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    Is it easy to find hedge fund partners?

    I am currently running foreign accounts. I am not currently in the states. It is really tough for me to run it. I really need a partner in the states. Still i think running a standalone fund is more expensive than running as a part of a large fund.
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    Is it easy to find hedge fund partners?

    I don't want to run something by myself. I have no idea about those legal, accouting, admin issues. I like to be focused at what I am best at. It will be the best if I can manage $5M as a part of a larger hedge fund. Anyone hearded of those positions, funds hiring managers with good track...
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    What is IB's Margin Rate?

    if you are right, then IB can only offer 6.8%, that is even higher than what I got currently 6.75%. just2trade offers 6%, the lowest published rate.
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    What do the pros make?

    trading sucks. i made 500k in the past 12 months and i rarely trade. Be a long term investor or be a mid term position trader. it saves you energy, time, and you have a happy enjoyable life. i only need to check quotes maybe 10 times a day and i can carry a cellphone and do the check via wap...
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    What is IB's Margin Rate?

    Isn't it called - Interest Charged on Short Balances? I only hold LONG positions, that rate is for SHORT positons.
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    The Year is half done. Grade yourself.

    i expected to earn 60% a year, so i can have 10 folds in 5 years. last year, i made 100%, this half year, i made 100%, so i am well ahead of my schedule. i only have 1 down month this year which is june. the loss in june is less than the gain in may, so i didn't have much drawdown.
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    What is IB's Margin Rate?

    I trade very little, but carry huge margin overnight. I need lowered margin. Currently I pay 6.75%. on http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/interest.php?ib_entity=llc Do I use Interest Paid on Long Balances which is USD 10,000 4.835% (BM - 0.5%) 100,000 5.085% (BM -...
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    OTCBB quotes do not have size?

    ETLT.ob and IBIN.ob
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    Can Oil Come Down?

    I heavily shortted Chinese Rubber, because it is in production season, chinese tire recall in USA, and China reduced government expert tax refund. But this oil kills me. Nature Rubber can be replaced with man-made rubber which comes from Oil. So far, oil seems to one of the two big factors...
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    OTCBB quotes do not have size?

    I could be wrong, but I am kind of remembering when I traded ibiz.ob in early 2004, I saw sizes of bid and ask. Now I only see bids and asks but I don't see how large they are. My memory could be wrong. Is OTCBB Level1 and Level2 quotes always like that, or it quires extra fee to see sizes?
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    put an order at $4. your order will not be filled, because it is above $5. going into review page, does not mean, it can be placed. i called the broker, and they still have the ban on the stock. i called KMA's investor's relations. they don't know why either, but they told me they would have...
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    still locked. the cs told me that in the past, it is possible somebody's account is broken into and they found irregular trading patterns from the broker's client account. i was told this lock is only broker related, not KMA, SEC related. that is why i want to check if KMA is also locked with...
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    Can IB charge per trade, not per share?

    Can IB charge per trade, not per share? Anyone got a deal from them?
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    Is .002/share, 0.002 dollar or 0.002 cent?

    I often see you guys say commissions at 0.002/share level. Is it in Dollar or Cent?
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    Partial Transfer of a Margin Account

    anyone can help?
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    Check it recent 13D filling, Some hedge fund family, Northaven, bought 1.2 million shares. I am not a trader. I am an investor. I was the largest retail investor for PAE, when it was $0.40. I am current the 4th largest share holder of AWX, and top 10 share holder for 2 OTCBB companies IBIN.ob...
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    could be we used the same clearing firm. anyway. awaiting for answers. if the news is from the company, i think it is bullish. if it from illegal trading activities, it will be bearish. could be another Dow John's case where insiders bought up shares in before the news.
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    could be a broker related, not SEC related. the broker won't tell me the details whey they don't allow internet trades to open positions. but they can trade for me over the phone at internet rate. i didn't trade, because i don't know if it is bullish or bearish. can anyone try in your broker...
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    in its 8k, the CEO is said the company is for sale and hired an investment banker to look for buyers. but this is public info, released 2 months ago. i have not seen any SEC filling today. the stock is still tradeable, but i can only place sell orders, not buy orders, i can not place short...
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    Why a stock is locked? No openning trades can be placed?

    one of my stocks can not be openned any more. it can only be placed via a broker. i called, and i was told sometimes, if they see huge activies in some stock, they will put this stock on watchlist and refuse to let it traded on the internet. i looked at the stock's pattern, and i don't see...
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