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I would like to thank Kicking for educating me on the stupidity of shorting. It's never a good strategy. Playing both sides of the market is a futile and stupid strategy. Thanks.

Go hairdresser go!

Yes, you are right. When I scan various stock charts I see that all stocks have moved straight up. The Nasdaq index isn't really at 2301 but is really at 5000. Nortel Networks isn't at $3.12 but really is at $80. I have been so mistaken on the strategy of short selling. Maybe with time I...

"the preposterous argument that one has to play both sides of the stockmarket to be successful takes over" Why is shorting preposterous? Last time I looked at a stock chart, prices went up and down. So from your logic, trying to take advantage of a downward movement in prices is...

Again, what panic? The market didn't even go below it's premarket indications. Panic is 1987. You might want to have a look.

Probably more selling to come. People were buying the dips and will puke out these positions in days to come. On the bright side, maybe this will be the year when volatility returns to the markets.

There are a two things that I would say about IB when it comes to trading Canadian stocks. First their short list is rather small. With a firm like TD, you can pretty well short anything you want. Second, IB doesn't have certain stocks set up for trading. You will go to purchase a stock and...

Well I guess since Kicking has 'figured' out this little secret, he's probably fabulously wealthy. Congratulations.

Use IB for what you're doing. They charge 0.002% of the transaction value for commission. If you buy 1000 shares at $1, you pay $2 in commission compared to the minimum $29 TD will charge you. Since you are only interested in a cash account, it shouldn't be a problem opening an account with IB.

Yes, they are called "noptions" (as in, 'not options'). Very confusing. Way too complicated for this forum.

Convert into a basket of South African Rand and Russian rubles. I think you'll find this the best solution.

I'm not talking about the stock price. I don't care what the stock price is. I care about market capitalization.

Depends what the market capitalization was at the time. GOOG has a very large market cap.

Two different but interesting viewpoints. Drsteph, maybe the genie is out of the bottle? Are central banks truly effective at controlling or manipulating any market in the longer term? I think of the currency markets where their intervention has short term effects but is essentially...

No, sorry, I was being sarcastic. What I want to say is that you should just try it first to see if it works. I think that would be the quickest solution to your question. Sorry for the sarcasm.

Here's an idea. On computer number 1, open TWS. Then, on computer number two, try opening TWS for the same account. I think this would solve your dilemna.

I really don't think the election will have any impact. I am glad to see Ralph Goodale getting skewered for the possible leak from his department. If he hadn't been so rude and obnoxious on ROBTV back in October, the leak may have been overlooked.

That would be a nice feature.

hey kastro, what does ashton charge for the CSC course? i know the course itself is about $840, but what do they charge on top of that? how much class time do you spend on it? i looked on their website but they don't provide any information about those points. thanks in advance.

I haven't watched it for awhile and boy is it crummy. Too much flashing. Guess I'm not missing much.