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... don't you think you are getting a little "wrapped around the axle" with the IRA restrictions ... if you are day trading an IRA account, anything your reputable broker, as trustee, lets you trade (equities, options (only long), futures) should not be considered "sheltering a business"...

... used to think that also, but found that just watching the ticker ... and trading off the move is easier than trying to decifer the unemployment report, or the oil inventory report, or the Fed transcript and then acting on the plan. Bloomberg alerts and IB bid/ask seem to move in sync. If...

Should work fine ... but, remember to: 1.Change the DNS lookups on the DLink setup page to Verizon ones. 2.Make sure you don't have a static IP from Verizon (you probably don't, but i do). 3. Don't disconnect the cable service until you are satisfied with VerizonDSL (we have a 5 to 10...

Anyone using or evaluated: www.americanbulls.com ... some type of candlestick trading system that claims to have turned $100 into $5,037 if used with TASR for 2 years? TASR Date Price Signal $100 Became 08.15.05 9.680 Buy 5,037 ... is it a hoax? ... a fraud...

One of my favorates ... 2% better than SP500 equity, but a lot of work http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/education/investmentStrategy.php

percentages ... remember: a 35% drawdown negates a 54% positive return a 50% drawdown negates a 100% return ... and I think it was Warren Buffett who said "... if you are up 50% one year, up 50% again the next, and down 50% the third, you are doing worse than a Tbill..." (~4% cagr).

Fiorino's, Summit, NJ ... see him at the bar shortly after his life show ends.

IB tws appears to be prepared for the switch?

"Long term rates are going up." ? ... look at this chart and tell me what trend you see? (chart provided prophet.net copyright)

rule of 72? at 7% national average should double about every 10 years. ... and you could say the stock market doubles every 7 years on average too ;) but to say Real Estate has never declined is misleading. If you bought a condo in NYC in 1988 you would have had to weather a stomach...

Here is the followup chart - 1987 big drop I read somewhere that SP futures were 7% lower before the market opened Monday 930AM. From this chart - it looks like it may have gapped down 5% or so. Also, even though it was a huge drop ... it only gave back a years worth of gains (we are...

This is the chart of DJIA FRIDAY before (10/16/87) the big "crash" (10/19/87).

Have you tried QM the emini half pint CL? It works nicely for me ;)

Oil 1983 to present - CL futures contract

My advice: 1.Get a written offer? If in hand, is it "at will" employment or an employment contract? Does is spell out base and the commission structure and the time it is in effect? ... maybe even required performance and termination grounds? 2.Check references on the company...

SethArb, The FX futures contract price will be slightly different than the cash market due to net interest rate adjustment out to the delivery date. This site here can be helpful in getting a feel for Futures prices vs. expiry (including the cash market)...