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ok, please realize that we have only been discussing workstations here, not portable computers(laptops)... in the case of laptops, I personally only use Lenovo Thinkpad business class laptops and no-others... quality and support are above all the rest, and this comes from actual experience...

unless you have something to back up that statement, i will assume you've deal with the consumer side and find yourself bitter and nothing more... I dont waste my time with their consumer lines... I only deal with the business side .. after all, I am running a business.

if the system is working fine for you and performing well, then no need to do much of anything... if you want to improve your current system, just two things... as some said, add more memory and bring it to 4GB... XP will address most of it... and the other one, add an SSD drive... The...

stay away from windows 8 for now... even with SP1... too unstable... it was a rushed release IMO...

you are not clear as to what kind of pairs/spreads... but you can use MultCharts, CQG, Investor/RT and amibroker..

SSD's with encryption are now common place... so it is easy to save data to it... I concur with the OP.... my D:(Data) drive has always been on a separate drive... even on my laptop... I use an mPCI 128GB for OS and apps and a 160GB for the Data...and an external USB3 256GB encrypted for...

I've never dealt with that side of the business, sorry... all I can say is that being accepted into the advisory programs(MAP) is based on AUM, track record, etc... you would need to call their sales desk for details... but if I was you, I would look to whomever you are doing your FX volume with...

greater transparency... Clearing FCM's are exchange members and under a bigger microscope... for additional details, review the following: http://www.cmegroup.com/clearing/ http://www.cmegroup.com/clearing/cme-clearing-overview/clearing-membership.html...

friends and family is nothing more than having rights to execute trades on an account other than your own (entity or individual)... even fidelity allows that... so you need to be more specific as to your requirements... the one thing that F&F with IB allows is for someone to "manage" a small...

TRANSACT FUTURES is a Division of YORK BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. nothing against them... but you should do some due diligence... http://www.cftc.gov/ucm/groups/public/@lrenforcementactions/documents/legalpleading/enfyorkbusinessorder092112.pdf...

yes, I concur, which is why I thought about the % of goal met... bc that would lead to ask, what did I do different, did something change on the strat or the market.. beyond looking at the subaccounts trading specific markets to determine which market produced and which one didn't... I am...

I think you might have misunderstood bc I might have not been clear... I mean pct% of your goal achieved... for example.. Year Goal Actual pct% 2011 650 725 112% 2012 750 530 70% 2013 850 ??? I think that knowing how close you came to goal and...

lol... I think you are being innocent about some things... as I said, they wont foreclose on the real estate... but you can in fact be sued and they will lien all assets and attach any bank accounts with the judgement... you should understand the law a bit better.. unsecured is not really as...

you are already putting it at risk... honestly... if you ever default on those unsecured loans, and they take you to court... they will sue you and the judgement will be awarded and will lien the house.. that simple... as I said before, keep in mind all I said were suggestions, just things you...

OP... I hope you do listen to this advice.. the only one that matters... talk to an accountant that deals with traders.... see the prior link...

DB = DEUTSCHE BANK? as for financials on FCM's... this is a good link... http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/FinancialDataforFCMs/ssLINK/fcmdata1012

what pct% are you shooting for in terms of meeting your goals? and compared to what pct% of last year? or against the past 3 years? my goal is 25% on IRA account... but that can come from trading it or from the real estate that is held within... I use the trade profits to buy more real...

TWS is java based... I never paid attention since I have more cores and threads than I need, but I would venture to say yes... since I am curious, I will check though...

lol... more like hyper inflation... :) ... still a good deal though, it will certainly show who is determined or not given that $50K is a decent amount in anyone's book....

there are always going to be warning signs before most black swans... the trick to what I said was active management, I didnt say seat back and collect the divs... :) also, as I was writing it I though also about increasing yield by writing options against the long positions, mostly spreading...