent residence status" I am in Canada.

Too late to edit but I want to add this aswell, http://***.ft.com/cms/s/0/07141834-1741-11df-94f6-00144feab49a.html Another article with no details but thought these were worth posting. "But a prime minister who believes that he saved the financial world in 2008 is not easily deflected"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyawPOO875I about 1:45 in, Boehner against TT and raising tax. Its older but didnt see it posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0wCKlcVbg Sid Leiken also against the DeFazio bill. Also, the Robin Hood tax people have a youtube account, im not going to...

exactly so the issue isnt leverage its risk and education, people have a I want it now and I want to put as little effort into it to get it attitude. Wouldnt it be smarter to educate the traders rather then just stop them all together and punish those who trade .1 with 100 pips?

there both losing $200 of $10,000 thats 2% This is also assuming they are trading one lot at a time.

Wow thank you for answering my question. What about the second part then trading 0.10 lots using 100 and 200 pip spreads? Is that wide enough for you? Its just an example using random numbers would you like me to pick another one? Point is risk management and leverage are separate things. Also...

Explain to me this, There are two traders both with $10,000 accounts trader a is leveraged at 100:1 and trader b is at 200:1. Both traders target 100pips and both limit there risk to 2% total account size. Trader a buys 1 lot with a 20 pip stop loss trader b buys 1 lot with a 10 pip stop...

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article6968448.ece No mention of a TT but it seems UK economists don't like Browns policies or lack there of. "The Conservative party should set out its intentions before the election, they say. “This would give voters and markets...

I was agreeing, hence why I said participation fee as a true tax would only be on your profits or profitable trade. As for futures, the tax is at .02%, not much better but its not .25% with 10:1 leverage or whatever. Any one have any idea of the .005% tax that is proposed on a global scale would...

Thats the counter productivity of the participation fee, or 'tax'

Yes but it should continue to point out main street effects since the general public wont accept a wall street argument. I also found another research paper...

Good idea, I added an IMF paper I think thats why they went from the "lets get wall street to pay for the bailout" to "it can pay for future bail outs" to "make them pay for climate change"

http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/quottime-hit-banks-and-international-speculators-financial-transaction-taxquot-s/5/34231

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_14052009

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1018363

http://www.newstimes.com/business/article/Traders-circle-high-frequency-wagons-296848.php

I read on another forum that the EU constitution will have to be changed in order to adopt this tax and everyone will have to agree. Any truth to this?

http://www.advancedtrading.com/regulations/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222002855 "The situation, of course, is not so simple. According to a 2004 study by Jonathan Schwabish of Partnership for New York, the FTT would result in a "substantial" collateral damage to the economy. Per Dr...

^whats hft? ----- also the IMF has a few papers on there site that are against the tax so let's hope that they remember them.

India is removing their own TT, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/A-fine-balancing-act/556840 this is just and initial draft but it looks good.