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Round trip travel from my office through my home PC via DirecWay (Satellite Internet) to IBrokers and back would incur 176,000 miles of space travel (4 full hops) plus whatever terrestrial internet miles also happen to come into play...for every packet. In its defense, two hops for normal access...

Round trip travel from my office through my home PC via DirecWay (Satellite Internet) to IBrokers and back would incur 176,000 miles of space travel (4 full hops) plus whatever terrestrial internet miles also happen to come into play...for every packet. In its defense, two hops for normal access...

Each IT Firewall group has its differences. Mine is pretty tight and inflexible. I just got PointDiretx's TCPIP info back. They need three open ports, 554, 9500 and 11,000. Unfortunately they are domestic only and don't do currencies. EmpireNow does foreign stocks...Fees? (3cents/sh...

After reviewing the IB-at-work firewall techie threads here, I sadly have to scratch IB from my list of potential brokers. For me...Mr. Murphy would make an inelegant Fwall bypass come apart under the worst possible circumstances. It's pretty obvious that the technology for getting around the...

Good Threads Guys....Thanks!! Bruce

I am wanting to look into trading from a Corp or LLC (or whatever) to get the tax advantages of more deductables rather than trading as an individual. (I already have a Subchapter S corp for part time work now.) Where is the best place to get info on the pros/cons and how best to approach...

Quik, Thanks for the good response. Your scenario is one that I had not considered. ...and yes I am a little paranoid about my money. Like Andy Grove...a little paranoia goes a long way. LOL I'll do a little searching on finding a practical exchange ops book. That would be a good way to...

My intent is not to create a "conspiricy theory", but to learn better how the system works. In my opinion, to view all Specialist organizations as pearly-white with no self-interest would be naive...especially when times are getting harder for Wall Street. Additionally your logic creates a...

My tech package popped up a hotel stock that might be good for a short (LHO:NYSE). Its long term financials were nothing to write home about....the recession is really killing this category's earnings....and this particular company missed guidance and retracted any guess for the rest of the...

That thought occured to me as well. Just need a country with a good Bill Of Rights too. B

Pabst, You say live outside and "earn outside"...does that mean, if you live outside but receive dividends/capgains from a US based company, the cash flow is 'not' exempt from taxes where divs from a european company would be? Tnx! Bruce

Guys....thanks for the replies. What kinds of software systems are you employing and data services are you using? What are you primarily trading? What are your trading goals? For me, I use Nirvana OmniTrader and AmiBroker. www.omnitrader.com www.signalwatch.com www.amibroker.com...

Recommendations wanted: Let's suppose I want to be able to hold a currency other than the US Dollar. IB seems to have a good process for this . Schwab will not do it without a phone call to their Global division (maybe electronic transactions in the next 6 mos...but not now). If anyone...

I've seen a lot of Closed End Funds that trade consistantly at discounts, but in the first two years I traded...quite a few REITs went 10%-15% to the premium side. The opportunities are pretty frequent, but it is difficult to gather all the financial info without a service like Realty Stock...

Thanks Blue ... that puts a lot of perspective on it. Metoo....what is the deal when a class 5 hurricane comes? Do you evac or just shelter in place? (probably another good reason to rent instead of buying...Possibly they also have citizenship requirements to be a landowner like Bermuda....)...

The $80,000 USA exemption sounds most interesting. What about native income taxes in the Bahamas? How are property taxes? Sales taxes? VAT? Thanks! Bruce

Don't sweat it. Just keep doing it. I have screwed up so much it isn't funny....but that's the tuition to successful trading. Six years ago I was just another geek....a blacksheep at the office. Someday soon....not too far off now...the college fund will be full and I will be set...sometimes...

I am probably stretching the limits of the term when I say "trading" with REITs. It is definitely on the slower end of the spectrum. At 50, I need a lot less portfolio heat for two reasons...the college money will need to be paid over the next 7 years and retirement cash is to follow that ...

I will study your suggestions and information...I appreciate that! One last questions related to AmiBroker... I am looking for an AFL algorithm to automatically plot long/medium/short trend lines on my charts. I have looked through the website but I have not seen this...however AFL...

Looking to start an informal local group.... Don't hesitate to email.... Bruce